I have, several times, each time i find my self getting so frustrated with it that i inevitably find my self sitting in front of the Start button once again
Like I've posted elsewhere, it was written early (1:00am) Xmas morning, my additude towards spelling and grammar are a little lax at that time of the morning. I apologise (BTW that's the correct spelling thank you, check your ENGLISH dictionaries) if it was hard to read.
I don't want Linux to be Windows, i don't like Windows, i don't want to change linux , i just think that if the community wants to fight MS for the desktop, people like me are the ones that it's going to have to convert.
I go on and on about the advantages of linux to non-computer savvy friends, becuase i believe in it not because i shortsightedly hate Microsoft.
Firstly, could you have your head further up your own elitism or what ?
If, as the article is directing you to, the linux community wants commerical and business success to give users a choice, you will have to accept that there are people who do not see the world as a screen, a keyboard and a cpu. My computer is a tool, it is a medium for getting what i want, and doing what i want. I want to to use this piece of electronics (remember that, its a machine) to interact with people, to gather knowledge, to experience things, not to have to write a program every time i need something done..
I am not a drooling Windows idiot, i script, i write programs, i understand C and C++, i would never ever say that im anywhere as knowledgable about the inner workings of a shared C library (as obviously you claim to be) i just don't have the time to write a program everytime i need it. i spend my time of graphics, on eye candy, making things look perty.. not on re-compiling the netscape installation script everytime an update comes in.
I have ALOT of enthusiasm about Linux, i love the concept, i love the way it has brought a community around a piece of software. I want to achieve something, i want to be able to use GIMP to substitute for other commercial programs (being a student, that's one of things i love about Linux, it's free).. i just don't want to have to wade through elitist bullsh*t like yours every time that i want to do something.. i know you have more knowledge than i do about coding, but you seriously lack any true intelligence...
First things first, I'm a frustrated wannabe-Linux user still using Windows98 yet probably for the reasons that could easily answer this question.
I use Windows 98, even though i know its got dismal hardware efficiency, in that the equivalent machine on a RedHat installation could work alot better than on Windows. I use Windows knowing full well (and being disgusted with) the marketing practices of Microsoft. I use Windows knowing that my love of tweaking how my machine looks, works and runs could be fulfilled much easier on a linux box. I use Windows knowing that my data is about as secure on a WinBox than my personal possesions if I were to have the lock on my backdoor installed by a thief.
The single reason I personally use Windows and don't use my set of four RedHat v6 disks sitting right here is becuase one thing, Gloss.
It's shallow i know, but im an average user, im a student, i don't study IT, im more interested in the social context of the internet, it's effects upon communication psychology, but im the user that Linux needs to convert to have any hope of ever fighting back against the "Windows on every desk" mantra.
I use Windows becuase it's easy to install a program, becuase it's easy to see what im doing, where im going and how to get there. I use it because when i want an mp3 dbasing util, i can download a single package, and install it with a mouse click. I don't need to hunt for an obscure library file, i don't need to make sure that it will run with the Window Manager i want to use, i don't need to decode version numbers of updates to work out what i need and don't need. This may sound lazy, but i don't have the time to do this, i don't have the energy to do this, i don't have the knowledge to do this. Most of the market that Linux needs to reach out and grab is like me, the computer techs are sold, the geeks and nerds are sold, the average user ? not yet, they will, but not yet.
Please don't get me wrong, i love the concept of linux, open-sourced, free, community built and driven, and i would switch back in minutes given the chance, but linux really needs that single element that MS still has, Gloss and simplicity.
I saw it quite recently actually, a late night comedy show on Australian tv called "Rove" has a usual crappy Television segment, and on the last show before Xmas they showed SWHS... my only comment, It's still better than Episode One... Oooh i can feel the heat of the flames already;D
After the whole 'net censorship debacle, it's nice to see that us down under in australia can still avoid some brainless decisions.
here AusPost publish every postcode in the back of the freely delivered White Pages phonebook, and you can still visit the austpost web site and download the entire list in CSV....
