There is a really interesting article over here about ubuntu 9 compared to Vista and Windows 7.

http://tuxradar.com/content/benchmarked-ubuntu-vs-vista-vs-windows-7

They compared installation time. Ubuntu was faster.
Mouse clicks in the installation: Ubuntu had less.
Disk space used: Ubuntu used less.
Bootup: Microsoft was faster, Windows 7 being the leader.
Shutdown: Linux was faster.
IO: Linux was faster.
Python: Windows just about edged it.

In the real world it probably doesn’t matter, the vast majority of users will continue on with a Microsoft operating system because the software they want to run and have supported by their local IT team will make this easier. Interesting followup here:

http://www.tuxradar.com/content/linux-vs-windows-7

As an OS X user the “improvements” to Windows appearance is laughable still.

This is some notes about what I have been trying to do with converting video for the PS3. I have actually decided to use Plex as a media centre as the PS3 is rubbish in its networking and format support. I hope they sort it out sometime.

sudo apt-get install mkvtoolnix gpac mplayer

Need to install NeroAacEnc so download from here:

http://www.nero.com/eng/downloads-nerodigital-nero-aac-codec.php

Unpack Linux directory, chmod +x neroAacEnc and copy it to a location of your choice (within your path)

apt-get install faac

faac -q 100 -I 5,6 -P -R 48000 -C 6 -X audio.ac3 -o audio.aac & mplayer blah.vob -aid 128 -vc dummy -vo null -ao pcm -nowaveheader -channels 6

Well I haven’t had much success with that, so I am going to try and convert the audio to a wav file:

Mmm. Some more work to do on this.