The Linux community has been promoting Linux for the desktop for years now, and the name Linux has gained wide recognition. However, instead of actually focusing on making Linux ready for the desktop, they implemented all kinds of fancy new features (a new scheduler, wow!) and left the home user to his own devices forcing him to compile software, read man-pages on playing mp3 files, use a command prompt, deal with package dependencies, etc. etc. etc. And now the name Linux has become a synonym with 'difficult', 'lot of work' 'can't do what I want', 'for experts' and things like that. A lot of people have tried it, only to be disappointed time and again. They have lost faith, And nothing is going to change that!
So, that's that for Linux on the desktop. Now, supposedly, there are a lot of other areas where Linux is successful. I'm venturing in unfamiliar territory here, but how long will that last? It's only a matter of time before Microsoft create decent OS rivaling Linux in these areas. And as soon as that moment arrives, the large group of Linux users that were forced to use it, only because Windows couldn't handle the job, will start to migrate backwards. Sure, Linux will undoubtedly be able to do it faster or more secure, and for a while, that will convince some people to stick to Linux, but Microsoft will catch up.
In conclusion, Linux is dead, and has only itself to blame. It has always, and continues to do so even now, disregarded usability and user friendliness. So, my dear Linux community, please stop whining about your product's supposed superiority. Technically, I'm sure your right, but practically, you're very far from it.
Windows is about clicking your mouse.
Linux is more about choosing from 17 different programs that seem to do the same, bot don't really, so I have to check them all out, only to find that another program has a feature that I might need in the future, and having to live with the burden of choice, having to make that choice 37 times at least in the first few days/hours/weeks, searching for days for answers to questions such as 'how do I automatically open a file of a certain type with a certain program', writing scripts, command prompts,/dev/null/,/root,/bin,/home,/user,/sbin,/var,/user/bin,/user/home/bin, compiling your own software, package conflicts, unsupported hardware, unsupported software, and on... and on... and on...
I don't want a fully customizable desktop! I don't want to create my own computing experience! I don't want to made constantly aware that I might not be using the optimal configuration for my machine! I'm though reading crappy man-pages, going though 289 command line options, only to find out the princess is in another castle (while actually she isn't in a castle at all, and only the old village idiot on a web page far far away knows where she is, maybe)!
A should I have the time to figure all of this out, where does it get me? Absolutely f***ing nowhere!
Problem is the arrogance of the Linux fanboys, wanting to do everying NOT like Microsoft, because 'Micro$oft is bad, we are 1337', hence adding another year or two to the already formidable Linux learning curve. And let me remind you of the fact that a computer is a tool. Having managed to use the tool, after about a couple of years IS NOT A GOAL, it's a waste of my valuable time. Do you see screwdrivers with 15 dials and switches just so that it can be regular and philips at the same time, while being able to use it around a corner, displaying time in unicode, singing a tune for my entertainment, asking me about what color it has to be as I take it out of the box (I DON'T CARE, JUST PICK ONE!!!!), usable as a lighter, and possibly as a magic wand somewhere in the future, which, however, would require me to contact the manufacturer a number of times and reading up on how to get it done, not with any guarantee of succes ('but hey, isn't this fun, spending hours and hours, days and weeks learning how to use me?')
Go look up 'usability' in the dictionary.
And do not try to disprove any of my claims by coming up with statistically irrelevant counterexamples. This is what Linux is about, and will continue to be so.
So, am I right in concluding that the pulse contains 'merely' 9 joules of energy? And that the power output of the device is 0.9W? Hence not quite able to warm up my meal? Awesome!
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As opposed to some people on slashdot, namely you apparently, among my many friends, there are only a couple of them who read slashdot regularly. I'm assuming I am not the only one here who had many friend that are not of the slashdot type. And I too have yet to even séé someone with a Zune, whereas I knów at least 10 people who own an iPod. Also, it is a matter of statistics. All those individual experiences make for solid empirical proof that MS is heavily exaggerating their Zune sales. I should note, however, that I live in the Netherlands, and am actually not even sure whether the Zune has even been released in Europe yet. And if it is, that makes matter that much worse.
This has been proven to be false. Being able to skate on ice has something to do with the upper crystal layer being of unique structure. No links, just Google it.
