News - Microsoft confirms “key aspects” of Windows 8 will change

[aramil]

They do, that is news to me... How is it done? I'm currently seeing how well Steam works in Ubuntu and playing some of my games available in Linux but I won't be staying on Linux, far more problems for me to overcome in Ubuntu than in Windows 8 so I suspect I'll spend less time in Ubuntu than I did in Windows 8. It would be awesome to have a go at stripping the stuff I don't like out of my Windows installation.

technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh824821.aspx

And

Adk kit microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30652

There are plenty of 3rd party gui's to help as well.

[crossy]

I'm currently seeing how well Steam works in Ubuntu and playing some of my games available in Linux but I won't be staying on Linux, far more problems for me to overcome in Ubuntu than in Windows 8 so I suspect I'll spend less time in Ubuntu than I did in Windows 8.

Realise that this is probably off topic, but when you say you've got "far more problems" with Ubuntu, could you give any examples? Like the shortcomings in Windows8, I suspect that - no insult intended - that some may be easy to address.

Plus I'm nosy...