Except that Windows offers much more to choose from. Including many of the same Open Source projects Linux zealots seem to think they have excursive access to.
Indeed, sometimes the quality of Linux software isn't up to snuff with Windows. Even programs that have Linux ports aren't up to the same level. For example, the Skype version of Linux is far outdated, and Firefox is much slower on Linux. Some of that is due to technical reasons, some if it is simply the lack of motivation on the part of the developers. Either way, Linux means less choice and fewer features when you actually look at ALL the options.
Jilted by the zealots, who consistently lie or tell half the truth at all costs in order to bash Microsoft (or Apple) and praise Linux as if it was the second coming of Christ. Linux is an OS with a religious following. That alone is enough to drive people over the edge.
And you get what you pay for. Like bugs guaranteed to put you at risk for losing saved data, discovered in beta, but released anyway without being fixed. The mother fuckers responsible should have lost their job... oh wait, it's open source. Who cares. If you value your time and work you're probably better off buying Sun's Star Office. For typing notes to grandma, OO is great.
Agreed, and the name... "DJ Danger Mouse"? Gee, could he have gotten the idea from the 1980s British cartoon show by the same name? This guy needs to create his own music and stop ripping ideas from everyone else. Names included.
I second that. Even worse, it's written by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, a prolific Linux Troll who takes any opportunity to crap on Microsoft while hailing Linux as the greatest thing ever. In this case he's blaming the Conficker worm for a DOS attack on Google. No proof, but his articles never need any. You might wonder why he hasn't gotten fired yet, but angry readers are readers none the less. It's all about the ratings.
This story reeks of bullshit and you are clearly a Linux zealot, so that's even less reason to believe you. Still, the problem is that if you purchase counterfeit software, and you did, it's the same as buying something with counterfeit money. The purchase was not valid. Your loss.
If you have a pizza delivered to your house and you pay for it with a $20 bill that the driver later verifies as being a fake, it doesn't matter who gave it to you. It doesn't matter if you didn't know it was a fake. You still owe the driver a real $20 bill because you didn't pay with real money. The burden is on you to produce legal tender and pay for the product. Not the police, not the pizza company, but you.
Not that it matters now. You threatened them with Linux and wiped the OS from 3 machines with licenses that were already paid for. You sure showed them!
No, Microsoft didn't convince them, it was tech workers. It's easy to blame a huge corporation that isn't there to defend itself when you are talking with a client. Customers accept this excuse because they don't know any better. They don't understand how the computer works so they turn to other people to help them understand the problem. Who are they to challenge the word of the computer "expert" that either sold them the computer or was hired to repair it?
Yes. "Massive Meltdown" indeed. Though even the article states the real number of machine effected is unknown, it sure makes for a great eye catching headline. Reality, of course, is less exciting.
One of the biggest sources of piracy Microsoft is trying to clamp down on is the local "Joe's Computer Hut"-type shop. Joe puts together motherboards and chips and sells $300 computers, including Windows. But what Joe's customers don't realize is that Joe is installing pirated copies.
And I used to work for one. I took a job in Florida working for a company (AVC Concepts of Bradenton, Florida. Now defunct.) that did just that. The owner sold computers with pirated copies of Windows XP installed. Around this time in 2006, Microsoft started to distribute WGA. Needless to say, we got calls from customers who's machines were flagged running pirated copies. It was my job to pick these machines up, bring them back to the shop and replace the pirated OS with a legitimate copy.
My boss instructed me to lie to customers and tell them that they had a valid copy, but that Microsoft's own Windows Genuine Advantage was fouled up. Blame Microsoft. It's an easy excuse that customers easily accept without much fuss.
Screw PSNR. Use your eyeballs. Though dated, these screen shots pretty much seal the deal. Theora sucks, quality wise. I'm actually a big fan of Vorbis, but that's because I've found it to be a better codec for audio, but the same isn't the case for Theora's video quality.
There are many Linux games. The Unreal tournament series for one, the quake series, Enemy Territory, etc.
Actually, there are few Linux games at all. The 3 you cite came out first on Windows and later ported to Linux. The only reason the Linux ports exist is because these game engines are old and used OpenGL anyway. Gaming on Linux is like shopping at The Salvation Army. Everything is "hand me downs" and stuff that hasn't been popular for a long ass time.