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can't anyone take a joke these days ? ;)
I have, several times, each time i find my self getting so frustrated with it that i inevitably find my self sitting in front of the Start button once again
Like I've posted elsewhere, it was written early (1:00am) Xmas morning, my additude towards spelling and grammar are a little lax at that time of the morning. I apologise (BTW that's the correct spelling thank you, check your ENGLISH dictionaries) if it was hard to read.
I don't want Linux to be Windows, i don't like Windows, i don't want to change linux , i just think that if the community wants to fight MS for the desktop, people like me are the ones that it's going to have to convert.
I go on and on about the advantages of linux to non-computer savvy friends, becuase i believe in it not because i shortsightedly hate Microsoft.
What the hell.. i wrote it just after 1:00am local time Xmas morning, what the hell do you expect, an english graduate thesis ?
Firstly, could you have your head further up your own elitism or what ?
If, as the article is directing you to, the linux community wants commerical and business success to give users a choice, you will have to accept that there are people who do not see the world as a screen, a keyboard and a cpu. My computer is a tool, it is a medium for getting what i want, and doing what i want. I want to to use this piece of electronics (remember that, its a machine) to interact with people, to gather knowledge, to experience things, not to have to write a program every time i need something done..
I am not a drooling Windows idiot, i script, i write programs, i understand C and C++, i would never ever say that im anywhere as knowledgable about the inner workings of a shared C library (as obviously you claim to be) i just don't have the time to write a program everytime i need it. i spend my time of graphics, on eye candy, making things look perty.. not on re-compiling the netscape installation script everytime an update comes in.
I have ALOT of enthusiasm about Linux, i love the concept, i love the way it has brought a community around a piece of software. I want to achieve something, i want to be able to use GIMP to substitute for other commercial programs (being a student, that's one of things i love about Linux, it's free).. i just don't want to have to wade through elitist bullsh*t like yours every time that i want to do something.. i know you have more knowledge than i do about coding, but you seriously lack any true intelligence...
First things first, I'm a frustrated wannabe-Linux user still using Windows98 yet probably for the reasons that could easily answer this question.
I use Windows 98, even though i know its got dismal hardware efficiency, in that the equivalent machine on a RedHat installation could work alot better than on Windows. I use Windows knowing full well (and being disgusted with) the marketing practices of Microsoft. I use Windows knowing that my love of tweaking how my machine looks, works and runs could be fulfilled much easier on a linux box. I use Windows knowing that my data is about as secure on a WinBox than my personal possesions if I were to have the lock on my backdoor installed by a thief.
The single reason I personally use Windows and don't use my set of four RedHat v6 disks sitting right here is becuase one thing, Gloss.
It's shallow i know, but im an average user, im a student, i don't study IT, im more interested in the social context of the internet, it's effects upon communication psychology, but im the user that Linux needs to convert to have any hope of ever fighting back against the "Windows on every desk" mantra.
I use Windows becuase it's easy to install a program, becuase it's easy to see what im doing, where im going and how to get there. I use it because when i want an mp3 dbasing util, i can download a single package, and install it with a mouse click. I don't need to hunt for an obscure library file, i don't need to make sure that it will run with the Window Manager i want to use, i don't need to decode version numbers of updates to work out what i need and don't need. This may sound lazy, but i don't have the time to do this, i don't have the energy to do this, i don't have the knowledge to do this. Most of the market that Linux needs to reach out and grab is like me, the computer techs are sold, the geeks and nerds are sold, the average user ? not yet, they will, but not yet.
Please don't get me wrong, i love the concept of linux, open-sourced, free, community built and driven, and i would switch back in minutes given the chance, but linux really needs that single element that MS still has, Gloss and simplicity.
I saw it quite recently actually, a late night comedy show on Australian tv called "Rove" has a usual crappy Television segment, and on the last show before Xmas they showed SWHS... my only comment, It's still better than Episode One... Oooh i can feel the heat of the flames already ;D
After the whole 'net censorship debacle, it's nice to see that us down under in australia can still avoid some brainless decisions.
here AusPost publish every postcode in the back of the freely delivered White Pages phonebook, and you can still visit the austpost web site and download the entire list in CSV....