Stop Microsoft

Operating Systems => Linux and UNIX => Topic started by: Refalm on 13 December 2002, 00:45

Title: "Linux looks grey, therefore it sucks." -Vindegek
Post by: Refalm on 13 December 2002, 00:45
I know a certain person who's using Windows XP with the Blue Luna theme (the "FisherPrice theme") on. He says he loves it, because it makes him feel happy.

When he installed Linux, he removed it, because the supposedly grey colours of KDE 3 made him sad or something.

Everytime I mention the Linux, he mentions that it looks ugly, just because of the "fact" that it has grey colours, and therefore must be a slow, incompatible, "old" operating system that couldn't possibly compete to Windows XP, because he thinks Windows XP looks more professional and therefore must be "good".

What's your opinion about this?

[ December 12, 2002: Message edited by: Refalm ]

Title: "Linux looks grey, therefore it sucks." -Vindegek
Post by: KernelPanic on 13 December 2002, 00:56
I think he's gay and you should take to his head with a baseball bat. When he recovers he might have some sense.
Title: "Linux looks grey, therefore it sucks." -Vindegek
Post by: pkd_lives on 13 December 2002, 01:14
Yes a good stout stick is always a good idea.

He is the usual victim of marketing. Remind him how pathetic it is to be controlled to such an extent that if a product looks good it must be good. I mean I see Coke ads with sexy girls and fun graphics, I mean coke cans look good but you almost never find me drinking the stuff. And if he is that pathetic he can't spend five mins looking at the menu options then really he does not have the smarts to use linux.

And erm... how long has he been using Windows and ermm... that was grey and worse it was combined with a dark blue - brrr... makes me cold to think about it.
Title: "Linux looks grey, therefore it sucks." -Vindegek
Post by: lazygamer on 13 December 2002, 01:20
Ummm lol?

1)Tell him that all real 1337 h4x0rs use Linux.  ;)
2)Doesn't Linux Quake 3 run signifcantly faster then XP Quake 3? Give him proof of "faster framerates!", that might get through to him. Of course the fact that you have to use Wine alot kinda cancels this out.
3)It would be funny to keep opening windows until XP crashes, surely it will snap eventually right? Then show him what happens when you open the exact same amount of windows with Linux. If he's using W98, even better!

Stability and performance be the shit that strikes at the heart of n00bs.
Title: "Linux looks grey, therefore it sucks." -Vindegek
Post by: Ice-9 on 13 December 2002, 01:21
XP looks professional because it has more colors than the stock KDE, LOL!
Just tell him that KDE is probably the desktop you can customize the most, you can adapt whatever you want to your liking.

I would agree that the way KDE looks when you just finish an install is kinda "grey".
Edit:RH 8.0 does not actually, Bluecurve all the way!

But it's just a matter of taste, I personally don't like the Fisher Price llok of Win XP, ..... and my desktop isn't "grey" at all anymore, I can tell you that   (http://smile.gif)

[ December 12, 2002: Message edited by: Ice9 ]

Title: "Linux looks grey, therefore it sucks." -Vindegek
Post by: Master of Reality on 13 December 2002, 01:23
he wouldnt have to use wine for quake... its got a native linux port.
Title: "Linux looks grey, therefore it sucks." -Vindegek
Post by: mobrien_12 on 13 December 2002, 01:35
Tell him he should change the colors/theme of KDE.
Title: "Linux looks grey, therefore it sucks." -Vindegek
Post by: Crunchy(Cracked)Butter on 13 December 2002, 01:37
My installs of SuSE, Mandrake, Lycoris and Redhat look wonderful, never seen no grey, what gives?

Infact if i install Windows, if gives me a grey colour all over the screen because it hasn't got the right drivers.
Title: "Linux looks grey, therefore it sucks." -Vindegek
Post by: xyle_one on 13 December 2002, 02:07
i hate people. more and more everyday.. id bitch slap that person. right across the face ren & stimpy style... windows is more professioanl looking?? how so?? it is the gayest looking os i have seen. pofessional to me is simple and to the point, no flashy colors and "special" folders. windows xp is a toy, and there should be a warning on it that says "this product is not suitable for anyone over the age of 3"
Title: "Linux looks grey, therefore it sucks." -Vindegek
Post by: KernelPanic on 13 December 2002, 02:23
quote:
Originally posted by Xyle: Mac Commando:
I hate people.


