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Ark Linux Review, A Distro with an Identity Crisis
mikemuch writes "ExtremeTech has a review of Ark Linux 2006.1, which launched earlier this month. Overall, the reviewer likes this free KDE-based distro, but had to question some implementation choices, such as using the less-compatible Konqueror over Firefox for its default web browser. And for a distro that bills itself as 'a Linux distribution for everyone — designed to be easy to install and learn for users without prior Linux' the installation should hide command-line scrolling and be able to more automatically install standard graphics card drivers."
Sharing? A User does not care about 4% less hard disk consumed or 4% less memory consumed.
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Users want EASE OF USE!
Most linux fanboys shun ease of use and to a degree, reason.
In non-kde virgin full install of red hat, I used to show people how to crash the gnome gui by merely copying a directory into a grandchild destination of the selected items. That hilarious paradox crash was something no version of the macintosh has ever had an issue with since even the Apple Lisa days of 1982.
1982 mac vs 2001 Red Hat, easily recursively crashed by merely a user trying to copy a directory.
Try changing the screen resolution in the 2001 commercial full redhat install! sSomething the mac supported with ease since May 1986 in the Mac II video control panel with a simple user button to click, and in 1985 with 3rd party products. Ha! It required text editors and screwing around with The X Window System config files as recently as early 2001.
Linux is hostile. The mac is not. That is not a debatable point. It is a fact.
That is something linux zealots never realize and the reason that this innocent 0-level post was shamefully modded to -1 instead of 0 and was repost.
Its true! http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=194682&
Was modded to -1 instead of zero because saying anything factual about linux is called flaming by zealots.
linux zealots are bitter and angry that the desktop revolution for them never happened in 1998 or 1999.
RHAT and LNUX stocks collapsed to under 1% of their value at certain points.
people vote wirth their wallets. people want INDICATE user interfaces, not REGURGITATE interfaces
its sad. Linux had potential. even the fight of gnome versus kde was shameful
and the driver hypocrisy for video drivers makes the linux philosophy compromised anyways
and redhat will no longer eat their own dogfood
its a fiasco and no one seems to care, and that is why zealots mod down informative posts, always instead of debating on merits.
Its always funny when people give excuses for something that USERS find less PLEASING.
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When users, the general popualtion, as a an average entity, are not pleased, then in fact Linux continues to be a niche desktop OS.
the actual browser os string sent to the top 50 web sites reveals the OS people actually USE WHEN SURFING, and linux is less than a third of the mac os base. Its been holding steady at under a third for over 7 years.
Google stopped publishing the embarrassing zeitgeist figures, but other banner ad sites measure user base figures.
Most linux fanboys shun ease of use and to a degree, reason.
In non-kde virgin full install of red hat, I used to show people how to crash the gnome gui by merely copying a directory into a grandchild destination of the selected items. That hilarious paradox crash was something no version of the macintosh has ever had an issue with since even the Apple Lisa days of 1982.
1982 mac vs 2001 Red Hat, easily recursively crashed by merely a user trying to copy a directory.
Try changing the screen resolution in the 2001 commercial full redhat install! sSomething the mac supported with ease since May 1986 in the Mac II video control panel with a simple user button to click, and in 1985 with 3rd party products. Ha! It required text editors and screwing around with The X Window System config files as recently as early 2001.
Linux is hostile. The mac is not. That is not a debatable point. It is a fact.
That is something linux zealots never realize and the reason that this innocent 0-level post was shamefully modded to -1 instead of 0 and was repost.
Its true! http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=194682&
Was modded to -1 instead of zero because saying anything factual about linux is called flaming by zealots.
linux zealots are bitter and angry that the desktop revolution for them never happened in 1998 or 1999.
RHAT and LNUX stocks collapsed to under 1% of their value at certain points.
people vote wirth their wallets. people want INDICATE user interfaces, not REGURGITATE interfaces
its sad. Linux had potential. even the fight of gnome versus kde was shameful
and the driver hypocrisy for video drivers makes the linux philosophy compromised anyways
and redhat will no longer eat their own dogfood
its a fiasco and no one seems to care, and that is why zealots mod down informative posts, always instead of debating on merits. sometimes they hypocritically mod the second post down calling it redundant to stifle free and open debate. This post will be no exception probably. You will see.
Most linux fanboys shun ease of use and to a degree, reason.
c id=15953602
In non-kde virgin full install of red hat, I used to show people how to crash the gnome gui by merely copying a directory into a grandchild destination of the selected items. That hilarious paradox crash was something no version of the macintosh has ever had an issue with since even the Apple Lisa days of 1982.
1982 mac vs 2001 Red Hat, easily recursively crashed by merely a user trying to copy a directory.
Try changing the screen resolution in the 2001 commercial full redhat install! sSomething the mac supported with ease since May 1986 in the Mac II video control panel with a simple user button to click, and in 1985 with 3rd party products. Ha! It required text editors and screwing around with The X Window System config files as recently as early 2001.
Linux is hostile. The mac is not. That is not a debatable point. It is a fact.
That is something linux zealots never realize and the reason that this innocent 0-level post was shamefully modded to -1 instead of 0 and was repost.
Its true! http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=194682&
Was modded to -1 instead of zero because saying anything factual about linux is called flaming by zealots.
linux zealots are bitter and angry that the desktop revolution for them never happened in 1998 or 1999.
RHAT and LNUX stocks collapsed to under 1% of their value at certain points.
people vote wirth their wallets. people want INDICATE user interfaces, not REGURGITATE interfaces
its sad. Linux had potential. even the fight of gnome versus kde was shameful
and the driver hypocrisy for video drivers makes the linux philosophy compromised anyways
and redhat will no longer eat their own dogfood
its a fiasco and no one seems to care, and that is why zealots mod down informative posts, always instead of debating on merits.
Modding down factual posts is shameful. But people remember the hypocrisy.
I've noticed the default nv driver for NVIDIA cards in Linux seems to be incredibly slow! Ok, it get's you up & running and it's not exactly difficult to install the proper nvidia driver which runs like the clappers, but it just amazes me how sluggish the default one is - dragging Windows around in X-Windows gives severe tearing effect.
Anyone else suffer from this? My graphics card is the G-Force 6600, and I've tested this on Ubuntu 6 and FC5.
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