The problem, of course, is the lack of objective reporting. I've had various Desktop Linux distro's (and OS X) crash on me far more often than XP sp2+ and Vista has over the past 4-5 years. Pointing out the former will only result in a Troll or Flamebait mod, while the same MS jokes we've been hearing for the last 10 years still get modded funny.
It took me a day or two to overcome the differences from XP->Vista. Sure, there are some reasons to stick with XP (specifically on older hardware), but the idea that it's so radically different from XP that users will require significant orientation is ridiculous.
Apple's market share is highly irrelevant (in more than one sense). Of that 10%, the majority are laptop owners, of which an even smaller percent actually want to game on them.
You mean people that haven't managed to follow a 5 step guide whose most difficult part is copy/paste, are using google gears & email?
I'm sure the millions of people you have over-generalized and berated for the sake of your own ego have plenty of skills that, in their mind are completely trivial yet may be entirely foreign to you.
By the way, how's the view up there on your high horse?
If you're going to post here on slashdot, you will need to follow a few easy-to-remember rules:
Microsoft is inherently evil, their products are assumed to be inferior, whether or not you've actually used them.
Firefox and Linux are inherently good. Any shortcomings are to be overlooked. Any references to either must be qualified with "(PBUI)" or "Praise Be Upon It."
The only closed-source software in which praise can be given is Opera. You will receive bonus points for non-conformance, especially if you use the e-mail and bit torrent client.
Google is evil because they haven't yet ported their browser for a community who will refuse to use it until they also release a plug-in that circumvents their primary revenue stream.
And, if more pixels didn't allow for better graphics, we'd all still be playing the Atari 2600.
This is true, but graphics nowadays are not being hamstrung by resolutions. Watching football at 1080p is a beautiful thing. Once consoles can surpass that metric, I'll agree that consoles are being "held back" by the 1080p limit.
still limited to 1080p resolutions (unlike PC games), will there really be much of an incentive to upgrade again so soon?
More pixels != better graphics. It's just a dick-swinging contest between PC gamers to justify their annual $600 video card upgrade.... which makes it even more ironic that you would say 5 year console upgrade is "so soon."
Offtopic, but yes, I totally agree. With Bush as president, there were no welfare checks being handed out to moochers, and the economy was doing great. I really feel bad for you, and I can understand why you would be upset -- you will be paying more taxes (since I presume you make more than $250,000 a year) once B. Hussein puts his tax plan into place. And who gets the the tax breaks? Those 14 bastards working under you. Those sons-of-bitches. You know what to do.
RTFA. The verizon install cd is *required* to connect to the service (generates a password and some other crap). In reality, it's the Linux folk who need to do a little more research before going and saying "everything will work just great in Ubuntu!"
I suppose I should clarify my comment. She bought a computer with Ubuntu on it. Yes, I understand what you're saying. Clearly the journalist what no tech expert, which obviously the Linux community has no patience for. So next time you're in getting your car fixed and you don't know what a lower control arm is, I hope they call you an idiot.
That's also when the comments - many of them angry, rude, and hateful - started pouring in.
Some Ubuntu users accused 27 News of "unscrupulous reporting," hitting a "new low for local news," and writing an "atrocious article."
Many Ubuntu users also wrote very personal attacks about the young lady who was having trouble using the operating system. They called her "lazy," "a dumb girl," and "not worthy of a college degree."
The young woman also contacted 27 News to report she's being harassed on her Facebook account by Ubuntu users.
On that note, congratulations to the Linux community! You have exposed yourselves as pretentious twats that you are, and generated tons of great press (sarcasm) for your cause. Morons.
Yes, we geeks of the world clearly understand the superiority of Linux to windows.
It's comments like this that make me want to disassociate myself from the slashdot and linux community altogether. You think you're enlightened, but you're really just a self-righteous twat.
Linux on the desktop will always be broken, thanks to the celebrated "choice" it offers. There is something to be said about the singular direction that corporate development takes. Linux on the desktop will never be cohesive and consistent enough to make it unless there were a de facto distribution, which would never happen thanks to the conflict of opinions within the community.