Me too, people are stupid. Lets go kill some people...
Title: "Linux looks grey, therefore it sucks." -Vindegek
Post by: TheQuirk on 13 December 2002, 02:57
Can I join?
Title: "Linux looks grey, therefore it sucks." -Vindegek
Post by: xyle_one on 13 December 2002, 03:10
yeah. death to stupid people.  :eek:    :D
Title: "Linux looks grey, therefore it sucks." -Vindegek
Post by: Doctor V on 13 December 2002, 06:01
Me too! Me too!  I want in all this!  Lets take over the world   :D    (http://smile.gif)    :D    (http://smile.gif)    :D
Title: "Linux looks grey, therefore it sucks." -Vindegek
Post by: 1000schnauzers on 13 December 2002, 06:39
fuckin' gumdrop candyass-looking XP makes me wanna kick screens in.....remind him that versions of Winblow$ before XP were grey by default...and try doing a little customization before making an opinion on a desktop...this link here has got to be a joke, (http://balung.brawijaya.ac.id/print.php?sid=34) but...silly fucking windrone fools.........
Title: "Linux looks grey, therefore it sucks." -Vindegek
Post by: Siplus on 13 December 2002, 06:47
killing stupid people? wow...where to start? there's so many of them!
Title: "Linux looks grey, therefore it sucks." -Vindegek
Post by: choasforages on 13 December 2002, 07:27
if he likes whizbang graphics, then my kde setup would have him happyer then every, and by the way, have you ever mention a psychiatrist to your friend. sounds as if he needs more then computer related help
Title: "Linux looks grey, therefore it sucks." -Vindegek
Post by: Annorax on 13 December 2002, 08:49
People. Smoke. Crack.

What more do i need to say???? Jesus Holy Shit Christ, someone needs to hit that guy in the head and be done with it... and then go and find the guy that wrote that linux=virus bullshit and shoot him in the balls!!!!
Title: "Linux looks grey, therefore it sucks." -Vindegek
Post by: lazygamer on 13 December 2002, 08:52
When I first saw KDE, I thought it was awesome! You could tweak every little thing and you could have these virtual desktops. Wow, what an idea(virtual desktops), why the fuck didn't XP rip that off? I wonder if XP would be very crash prone with virtual desktops?  (http://smile.gif)
Title: "Linux looks grey, therefore it sucks." -Vindegek
Post by: Fett101 on 13 December 2002, 10:45
Should probably see a psychiatrist. Maybe some Prozac. The usual.
Title: "Linux looks grey, therefore it sucks." -Vindegek
Post by: preacher on 13 December 2002, 10:57
quote:
Originally posted by Refalm:
I know a certain person who's using Windows XP with the Blue Luna theme (the "FisherPrice theme") on. He says he loves it, because it makes him feel happy.

When he installed Linux, he removed it, because the supposedly grey colours of KDE 3 made him sad or something.

Everytime I mention the Linux, he mentions that it looks ugly, just because of the "fact" that it has grey colours, and therefore must be a slow, incompatible, "old" operating system that couldn't possibly compete to Windows XP, because he thinks Windows XP looks more professional and therefore must be "good".

What's your opinion about this?

[ December 12, 2002: Message edited by: Refalm ]



Please link him here for my picture of ugly grey linux. By the way if he doesnt like this he can go to hell. By the way that is Antitrust I am watching.

http://www.badconnections.net/misc/laptop.png (http://www.badconnections.net/misc/laptop.png)
Title: "Linux looks grey, therefore it sucks." -Vindegek
Post by: hm_murdock on 13 December 2002, 11:32
XP looks more professional?

I still don't understand the concept of software "looking professional". How does a program look like it makes money?
Title: "Linux looks grey, therefore it sucks." -Vindegek
Post by: Calum on 13 December 2002, 13:03
quote:
Originally posted by Refalm:
I know a certain person who's using Windows XP with the Blue Luna theme (the "FisherPrice theme") on. He says he loves it, because it makes him feel happy.

When he installed Linux, he removed it, because the supposedly grey colours of KDE 3 made him sad or something.

Everytime I mention the Linux, he mentions that it looks ugly, just because of the "fact" that it has grey colours, and therefore must be a slow, incompatible, "old" operating system that couldn't possibly compete to Windows XP, because he thinks Windows XP looks more professional and therefore must be "good".

What's your opinion about this?


there's no hope for him. Content yourself with the fact that, come the revolution, he'll be one of the first batch up against the wall.