It was the 2.4 kernel that made me look at, and eventually switch to OpenBSD. After reading several articles in the press about why Linus was releasing 2.4.0 (some mentioned being tired of everyone asking when), and subsequently having serious problems with early kernels, I decided to move my data to OpenBSD.
Linux seems to seek desktop user mass, and that goal seems to be more important than code quality and stability. All I really want is a secure and stable OS. Linux 2.2 kernels were pretty much that, but 2.2 is getting old.
So I decided it was time for me to go back to my roots, and install BSD, which was the first UNIX OS I used (on an old pyramid). I used unix since 1991, linux since late 1993. Too bad Linux is going the wrong way (for me) nowadays...
Exactly what in my comment can be attributed to communists? Communists aren't elitistic as myself, indeed they want EVERYONE to adapt to what they decide is right. I believe that certain things (such as Linux) are best left alone by certain people (such as clueless Wintendo users). Is this a communist attitude? Not likely...
Huh? Am I a communist? Why? For realizing that most people aren't fit and would not gain from using Linux? Or more importantly, because I'll lose if they do?
Another futile effort to try and make Linux a mainstream desktop OS... Who needs it, and more importantly who wants it. Linux should stay as UNIX-like as possible instead of being turned into a windows-lookalike for clueless newbies who think they are 31337 if they run it. Today I tell most people not to run Linux if they ask me about it and I will continue. Most people haven't got the interest it takes to be able to use, understand and administer a complex system like Linux. I'd rather see them sit with windows and winnuke eachother instead of fucking up a perfectly good OS with demands such as user-friendly GUIs and such integrated into kernel-space. Personally I hope this effort goes straight down the drain and scares off other companies from trying the same. Long live 31337 3v|1 h3xX0RZ!@#
Just my $0.02
/Helge
PS. For those who can't see it, I write this with great irony and little seriousness:-)
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It was the 2.4 kernel that made me look at, and eventually switch to OpenBSD. After reading several articles in the press about why Linus was releasing 2.4.0 (some mentioned being tired of everyone asking when), and subsequently having serious problems with early kernels, I decided to move my data to OpenBSD.
Linux seems to seek desktop user mass, and that goal seems to be more important than code quality and stability. All I really want is a secure and stable OS. Linux 2.2 kernels were pretty much that, but 2.2 is getting old.
So I decided it was time for me to go back to my roots, and install BSD, which was the first UNIX OS I used (on an old pyramid). I used unix since 1991, linux since late 1993. Too bad Linux is going the wrong way (for me) nowadays...
Exactly what in my comment can be attributed to communists? Communists aren't elitistic as myself, indeed they want EVERYONE to adapt to what they decide is right. I believe that certain things (such as Linux) are best left alone by certain people (such as clueless Wintendo users). Is this a communist attitude? Not likely...
/Helge
Huh? Am I a communist? Why? For realizing that most people aren't fit and would not gain from using Linux? Or more importantly, because I'll lose if they do?
/Helge
Another futile effort to try and make Linux a mainstream desktop OS... Who needs it, and more importantly who wants it. Linux should stay as UNIX-like as possible instead of being turned into a windows-lookalike for clueless newbies who think they are 31337 if they run it. Today I tell most people not to run Linux if they ask me about it and I will continue. Most people haven't got the interest it takes to be able to use, understand and administer a complex system like Linux. I'd rather see them sit with windows and winnuke eachother instead of fucking up a perfectly good OS with demands such as user-friendly GUIs and such integrated into kernel-space.
/Helge
:-)
Personally I hope this effort goes straight down the drain and scares off other companies from trying the same. Long live 31337 3v|1 h3xX0RZ!@#
Just my $0.02
PS. For those who can't see it, I write this with great irony and little seriousness