It Runs on OS X, Now It Runs on Ubuntu… Still No Vista

“Obviously, the number of early Vista adopters who also need to
run Maple is fairly small, but my experience with Maple points to a
few problems both with Vista and Linux. While Vista overall works
remarkably well and is slick, pretty and polished (if a bit
intrusive, just like those Mac vs. PC commercials say), software
and driver support still aren’t where they should be for the next
world-dominating operating system. Similarly, support for 64-bit
versions, although better than for XP Pro x64, remains fairly
dismal in driverland, despite increasingly common 64-bit processors
from both AMD and Intel.

“Ubuntu (and Kubuntu, and Xubuntu), on the other hand, have come
a long ways in terms of overall support (still no native Flash
player for 64-bit Linux, though, and plenty of other
niggles)…”

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