The funny thing is, I *love* linux, but everytime someone makes a post like this it makes my hairs stand on end, because it's simply not true.
Linux is not as easy to use as windows. It's getting better by the day, but many things in linux are still a pain in the butt (driver installation anyone?) and support for top of the line hardware is a hit and miss art at best.
and no, gaming isn't quite there yet either... however, at the pace linux is evolving, there's hope for the beasty yet (I'm sure hoping)
"DO YOU GUYS GET THAT? Try not to make these knee-jerk reactions."
Who's jerking a knee here?
I just happen to think Lindows is a fairly poor OS, and I think I still have the right to express that opinion.
That doesn't mean I'm not -for- easy to use OSes to replace windows, quite the contrary. I'm still waiting for a halfway decent OS that's useable by a broad scala of different kinds of people. and quite frankly, not even windows falls into that category IMHO.
What I want to see is something taking the best of Mac OSX, Debian and Windows, whilst doing away with non-intuitive crap and nasty expensive licenses...
and I don't ever, EVER want to have to install ANYTHING from a command line again.
"Lindows isn't Debian. Lindows isn't Red Hat. Lindows is Lindows. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean it's not a good product for some people."
True, true, but I'm a little hesitant about Lindows in particular. for one thing, I really,really don't trust their bossman. and I'm very dubious about the quality of their product, compared to, say, a stable Debian.
Lindows, to me, just looks like a poorly tweaked debian, with large amounts of financial backing, and a good media dept.
...to profit off of their customers hopes and dreams.
This kind of crap is really showing off the sorry state of our modern societies. we're scum. dirty scum.
I absolutely -adore- this, it's the kind of stuff my DM does to us ALL THE TIME!
they should be clever about it, and turn all the offending player chars into NPC-evil-masterminds to be defeated after wreaking havoc on the entire continent...
you are quite right about ISPs, BUT you really don't care when you connect through some newbie's wide-open Wi-Fi router from outside his house now do you?
I'm SOOOO with you on this! I absolutely ADORE the portage system, but occasionally, it's a serious pain in the butt to compile BIG stuff (gnome and/or KDE come to mind).
I firmly believe that a hybrid form of apt-portage that would allow you to choose between "compile from source" and "use precompiled package" would pretty much be the ultimate software management system...
Now if only this was available on a nice newbie system like mandrake, I'd be able to convince my buddies to leave their heathen microsoft ways BEFORE they all get jailed when palladium hits and examines their enormous stocks of bootleg videos...
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Linux is not as easy to use as windows. It's getting better by the day, but many things in linux are still a pain in the butt (driver installation anyone?) and support for top of the line hardware is a hit and miss art at best.
and no, gaming isn't quite there yet either... however, at the pace linux is evolving, there's hope for the beasty yet (I'm sure hoping)
Who's jerking a knee here?
I just happen to think Lindows is a fairly poor OS, and I think I still have the right to express that opinion.
That doesn't mean I'm not -for- easy to use OSes to replace windows, quite the contrary.
I'm still waiting for a halfway decent OS that's useable by a broad scala of different kinds of people. and quite frankly, not even windows falls into that category IMHO.
What I want to see is something taking the best of Mac OSX, Debian and Windows, whilst doing away with non-intuitive crap and nasty expensive licenses...
and I don't ever, EVER want to have to install ANYTHING from a command line again.
True, true, but I'm a little hesitant about Lindows in particular. for one thing, I really,really don't trust their bossman. and I'm very dubious about the quality of their product, compared to, say, a stable Debian.
Lindows, to me, just looks like a poorly tweaked debian, with large amounts of financial backing, and a good media dept.
I mean, do we *really* want Lindows to be the thing the masses at large associate with linux, or alternative OSes in general?
it's obvious isn't it? I DREAM of having great FPS and in the end I can only HOPE that the store will give me a refund...
but basically, being a script kiddie means you don't know how to do stuff yourself...
So I'm guessing the odds of a kiddie modding the worm into something REALLY deadly are quite slim to begin with.
...to profit off of their customers hopes and dreams. This kind of crap is really showing off the sorry state of our modern societies. we're scum. dirty scum.
Has anyone got any links to pictures of the device, that is so cool, it provokes slashdotters to see red?
/me points and laughs.
/me downloads ISO.
/me is now happier then you are.
they should be clever about it, and turn all the offending player chars into NPC-evil-masterminds to be defeated after wreaking havoc on the entire continent...
-Bill Gates claims to have the IP rights to the concept of desktop computing
etc. etc.
is there no end to the madness!!!??!
you DO realise there's a P in that 13375p34k of yours...
yeah, I know it was a cheap shot etc. etc.
OMG...
IM thingie *with* printing capabilities!
That's pretty well done! of course it's a trick, but it's one I haven't seen before, AND it's a *good* trick!
Dude, have you ever even SEEN a *real* macross (not robotech-the-raped-version-of-macross)...
that stoopid hunk of junk is VERY nasty...
It's because they are aware of the fact that the US military is composed of looneys.
Take your medicine Moe, it'll help you calm down... then we'll take you to see the nice man, and you can tell him ALLLL about yuor troubles.
the point was: I already have sex, NOW the thing I want most is E ;)
you are quite right about ISPs, BUT you really don't care when you connect through some newbie's wide-open Wi-Fi router from outside his house now do you?
dick.
Nowadays, smart h4xx0rZ should probably take a laptop and connect to the internet through some idiot's wide-open Wi-Fi router...
I mean, there's seven of those on the way I take to work, and that's just three blocks away...
I hate you Taco, I really, REALLY hate you...
...Or people will feel my wrath for tempting me with the thing I want MOST!
how many (employed) programmers do you know that program in binary?
I absolutely ADORE the portage system, but occasionally, it's a serious pain in the butt to compile BIG stuff (gnome and/or KDE come to mind).
I firmly believe that a hybrid form of apt-portage that would allow you to choose between "compile from source" and "use precompiled package" would pretty much be the ultimate software management system...
Now if only this was available on a nice newbie system like mandrake, I'd be able to convince my buddies to leave their heathen microsoft ways BEFORE they all get jailed when palladium hits and examines their enormous stocks of bootleg videos...