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Uncategorized Thursday, October 18th 2012 at 4:35 pm

Ubuntu 12.10 Releases Using Direct Attack Ad Aimed at Windows 8

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The release of Windows 8 is only eight days away, but if you aren’t hip to the formerly-known-as-Metro UI style, and prefer to use something a little more free, Canonical has just released Ubuntu 12.10. With that release, however, comes some more open, direct hate piled onto Windows 8.

As you can see in the ad, Canonical is actually leading the release of their new Ubuntu upgrade with a direct attack on Windows 8, as opposed to, say, a major feature or two that would help advertise the benefits of Ubuntu. Bashing your competitor obviously isn’t something new to advertising, but it’s worth noting that the Windows 8 hate keeps on coming, and Canonical is just another big, geek-cred hat to throw into the ring that Valve already occupies.

To be fair, even though Ubuntu is actually really fun to learn (because it’s one of the most user-friendly Linux distributions), even if Windows 8 is a catastrophe on the level of Windows Vista, Windows 8 will still provide more mass appeal functionality than Ubuntu will at this point in time. The better versions of most third-party clients appear on either Windows or OS X, and barely any games (by comparison) appear on Linux in general. It’s also worth noting that recent versions of Ubuntu garner a lot of hate due to the Unity UI, which can be argued to be similar to the hate the formerly-known-as-Metro UI gets.

Either way, major operating systems just boil down to whatever needs the user has. Ubuntu launching with a direct attack on Windows 8 just feels a little out of place however right Canonical might be about levels of unadulterated operating system pain.

(via Ubuntu)

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  • appleuser

    I am a Mac user but I rather use Windows 8 than that big ridden crap called Ubuntu.

  • Lawrence

    Have they taken that ad down? Can’t seem to find it on Ubuntu’s website.

  • Jack Bond

    They probably took their opportunity now because Windows 8 is so godawful compared to every other Windows OS.

  • Anonymous

    Are you kidding? Modern aside, its the fastest most secure and feature heavy OS you can buy. And then there is modern. People like you fight it because you are all afraid of change (anyone remember Office Ribbon?) when in fact it is essentially a much more useful version of the start menu.

  • Anonymous

    Been using Windows 8 RTM since its release. In no way am I feeling any pain.

  • gonxo

    All Os have pros and cons. Let people make the decision as what works for them. As far as coments such as “afraid of change” that is lame excuse for a validation of an argument of bias. The amount of FUD as far as all Os is out of control. It would help if some would just become adults. @42d77193163e2ec52a9f83e64b300589:disqus become an adult!

  • Amogh Phadke

    who really cares about joke called Ubuntu ??? Windows is a great system easy to use and far better … if I really wann try something different I will try OS X it aint bad

  • Jack Bond

    Office Ribbon is still unacceptably cluttered. I prefer Office for Mac because it has a menu strip by default of the operating system.

    The Metro view is useful for tablets, not desktops. Microsoft is cruel for forcing us to use Metro with no retro-style option for those who don’t want to switch. The Start menu is far more useful because it’s just a popup menu. The Metro view literally slides you out of everything you probably want to look at. It’s like a browser opening a new tab for every single thing you ever click on. Plus, the unnecessary slide motion is an unnecessary tax on the graphics/processor. Oh, and let’s not forget Microsoft’s guided app store that restricts you from downloading something that disables the Metro interface… I mean, I can understand being dumb enough not to include a retro-style option, but they’re specifically BLOCKING it. How in the world is that user-friendly of them? It’s just rude, inconvenient, and inefficient.

  • mkglitz

    Each OS has does certain things better than others. Windows is good for everyday media consumption and gaming. Ubuntu has its strengths in its community and development utilities. Mac’s good at being minimalistic and the least involved from the user’s standpoint (what I mean is for someone who just wants to use their PC and doesn’t really care about customization)

    Each has their strengths and weaknesses and you can’t simply say one is better than the others, but rather one is better for my intended usage than the others.

  • Teddy

    Windows is the most shitty OS in the world,always plagued by viruses.Ubuntu is free from viruses,stable,more customizable,faster than any other proprietary OS.For all those stupid Windows fans,if you dont like Ubuntu unity,you can install other desktops like cinammon,KDE on ubuntu.

  • Marco

    This is not the way.

  • http://www.facebook.com/zeonchar Amanda M. Ramsey

    Have fun with all the games you are playing!

  • gautam divekar

    don’t underestimate Microsoft !!!

  • Matt

    I’m not picking a side here, because I enjoy using all sorts of operating systems, but like that other guy said, don’t underestimate Microsoft. I’ve always been a huge Microsoft sceptic, but after installing and actually using Windows 8, my thoughts on how Microsoft is going have changed completely. They’re actually starting to figure out how to make their products appealing to the majority of modern consumers. I’m extremely happy with how WIndows 8 is working. You probably wont take my comment too seriously, but this is coming from a Apple fan-boy, Devoted MacBook-user, and Ubuntu Freak. You should give Microsoft another Chance, but always have a dual-boot with Linux. :P

  • abc

    With Valve developing for Ubuntu know, Windows will fall..and gaming will rise on Ubuntu!!!

  • Melanie

    Unnecessary tax on the graphics processor? fve found win 8 to be considerably faster than Win 7 for rendering in After Effects, and editing in both Avid and Premiere, and for Maya work. I know that my work isn’t the world, but this is a significant improvement…if only they could have tweaked the UI so it didn’t look like a Linux.

  • Jack Bond

    I didn’t mean constantly. I meant that excessive flashy graphics makes everything unnecessarily slower.