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The Linux community has been promoting Linux for the desktop for years now, and the name Linux has gained wide recognition. However, instead of actually focusing on making Linux ready for the desktop, they implemented all kinds of fancy new features (a new scheduler, wow!) and left the home user to his own devices forcing him to compile software, read man-pages on playing mp3 files, use a command prompt, deal with package dependencies, etc. etc. etc. And now the name Linux has become a synonym with 'difficult', 'lot of work' 'can't do what I want', 'for experts' and things like that. A lot of people have tried it, only to be disappointed time and again. They have lost faith, And nothing is going to change that!
So, that's that for Linux on the desktop. Now, supposedly, there are a lot of other areas where Linux is successful. I'm venturing in unfamiliar territory here, but how long will that last? It's only a matter of time before Microsoft create decent OS rivaling Linux in these areas. And as soon as that moment arrives, the large group of Linux users that were forced to use it, only because Windows couldn't handle the job, will start to migrate backwards. Sure, Linux will undoubtedly be able to do it faster or more secure, and for a while, that will convince some people to stick to Linux, but Microsoft will catch up.
In conclusion, Linux is dead, and has only itself to blame. It has always, and continues to do so even now, disregarded usability and user friendliness. So, my dear Linux community, please stop whining about your product's supposed superiority. Technically, I'm sure your right, but practically, you're very far from it.
Windows is about clicking your mouse. Linux is more about choosing from 17 different programs that seem to do the same, bot don't really, so I have to check them all out, only to find that another program has a feature that I might need in the future, and having to live with the burden of choice, having to make that choice 37 times at least in the first few days/hours/weeks, searching for days for answers to questions such as 'how do I automatically open a file of a certain type with a certain program', writing scripts, command prompts, /dev/null/, /root, /bin, /home, /user, /sbin, /var, /user/bin, /user/home/bin, compiling your own software, package conflicts, unsupported hardware, unsupported software, and on... and on... and on...
I don't want a fully customizable desktop! I don't want to create my own computing experience! I don't want to made constantly aware that I might not be using the optimal configuration for my machine! I'm though reading crappy man-pages, going though 289 command line options, only to find out the princess is in another castle (while actually she isn't in a castle at all, and only the old village idiot on a web page far far away knows where she is, maybe)!
A should I have the time to figure all of this out, where does it get me? Absolutely f***ing nowhere!
Problem is the arrogance of the Linux fanboys, wanting to do everying NOT like Microsoft, because 'Micro$oft is bad, we are 1337', hence adding another year or two to the already formidable Linux learning curve. And let me remind you of the fact that a computer is a tool. Having managed to use the tool, after about a couple of years IS NOT A GOAL, it's a waste of my valuable time. Do you see screwdrivers with 15 dials and switches just so that it can be regular and philips at the same time, while being able to use it around a corner, displaying time in unicode, singing a tune for my entertainment, asking me about what color it has to be as I take it out of the box (I DON'T CARE, JUST PICK ONE!!!!), usable as a lighter, and possibly as a magic wand somewhere in the future, which, however, would require me to contact the manufacturer a number of times and reading up on how to get it done, not with any guarantee of succes ('but hey, isn't this fun, spending hours and hours, days and weeks learning how to use me?')
Go look up 'usability' in the dictionary.
And do not try to disprove any of my claims by coming up with statistically irrelevant counterexamples. This is what Linux is about, and will continue to be so.
So, am I right in concluding that the pulse contains 'merely' 9 joules of energy? And that the power output of the device is 0.9W? Hence not quite able to warm up my meal? Awesome!
As opposed to some people on slashdot, namely you apparently, among my many friends, there are only a couple of them who read slashdot regularly. I'm assuming I am not the only one here who had many friend that are not of the slashdot type. And I too have yet to even séé someone with a Zune, whereas I knów at least 10 people who own an iPod. Also, it is a matter of statistics. All those individual experiences make for solid empirical proof that MS is heavily exaggerating their Zune sales. I should note, however, that I live in the Netherlands, and am actually not even sure whether the Zune has even been released in Europe yet. And if it is, that makes matter that much worse.
This has been proven to be false. Being able to skate on ice has something to do with the upper crystal layer being of unique structure. No links, just Google it.
Following the discussion about the date/time format, in continental Europe we proud ourselves in experiencing 13-3-7, or 1337...