2014-06-26 16:48:13 +00:00
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title: "First impressions of Windows 8"
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2016-02-26 15:19:42 +00:00
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date: 2013-11-05T08:14:50Z
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2014-06-26 16:48:13 +00:00
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tags: [windows]
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permalink: /blog/2013/11/5/first-impressions-of-windows-8
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published: true
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author:
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name: Gergely Polonkai
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email: gergely@polonkai.eu
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Many of you may know my commitment to Linux and Open Source Software. But this
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doesn’t mean I hate proprietary software like many others do. I think
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everything has its own place in the world, and this goes for software as well.
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A few days ago I got my hands on a new notebook, thanks to my company. It was
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shipped with Windows 8 by default, and although I installed Fedora 19 in an
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instant (which went smoothlessly, even with Secure Boot enabled), I’ve decided
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to give a try to this new Windows Version.
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Being a heavy Windows 7 user, my first thought was “What the hell is this?”
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But in a day, I got totally used to it. I don’t miss the Start button at all.
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The applications already installed were almost enough for me (I still need
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Office. Maybe I’ll also enroll for Office 365 later…), and the games are great
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and beautiful too. So overall, this new version may be totally different (by
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the looks), but it seems almost the same Windows as we know it. So if you
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don’t freak out by touching something new, go give it a try: don’t
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instant-remove 8 in favour of 7!
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