There there is Wine, probably the most over hyped application you will find on Linux. The problem is that Wine is incredibly shoddy. If you are lucky and the game or application you want to run is popular with the developers then it might work. For every game you say works "flawlessly", by your definition, I can slap another 10 in your face that either do not work at all, or have performance problems and glitches so severe you would rather just play a board game.
It's not really your problem, unless you are working as a competitor, but I doubt you are.
I'm tired of the DRM.
Don't purchase DRM protected content. Two birds, one stone
I'm tired of the FUD.
Oh, you made a poor choice with Linux then. There's plenty of FUD to be had. Been to BoycotNovell lately? COLA? Read any Kdawson posts?
I'm tired of mediocre product after mediocre product.
Linux is a good choice for you then. It's not even a product. More of a garage band of programmers trying to find solutions without a problem.
I'm tired of their high prices.
Considering as important and widespread as Windows is, its price is pretty reasonable. You can even upgrade for a discount.
I'm tired of them stacking the ISO.
Yes, because God forbid Microsoft, who knows about creating software to handle documents, gets involved in creating a document standard nobody really gives a shit about in the first place.
I'm tired of embrace extend extinguish.
You got FOSS dude, why shed a tear for proprietary crapware?
I'm tired of fixing other people's computers from malware.
Fortunately for you, Linux will never be popular enough to be a prime target.
I'm tired of the overwhelming OS storage footprints, and everything else they do to ruin computing for everyone.
Correction: Ruined for you. Don't push your beliefs on everyone else. You are just one person, and a pretty grumpy one at that. If your budget for computer hardware is tight, then Linux is your obvious choice.
I'm tired of the whole company and I wish everyone would dump them forever.
If you don't like SuperFetch (for any number of trollish reasons) you can disable this service yourself. It's enabled by default but it is entirely optional. The caching begins shortly after logging in. It does not take long. My machine fills up 1.4 gigs of cached data in less than 3 minutes after a boot. You can still load other programs while the cache is filling. This may come as a shock, but not all the system defaults of any computer are set "just for you". You might have to make your own adjustments.
I haven't read any reports that the Linux developers are planning to redesign Linux to be insecure in the future.
Your thinking is completely on the wrong track, but you are doing this on purpose to belittle someone else. The problem is that because Linux usage is so small, it has not met the same challenges as an OS that has global dominance. The "developers" haven't had to consider a huge mass of users that have little idea what they are doing and a group of malicious programmers who want to exploit them. There is little demand to use Linux and thus little demand to break it.
Every single Linux troll on the planet will laugh at you if you advance the idea that Linux will suddenly be virus ridden if market share improves.
I and my friends have many Linux-based devices; I have a TomTom GPS, my friends have Linksys WRT(Can't remember the num) routers, and I do a lot of work on Linux servers that are completely headless.
That's just it. Linux itself isn't doing anything special in those instances except providing a low cost, "good enough" platform to run.... brace yourself for this one... the application needed to make the device useful. Linux isn't blazing fast, super efficient, or all powerful. In many cases it simply needs to be good enough for the task at hand, be that a GPS device, Kiosk, server, or router. Looking at it from that context, the OS really takes a back seat to the application. That's why a Linux based device is really nothing to go "wow" over.
Linux use is up, just not in the traditional desktop sense.
No. Viewing a web page hosted on a Linux server no more makes you a Linux user than kissing your father makes you a homosexual. In the context of the data presented, "USAGE" refers to what OS people are actively using when they sit down to use a computer. Not anything else you want to pull out of your ass.
You could spin it that way, but that ignores the rest of the story. Many gamers will upgrade their video card before buying a new computer (with OS included).
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In this case the author tried to pass himself off as a "Windows Power User", but most Windows users like myself will see through this bullshit.
Except that Windows offers much more to choose from. Including many of the same Open Source projects Linux zealots seem to think they have excursive access to.
Indeed, sometimes the quality of Linux software isn't up to snuff with Windows. Even programs that have Linux ports aren't up to the same level. For example, the Skype version of Linux is far outdated, and Firefox is much slower on Linux. Some of that is due to technical reasons, some if it is simply the lack of motivation on the part of the developers. Either way, Linux means less choice and fewer features when you actually look at ALL the options.
