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The downsides of Linux
LorKorub:
The latest vesion of IcePack Linux includes OpenOffice with its distro. I have yet to install it though.
lazygamer:
Has anyone ever thought that maybe Windows is not so user friendly and simple? What if it's only user friendly because we are so incredibly used to it and brainwashed with it?
What if others systems offer their own style of simplicity and user friendlyness, but do it in a diffrent style then Windows? So if this holds true for some Linux distros, then perhaps persistence is the only thing that can shatter the Wind0ze illusion.
TheQuirk:
Yes. But I know, for a fact, my mom, dad and sister would prefer to point and click for ten minutes instead of writing out commands in five. Windows still beats linux in this area -- user friendliness and simplicity. But then comes an important question -- "why not get a Mac?" For a simple reason. People are stupid. And that's all it is. I don't care about microsoft brainwashing people, because I, after using the first versions on Windows and Dos, for a pretty long while, was able to break away. And the stupid people didn't even think about leaving their precious Windows XP with their oh so great Counter Strike and their "super duper killer dark over lord shadow dragon murder nazi knights" clan.
[ July 04, 2002: Message edited by: TheQuirk ]
markdcc:
I have just recently installed both win2k and suse 8.0, and these are the reason why (I think) Linux rocks, and windows sucks:
The suse install is great, I boot off the CD, answer a few questions and it installs. One reboot. Win2k takes 3-4 reboots just to install it. Plus I haven't yet had a 2k CD that would boot. (I use the M$DN CD from work). This takes about 10 minutes using M$'s horribly slow method of reading each file off the floppy. Installing linux from a boot floppy is much faster than 2k as it loads the disk image into memory, then does the file system manipulation.
Windows hardware compatibilty sucks. They tend to not support anything that isn't a big player in the hardware market. I have a semi-old video card configuration (Voodoo 2 and Permedia 2 cards), but they have decent enough performance for me. Neither are supported fully in Win2k or XP and both are supported fully under linux. I can't play any OpenGL based games under Win2k because the Permedia driver doesn't support GL(even though the voodoo 2 does) I don't think I should have to drop a few hundred buck on a new video card just to play a game under windows. So now I have a third boot just for 98. (another hour long install, and 10 more reboots....)
Software: Suse comes with everything I need, Web, OpenOffice, KOffice, KDevelop(I'm a software developer), database servers, an NT Server emulator (because M$ products don't support open standards), broadcast 2000 (professional video editor) and a ton of stuff I will probably never use. And I have the choice of not installing what I don't need.
This equals tens of thousands of dollars of M$ crap, all for the price of an $80 dollar set of CD's and a few trips to ftp.suse.com to get the packages that aren't included in the personal version.
I am very comfortable on a command line, I grew up with DOS, and grew into Linux, so although I don't use the GUI configuration tools, it seems that Suse has a Yast applet for just about everything that you could need to configure.
It took everyone some time to learn how to get around windows, and if you give it a shot, most people will be suprised at how easy it is to use Linux coming from windows.
As for the M$ kiddies in here, a word of advice: If you want to work in an IT field when you grow up, only having Windows skills will hurt you, badly. M$ does not control the server OS market, and linux is taking a huge position here. Knowing how to get around your stupid XP box will get you nowhere, but if you can get around a linux box, you can administrate nearly any Unix based server out there.
Just venting my M$ frustrations, and hopefully giving a little insight into this topic.
lazygamer:
I thought I should add that this is still a MS dominated world. So all of you Anti-microsoft dudes must still master Wind0ze boxes if you want to be a computer technician.
Just look at Wind0ze as giving you LOTS of business, while you secretly chuckle at being part of the l33t Linux underground organization as you remove the cover of some n00b's wind0ze box.
Oh and XP didn't have 3D support for my Voodoo 3 2000 PCI drivers, luckily I could get some "custom made" drivers off the internet. Amergamlin something like that.
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