2008 was about as "Year of the Linux Desktop" as it will ever get. Any companies persuaded by the extremely vocal linux minority to support Desktop Linux will wake up and realize that the significant time and resources spent on developing for a non-standard platform whose demographic wants everything for free is a complete waste. Sorry Desktop Linux folk, but the ride was fun while it lasted.
Don't fool yourself. Just because Linux is what the "cool" kids use doesn't mean FreeBSD is in anyway inferior. The linux community sure holds itself in high regard, but who has ZFS and Dtrace support? Not linux... Of course, thats because once some cool new technology comes out the ego-brained linux folk set out to make their own half-assed implementation that will never get finished. That's Linux for ya though. Runs half-assed on everything, well on nothing.
In a sense, I think it is. It's not that Vista is a bad operating system, it is in fact a very good operating system, and will be getting much of the same praise Vista would have had it launched today with todays drivers. 7 can be likened to an OS X point release (hopefully they'll price it as such). Windows 7 will be Vista SP3, re-branded.
the apply/release frequency was perfect to ensure the tires kept floating on top of the slush
Please explain to me which law of physics would cause an ABS engaged car to stay afloat on top of slush.
Having lived in Wisconsin all my life, I see snow, ice, snow on top of ice, slush -- everything. I've also been switching between a car with ABS and one without. Even disregarding the decade plus and millions of dollars spent on R&D on the subject and going purely on firsthand experience, I call bullshit on you. Had you locked your brakes up going down a hill, not only would you have gotten in an accident at a higher rate of speed, your car would have rotated and done more damage to others and likely yourself. Blaming ABS is a convenient excuse for your accident, albeit a completely ridiculous one.
I asked the dealer about disabling the ABS, they wouldn't do it.
Did you ask them to remove the seat belts while they were at it?
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The problem, of course, is the lack of objective reporting. I've had various Desktop Linux distro's (and OS X) crash on me far more often than XP sp2+ and Vista has over the past 4-5 years. Pointing out the former will only result in a Troll or Flamebait mod, while the same MS jokes we've been hearing for the last 10 years still get modded funny.
It took me a day or two to overcome the differences from XP->Vista. Sure, there are some reasons to stick with XP (specifically on older hardware), but the idea that it's so radically different from XP that users will require significant orientation is ridiculous.
Apple's market share is highly irrelevant (in more than one sense). Of that 10%, the majority are laptop owners, of which an even smaller percent actually want to game on them.
Except there wasn't any constructive feedback, his post boiled down to "I see no benefit, personally, in this, therefore it is entirely unnecessary."
My point is, no one is forcing you to use it.
Here's a thought: if you don't like it, DON'T USE IT.
What is it with slashdot and cynical douche bags?
You mean people that haven't managed to follow a 5 step guide whose most difficult part is copy/paste, are using google gears & email?
I'm sure the millions of people you have over-generalized and berated for the sake of your own ego have plenty of skills that, in their mind are completely trivial yet may be entirely foreign to you.
By the way, how's the view up there on your high horse?
This was a legitimate idea that people actually believed?
They musta been dropped on their head as a child.
FTA: The KDE port for Windows is still a work in progress and some aspects are still highly experimental
Thanks! And happy posting.
And, if more pixels didn't allow for better graphics, we'd all still be playing the Atari 2600.
This is true, but graphics nowadays are not being hamstrung by resolutions. Watching football at 1080p is a beautiful thing. Once consoles can surpass that metric, I'll agree that consoles are being "held back" by the 1080p limit.
still limited to 1080p resolutions (unlike PC games), will there really be much of an incentive to upgrade again so soon?
More pixels != better graphics. It's just a dick-swinging contest between PC gamers to justify their annual $600 video card upgrade.... which makes it even more ironic that you would say 5 year console upgrade is "so soon."
Offtopic, but yes, I totally agree. With Bush as president, there were no welfare checks being handed out to moochers, and the economy was doing great. I really feel bad for you, and I can understand why you would be upset -- you will be paying more taxes (since I presume you make more than $250,000 a year) once B. Hussein puts his tax plan into place. And who gets the the tax breaks? Those 14 bastards working under you. Those sons-of-bitches. You know what to do.