Jilted by the zealots, who consistently lie or tell half the truth at all costs in order to bash Microsoft (or Apple) and praise Linux as if it was the second coming of Christ. Linux is an OS with a religious following. That alone is enough to drive people over the edge.
People are well aware of Apple, which is the only practical choice outside of Windows.
And you get what you pay for. Like bugs guaranteed to put you at risk for losing saved data, discovered in beta, but released anyway without being fixed. The mother fuckers responsible should have lost their job... oh wait, it's open source. Who cares. If you value your time and work you're probably better off buying Sun's Star Office. For typing notes to grandma, OO is great.
Agreed, and the name... "DJ Danger Mouse"? Gee, could he have gotten the idea from the 1980s British cartoon show by the same name? This guy needs to create his own music and stop ripping ideas from everyone else. Names included.
I second that. Even worse, it's written by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, a prolific Linux Troll who takes any opportunity to crap on Microsoft while hailing Linux as the greatest thing ever. In this case he's blaming the Conficker worm for a DOS attack on Google. No proof, but his articles never need any. You might wonder why he hasn't gotten fired yet, but angry readers are readers none the less. It's all about the ratings.
I got a vasectomy for a reason.
In your case, wouldn't that be like winterizing a home in Florida?
This story reeks of bullshit and you are clearly a Linux zealot, so that's even less reason to believe you. Still, the problem is that if you purchase counterfeit software, and you did, it's the same as buying something with counterfeit money. The purchase was not valid. Your loss.
If you have a pizza delivered to your house and you pay for it with a $20 bill that the driver later verifies as being a fake, it doesn't matter who gave it to you. It doesn't matter if you didn't know it was a fake. You still owe the driver a real $20 bill because you didn't pay with real money. The burden is on you to produce legal tender and pay for the product. Not the police, not the pizza company, but you.
Not that it matters now. You threatened them with Linux and wiped the OS from 3 machines with licenses that were already paid for. You sure showed them!
No, Microsoft didn't convince them, it was tech workers. It's easy to blame a huge corporation that isn't there to defend itself when you are talking with a client. Customers accept this excuse because they don't know any better. They don't understand how the computer works so they turn to other people to help them understand the problem. Who are they to challenge the word of the computer "expert" that either sold them the computer or was hired to repair it?
Yes. "Massive Meltdown" indeed. Though even the article states the real number of machine effected is unknown, it sure makes for a great eye catching headline. Reality, of course, is less exciting.
One of the biggest sources of piracy Microsoft is trying to clamp down on is the local "Joe's Computer Hut"-type shop. Joe puts together motherboards and chips and sells $300 computers, including Windows. But what Joe's customers don't realize is that Joe is installing pirated copies.
And I used to work for one. I took a job in Florida working for a company (AVC Concepts of Bradenton, Florida. Now defunct.) that did just that. The owner sold computers with pirated copies of Windows XP installed. Around this time in 2006, Microsoft started to distribute WGA. Needless to say, we got calls from customers who's machines were flagged running pirated copies. It was my job to pick these machines up, bring them back to the shop and replace the pirated OS with a legitimate copy.
My boss instructed me to lie to customers and tell them that they had a valid copy, but that Microsoft's own Windows Genuine Advantage was fouled up. Blame Microsoft. It's an easy excuse that customers easily accept without much fuss.
Screw PSNR. Use your eyeballs. Though dated, these screen shots pretty much seal the deal. Theora sucks, quality wise. I'm actually a big fan of Vorbis, but that's because I've found it to be a better codec for audio, but the same isn't the case for Theora's video quality.
After reading the headline I thought this post was going to announce the native Linux version of WOW. Who'd even have time for sex after that?
And compared to XP, Vista also needed $400 worth of hardware.
Wrong. In almost all cases it just takes a $40~ stick of RAM.
Depressing proof that it's all in the marketing.
Hey, maybe you should get a marketing gig yourself? You seem to be pretty good at making up bullshit to prove a point.
There are many Linux games. The Unreal tournament series for one, the quake series, Enemy Territory, etc.
