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Linux's Achilles Heel Apparently Revealed
ahab_2001 writes "In Information Week's latest 'Langa Letter', Fred Langa points to something that he calls Linux's 'Achilles' heel': 'New Linux distros still fail a task that Windows 95 -- yes, 95! -- easily handles, namely working with mainstream sound cards.' After lamenting his difficulties in getting a particular sound card to work with nine Linux distros, he concludes that his experience 'empirically shows that, despite its many good points, Linux still has some huge, gaping holes--holes that Windows plugged almost a decade ago.' (Oddball note: Information Week prefaced the e-mail alert pointing to this article by saying 'Occasionally, we have news or analysis of such importance that it warrants a special alert to you.' Hmm...)"
I had this same thing rejected not 2 hours ago!
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Linux Has an Achilles Heel? Monday April 19, @02:55PM Rejected
See it in my Journal
Who do you have to do to get something accepted around here?
(Stolen sig) Remember: it's a "Microsoft virus", not an "email virus", a "Microsoft worm", not a "computer worm
Typical slashdot moderation ... mod up the guy who blindly defends Linux - even though he clearly didn't read the article.
"Linux has numerous software mixers!"
What?!?!? Since when are kmix, gmix and xmixer incompatible? They both use OSS or ALSA. They're 100% compataible! I change my volume in gmix - it works. I change my volume in kmix - it works.
Whomever modded your post to +5 obviously knows nothing about Linux and assumed that since it's criticism, it must be true. Your post is so full of lies (yes, lies!) that it doesn't deserve anything less than "troll".
Mention Windows and Linux in the same breath is like throwing a match in naplam with the /. crowd.
/usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :!!", "CUPS internal webserver!". :)
Linux proponents strike up the band and start the chorus singing "We will overcome", while someone starts the "I Have a Dream" speech.
Very moving to the believers who start rolling on the ground shouting in tongues bewildering to the ear; "post-install snd-card-0
Meanwhile the accolytes are moving through the crowd handing out distros labelled "Linux - the Word According to Debian"and "Linux - the Word According to Mandrake", and "Linux - the Word According to SuSe" and (ah hell - you get it). A man in the crowd timidly asks why his wife's copy of The Word is different than his. The accolyte screams "It's up to you to pick the distro that's best for you!!! That's the beauty of The Word!!" Another man timidly asks, "I tried installing The Word on my system and my sound doesn't work". Another member of the crowd comes up and states, "Yeah! And what is this root and what permissions do I have to set to access the internet?" The accolyte holds his arms to heaven and howls, "GEEEAAAARRGGGHH! How many of these asshats are there?" (a post further down
Anothr mans throws his copy of The Word in the trash and says loudly - "I think I'll stick with my quiet little church where I'm treated with respect. I pay my tithe to the Church of Bill and he takes care of most of my worldly problems without telling me I'm an idiot. Just yesterday he told me; "Blessed are you my son for you support our work here on earth. Leave the techno-geek to the priests. Go with my blessings and assurance that we will make your work easy with very little work on your part. Be productive and successful in your endeavors! (subtitled - 'Leave the drivers to us!'".
The crowd starts thinning as they head up the street to the Church of Bill.
"Wait!" the accolytes scream. "We know what's good for you - you're just too stupid to understand right now! We'll teach you!".
regards,
BubbaJon