RTFA. The verizon install cd is *required* to connect to the service (generates a password and some other crap). In reality, it's the Linux folk who need to do a little more research before going and saying "everything will work just great in Ubuntu!"
I suppose I should clarify my comment. She bought a computer with Ubuntu on it. Yes, I understand what you're saying. Clearly the journalist what no tech expert, which obviously the Linux community has no patience for. So next time you're in getting your car fixed and you don't know what a lower control arm is, I hope they call you an idiot.
The bit about "accidentally buying Ubuntu" just takes the cake...
So you're saying she purposely bought Ubuntu? The chick had no idea what Ubuntu is, what makes you think it was a conscious decision to purchase it?
That's also when the comments - many of them angry, rude, and hateful - started pouring in. Some Ubuntu users accused 27 News of "unscrupulous reporting," hitting a "new low for local news," and writing an "atrocious article." Many Ubuntu users also wrote very personal attacks about the young lady who was having trouble using the operating system. They called her "lazy," "a dumb girl," and "not worthy of a college degree." The young woman also contacted 27 News to report she's being harassed on her Facebook account by Ubuntu users.
On that note, congratulations to the Linux community! You have exposed yourselves as pretentious twats that you are, and generated tons of great press (sarcasm) for your cause. Morons.
Update to the original story here.
Seriously, with all the attention this story has gotten, all sorts of normal people will not want anything to do with Linux now. Way to F'n go.
Yes, we geeks of the world clearly understand the superiority of Linux to windows.
It's comments like this that make me want to disassociate myself from the slashdot and linux community altogether. You think you're enlightened, but you're really just a self-righteous twat.
-High Caffeine Consumption Causes hallucinations
-Tampa, Fl has the highest caffeine consumption in the US
-Tampa Bay has an extremely high scientologist population
It all makes sense now.
Linux on the desktop will always be broken, thanks to the celebrated "choice" it offers. There is something to be said about the singular direction that corporate development takes. Linux on the desktop will never be cohesive and consistent enough to make it unless there were a de facto distribution, which would never happen thanks to the conflict of opinions within the community.
2008 was about as "Year of the Linux Desktop" as it will ever get. Any companies persuaded by the extremely vocal linux minority to support Desktop Linux will wake up and realize that the significant time and resources spent on developing for a non-standard platform whose demographic wants everything for free is a complete waste. Sorry Desktop Linux folk, but the ride was fun while it lasted.
Don't fool yourself. Just because Linux is what the "cool" kids use doesn't mean FreeBSD is in anyway inferior. The linux community sure holds itself in high regard, but who has ZFS and Dtrace support? Not linux... Of course, thats because once some cool new technology comes out the ego-brained linux folk set out to make their own half-assed implementation that will never get finished. That's Linux for ya though. Runs half-assed on everything, well on nothing.
Chair throwing reference.
the complete idiocy that intelligent, tech-savvy readers often have to deal with in their day-to-day lives
It's these self-proclaimed intelligent, tech-savvy readers I find to be the biggest idiots of all. Clearly a smarmy, self-righteous bunch too.
Is this some attrition for Vista?
In a sense, I think it is. It's not that Vista is a bad operating system, it is in fact a very good operating system, and will be getting much of the same praise Vista would have had it launched today with todays drivers. 7 can be likened to an OS X point release (hopefully they'll price it as such). Windows 7 will be Vista SP3, re-branded.
the apply/release frequency was perfect to ensure the tires kept floating on top of the slush
Please explain to me which law of physics would cause an ABS engaged car to stay afloat on top of slush.
Having lived in Wisconsin all my life, I see snow, ice, snow on top of ice, slush -- everything. I've also been switching between a car with ABS and one without. Even disregarding the decade plus and millions of dollars spent on R&D on the subject and going purely on firsthand experience, I call bullshit on you. Had you locked your brakes up going down a hill, not only would you have gotten in an accident at a higher rate of speed, your car would have rotated and done more damage to others and likely yourself. Blaming ABS is a convenient excuse for your accident, albeit a completely ridiculous one.
I asked the dealer about disabling the ABS, they wouldn't do it.
Did you ask them to remove the seat belts while they were at it?