Actually, there are few Linux games at all. The 3 you cite came out first on Windows and later ported to Linux. The only reason the Linux ports exist is because these game engines are old and used OpenGL anyway. Gaming on Linux is like shopping at The Salvation Army. Everything is "hand me downs" and stuff that hasn't been popular for a long ass time.
There there is Wine, probably the most over hyped application you will find on Linux. The problem is that Wine is incredibly shoddy. If you are lucky and the game or application you want to run is popular with the developers then it might work. For every game you say works "flawlessly", by your definition, I can slap another 10 in your face that either do not work at all, or have performance problems and glitches so severe you would rather just play a board game.
I'm tired of MS's patent crap.
It's not really your problem, unless you are working as a competitor, but I doubt you are.
I'm tired of the DRM.
Don't purchase DRM protected content. Two birds, one stone
I'm tired of the FUD.
Oh, you made a poor choice with Linux then. There's plenty of FUD to be had. Been to BoycotNovell lately? COLA? Read any Kdawson posts?
I'm tired of mediocre product after mediocre product.
Linux is a good choice for you then. It's not even a product. More of a garage band of programmers trying to find solutions without a problem.
I'm tired of their high prices.
Considering as important and widespread as Windows is, its price is pretty reasonable. You can even upgrade for a discount.
I'm tired of them stacking the ISO.
Yes, because God forbid Microsoft, who knows about creating software to handle documents, gets involved in creating a document standard nobody really gives a shit about in the first place.
I'm tired of embrace extend extinguish.
You got FOSS dude, why shed a tear for proprietary crapware?
I'm tired of fixing other people's computers from malware.
Fortunately for you, Linux will never be popular enough to be a prime target.
I'm tired of the overwhelming OS storage footprints, and everything else they do to ruin computing for everyone.
Correction: Ruined for you. Don't push your beliefs on everyone else. You are just one person, and a pretty grumpy one at that. If your budget for computer hardware is tight, then Linux is your obvious choice.
I'm tired of the whole company and I wish everyone would dump them forever.
Ha ha, dream on.
If you don't like SuperFetch (for any number of trollish reasons) you can disable this service yourself. It's enabled by default but it is entirely optional. The caching begins shortly after logging in. It does not take long. My machine fills up 1.4 gigs of cached data in less than 3 minutes after a boot. You can still load other programs while the cache is filling. This may come as a shock, but not all the system defaults of any computer are set "just for you". You might have to make your own adjustments.
I haven't read any reports that the Linux developers are planning to redesign Linux to be insecure in the future.
Your thinking is completely on the wrong track, but you are doing this on purpose to belittle someone else. The problem is that because Linux usage is so small, it has not met the same challenges as an OS that has global dominance. The "developers" haven't had to consider a huge mass of users that have little idea what they are doing and a group of malicious programmers who want to exploit them. There is little demand to use Linux and thus little demand to break it.
Every single Linux troll on the planet will laugh at you if you advance the idea that Linux will suddenly be virus ridden if market share improves.
Fix that for you. No charge.
A great post about this ridiculous project was made to the Linux Hater's Blog back in 2008. Worth a read if you want to know why it's a piece of crap.
I and my friends have many Linux-based devices; I have a TomTom GPS, my friends have Linksys WRT(Can't remember the num) routers, and I do a lot of work on Linux servers that are completely headless.
That's just it. Linux itself isn't doing anything special in those instances except providing a low cost, "good enough" platform to run.... brace yourself for this one... the application needed to make the device useful. Linux isn't blazing fast, super efficient, or all powerful. In many cases it simply needs to be good enough for the task at hand, be that a GPS device, Kiosk, server, or router. Looking at it from that context, the OS really takes a back seat to the application. That's why a Linux based device is really nothing to go "wow" over.
Linux use is up, just not in the traditional desktop sense.
No. Viewing a web page hosted on a Linux server no more makes you a Linux user than kissing your father makes you a homosexual. In the context of the data presented, "USAGE" refers to what OS people are actively using when they sit down to use a computer. Not anything else you want to pull out of your ass.
I still can't believe this story wasn't posted by Kdawson. I had to triple check.
Your 21st century seems a lot nicer than my 21st century.
Yes, it's called: "having money".
You could spin it that way, but that ignores the rest of the story. Many gamers will upgrade their video card before buying a new computer (with OS included).