Even as a Windows user, I'll be the first to admit that even a standard word processor like Word leaves a lot to be desired when it comes to creating a document that'll display correctly everywhere (even across different versions of Word). Adobe has done some excellent work with the PDF format, it's just a shame that it's another company-controlled format, though at least much better than the Word.doc!
I think you'd probably have to do more than that. Getting a lot of people to switch over from Windows would require a lot of improvement in not only kernel configuration, but security, scalability, reliability...the list goes on and on.
This is foolishness. Why wouldn't you want to use a commercially viable operating system that's secure, reliable, and stable that supports all your hardware and performs at its full potential? I've been nothing but satisfied with Windows XP, and consider it worth every penny I spent.
I find this to be extremely funny, partly due to the South Park reference, and partly because it's true. You can't make money giving away a product for free, plain and simple.
Don't forget, unlike certain "freeware" operating systems available today, it worked well and didn't crash because you tried to run a program on it. I know this is something that a lot of advocate likes to overlook, but I figured I'd point it out.
I would assume it's because you're running it under GNU/Linucks. Perhaps you should try recompiling it with a much faster compiler for a commercially viable operating system?
I can imagine that they don't have one because there's little future for it. I've been evaluating Linux's capabilities in a variety of environments, and I just don't see it.
I've found this too, I've had both the daemon and the user interface crash on me regularly on a variety of systems. It's really disappointing, but then again, I spend most of my time Windows anyways. None of those annoying software crashes without a trace as to why, at least.
The Linux client is junk (much like a good amount of Linux software out there). Both the daemon and the UI crash constantly. You're surely better off sticking with something like GTK-Gnutella if you are really forced into using Linucks.
I disagree. I tried it, but much to my disappointment, both the daemon and the user interface crashed repeatedly. It was really a shoddy piece of software, not that that's a first for the Linux community or anything.
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Even as a Windows user, I'll be the first to admit that even a standard word processor like Word leaves a lot to be desired when it comes to creating a document that'll display correctly everywhere (even across different versions of Word). Adobe has done some excellent work with the PDF format, it's just a shame that it's another company-controlled format, though at least much better than the Word .doc!
I think you'd probably have to do more than that. Getting a lot of people to switch over from Windows would require a lot of improvement in not only kernel configuration, but security, scalability, reliability...the list goes on and on.
This is foolishness. Why wouldn't you want to use a commercially viable operating system that's secure, reliable, and stable that supports all your hardware and performs at its full potential? I've been nothing but satisfied with Windows XP, and consider it worth every penny I spent.
I find this to be extremely funny, partly due to the South Park reference, and partly because it's true. You can't make money giving away a product for free, plain and simple.
Don't forget, unlike certain "freeware" operating systems available today, it worked well and didn't crash because you tried to run a program on it. I know this is something that a lot of advocate likes to overlook, but I figured I'd point it out.
I would assume it's because it runs under Linux.
I would assume it's because you're running it under GNU/Linucks. Perhaps you should try recompiling it with a much faster compiler for a commercially viable operating system?
I can imagine that they don't have one because there's little future for it. I've been evaluating Linux's capabilities in a variety of environments, and I just don't see it.
I've found this too, I've had both the daemon and the user interface crash on me regularly on a variety of systems. It's really disappointing, but then again, I spend most of my time Windows anyways. None of those annoying software crashes without a trace as to why, at least.
What do you expect? Slashdot runs on Linux. Please note the facetious tone when using the word "runs."
Why would you want it to? Linux has shown itself time and time again to be sub-par for a wide variety of reasons.
The Linux client is junk (much like a good amount of Linux software out there). Both the daemon and the UI crash constantly. You're surely better off sticking with something like GTK-Gnutella if you are really forced into using Linucks.
I disagree. I tried it, but much to my disappointment, both the daemon and the user interface crashed repeatedly. It was really a shoddy piece of software, not that that's a first for the Linux community or anything.