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Windows is easier to install than Linux
pandronic:
I use computers for about 15 years. I've been a Dos programmer (ASM, TurboPascal, C++). I couldn't switch to that Visual crap for Windows after DOS was replaced and decided to be a webdeveloper. And this is what I'm doing for the past 5 years. I'm an experienced PHP programmer and a pretty good designer (or at least I like to think that way).
A friend of mine installed Slackware on my server. One day I decided to install QMail. Well, I spent one whole day reading tutorials and searching the web. Late in the night I decided to ask my friend to install it for me.
I'm not complaining about the Linux community, or the feedback, or the documentation - it's far better than that Windows', but I think the problem is the OS itself rather than the community. Probably if I spent another day or so I might have installed it, but would have been a f**king waste of time. It's more convenient to pay someone to do it (and is certainly better for your health).
So, why should I lose a few month of my life to learn an OS, that can't do for me half the things Windows can? No games, no serious applications other than server management (I mean no photoshop, corel, flash and the list can go on).
I think that for now at least 90% of the users have nothing to do with Linux and should stick to Windows and it's lovely BSOD (I know it sux, but this is the reality).
worker201:
I've mentioned this elsewhere, but it takes a certain kind of person to get their jollies from the Linux experience. There's a bit of a learning curve at the start, and you WILL experience frustration and start whining in forums, it is inevitable. But then it gets better. You kinda have to really love computers and be willing to sit and tinker with shit for maybe months to get everything going so you can begin to get things done efficiently.
The Linux experience is not for everyone, and anyone who says otherwise is lying.
If you want to be able to purchase a new computer, install a few hit programs, and start working, then maybe Windows is for you. You'll just have to suck it up and take MS bullshit like a man, because you have chosen to sacrifice quality for immediacy. That's the tradeoff.
If you want to spend a little time messing around and getting to know how hardware and software really works and then use that newfound knowledge to do some really cool stuff, all while having basic programs to take care of your basic daily needs, then you can roll Linux style.
Maybe Linux is a hobbyists OS, but that doesn't bother me at all. If that possibility bothers you, then fuck off and leave us alone.
Refalm:
quote:pandronic: So, why should I lose a few month of my life to learn an OS, that can't do for me half the things Windows can? No games, no serious applications other than server management (I mean no photoshop, corel, flash and the list can go on).
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Hahaha :D
Silly you, you can run Photoshop in Wine or CrossOfiice, who needs Corel, and Macromedia is making their MX line available for Linux in a few months
And games... well, some companies decided to make their games native for Linux, putting the Linux version on the same disk as the Windows version, example: Unreal Tournament 2004 (look at the bottom of the page, or download the Linux demo :rolleyes .
I hope other game companies follow this trend. And ATi too, because compared to nVidia's Linux drivers, theirs suck.
restin256:
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Yes, but that does not mean the software should make users jump through unnecessary hoops just to get something done.
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Change your username, it's decieving. Linux doesn't require you to jump through as many hoops as Windows. With Linux you don't need as heavy antivirus than you do with windows, if any at all.
pandronic:
quote:Originally posted by Refalm:
Hahaha :D
Silly you, you can run Photoshop in Wine or CrossOfiice, who needs Corel, and Macromedia is making their MX line available for Linux in a few months
And games... well, some companies decided to make their games native for Linux, putting the Linux version on the same disk as the Windows version, example: Unreal Tournament 2004 (look at the bottom of the page, or download the Linux demo :rolleyes .
I hope other game companies follow this trend. And ATi too, because compared to nVidia's Linux drivers, theirs suck.
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We'll just have to wait and see and let's hope that Linux will get more usable.
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