The latest versions of GNOME and KDE have compositing managers enabled by default. Oh, and KDE now includes integrated desktop search. (Actually, KDE 4.0.2 looks a LOT like Vista).
Fedora's Anaconda installer will now allow the resizing of hard drive partitions. Fedora's NetworkManager will now allow *gasp* ad-hoc wifi networks! (These are, of course, the preferred way to play DOOM at the college campus memorial union).
Slackware 12.0 now allows non-administrative users (once allowed explicitly by the administrator) to use pluggable removeable storage such as flash drives and digital cameras without sudo or mount!
Ubuntu 7.10 enabled printing (http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2007/09/26/whats-new-in-ubuntu-710-aka-gutsy-gibbon.html).
Troll!
Vista "stole" the desktop search and the look&feel from Mac!
And all the rest aren't even originally Vista things.
This isn't the first time you've posted this same type of thing. Give it up!
Also, as I said last time posting this, software should be a co-operative effort anyway. Anything to give the users a better experience, whether it's Windows, Mac, or Linux. That should be the end goal.
Quote from: iago on April 03, 2008, 08:22:33 AM
Vista "stole" the desktop search and the look&feel from Mac!
Vista had both instant search and desktop compositing before OSX. Look at the Longhorn build features and their release dates.
Only difference is that OSX has a snappier release cycle, but it doesn't change who had it first. (To be completely fair though, Vista didn't even have compositing first -- that goes to some Linux Window Manager which I think was FluxBox)
Quote from: iago on April 03, 2008, 08:22:33 AM
Troll!
Vista "stole" the desktop search and the look&feel from Mac!
And all the rest aren't even originally Vista things.
This isn't the first time you've posted this same type of thing. Give it up!
Also, as I said last time posting this, software should be a co-operative effort anyway. Anything to give the users a better experience, whether it's Windows, Mac, or Linux. That should be the end goal.
LOL! I was looking through the Fedora 9 beta release notes yesterday and the couple items that I noticed made me smirk. ;-)
But c'mon, the whole "Ubuntu 7.10 enabled printing" had to at least be funny!
And yeah - I'm ultimately on board with the last statement you made (about software being cooperative). I don't think it could be any other way. I just like to remind folks that Microsoft isn't the only entity that borrows functionality or concepts from other vendors. ;)
Quote from: MyndFyre on April 03, 2008, 12:04:30 PM
But c'mon, the whole "Ubuntu 7.10 enabled printing" had to at least be funny!
Funny? I don't even know what it means! :P