Hardware LInux

[Hitto]

Ok, but no matter what the open-tards and Linux fanboys say, Linux is NOT ready for the desktop and won't be for a long, long time. It's ok to experiment with other OS's but personally, if you are using anything that isn't a Mac, unfortunately Windows is the only real viable choice, and if you have the money, go get yourself a Mac.

Dear sir,
Please don't shout at the top of your lungs that you're too dumb to use linux. If my computer-illiterate mom can use it, anyone can. You're just gonna make a fool out of yourself.
Thanks!

 

[rhyguy]

You can easily make XP look like any OS, and it will still play all the games. My current XP desktop http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/7106/desktop4oy7.jpg (the windows icon opens the start menu from there, awesome, right?)

is that with kkmenu?

 

[kellyan95]

That's using objectdock from stardock and I have wallpaper master that rotates my wallpapers every 5 minutes

 

[Azimuth]

Choosing an operating system based on appearance leads me to think you're an idiot.



Especially when Linux is so non-functional and difficult to use.


I'm not going to use Linux but i just became a little bored with XP.
I'll get sick of Linux in a while too however its non-functionality doesn't bother me since I probably wouldn't be in need of such functionalities. I'm too busy for PC gaming and practically a noob at nearly anything else concerning computers.
That doesn't mean I'm not computer-literate however.
I was just curious and a little bored.

Ok, but no matter what the open-tards and Linux fanboys say, Linux is NOT ready for the desktop and won't be for a long, long time. It's ok to experiment with other OS's but personally, if you are using anything that isn't a Mac, unfortunately Windows is the only real viable choice, and if you have the money, go get yourself a Mac.

macs rule...everyone has to think like me and use macs now!...your constant bashing of everything non-macintosh is getting old. Chill out, everyone has their own tastes, just because you like using a locked down proprietary OS doesn't mean everyone else does. Open-tards ftw!

 

[kellyan95]

*me describing a good XP installation*

It can play almost every game out (are there games ONLY for Mac?)
It never crashes, I never get viruses
It's very easy to network with other computers, because most people use it
I don't have any compatibility problems
It's very easy to install the OS and programs for it
There are drivers for almost everything, and they aren't hard to find
It's very fast, my video encoding - games - web browsing
It's very easy to skin, making it's "look" irrelevant

 

[rhyguy]

*me describing a good XP installation*

It can play almost every game out (are there games ONLY for Mac?)
It never crashes, I never get viruses
It's very easy to network with other computers, because most people use it
I don't have any compatibility problems
It's very easy to install the OS and programs for it
There are drivers for almost everything, and they aren't hard to find
It's very fast, my video encoding - games - web browsing
It's very easy to skin, making it's "look" irrelevant

thats like mine, but my ram and processor are really bad


can you make linux like windows in its interface, but have it running fasteR?

 

[acky]

*me describing a good XP installation*

It can play almost every game out (are there games ONLY for Mac?)
It never crashes, I never get viruses
It's very easy to network with other computers, because most people use it
I don't have any compatibility problems
It's very easy to install the OS and programs for it
There are drivers for almost everything, and they aren't hard to find
It's very fast, my video encoding - games - web browsing
It's very easy to skin, making it's "look" irrelevant

thats like mine, but my ram and processor are really bad


can you make linux like windows in its interface, but have it running fasteR?

I think that really depends on what you are trying to run. If you are trying to run Windows applications in linux, then I highly doubt it.

 

[kellyan95]

You are trying to add a start bar to linux...?

 

[Azimuth]

You are trying to add a start bar to linux...?

its been done kbfx. I don't know why anyone would want to emulate another OS when there are tons of original themes out there.

 

[TLSpartan]

I have a start bar (KDE openSUSE 10.3)

 

[dg10050]

One thing I thought I'd mention as a huge plus to Linux is package management. Seriously. Let's say you needed to help your grandmother(or mother >_>) install a Word processor, but you're in some other location. You could tell her to go out and buy Office 2007 and hope to god she chooses the correct version out of the several versions available, you could tell her to download OpenOffice for Windows, give her the url to the website, run her through how to download it, and then run her through how to install it, or with Ubuntu, you tell her to click Applications -> Add/Remove Programs, then tell her to search for OpenOffice, click the checkmark, and click Apply. Basically, I think Linux can be great for newbies as long as you have someone to work out any initial issues.

 

[hanman]

Especially when Linux is so non-functional and difficult to use.

non-functional? i think you have the two confused. there is nothing you can do with windows (or mac os) that i can't do in Linux. as far as difficult to use, all it takes to learn is half a brain, a moderate understanding of english, and a lack of fear of trying something different.

 

[kellyan95]

I'm playing Call of Duty 4 right now, can you do that in Linux? It's worth having Windows to play

 

[Azimuth]

I'm playing Call of Duty 4 right now, can you do that in Linux? It's worth having Windows to play

umm no it isn't..

 

[ZeWarrior]

I'm playing Call of Duty 4 right now, can you do that in Linux? It's worth having Windows to play

With Cedega/Wine you can. The Performance isn't great though. Really Windows sucks. If they made Games for Linux or made more games for Macs Windows would practically be un heard of.

 

[kellyan95]

That's the most idiotic statement I've heard all day, congradulations. Without Microsoft, gaming on the PC would be a barren prospect.

Tell me what's wrong with Windows, because from where I'm sitting I can't see anything. I haven't gotten a BSOD in XP for 2 years, no viruses or spyware for 4 years, and isn't that the bulk of the argument?

You say people with half a brain can learn to use Linuz - but people with half a brain can more easily use XP with 0 issues

 

[ZeWarrior]

That's the most idiotic statement I've heard all day, congradulations. Without Microsoft, gaming on the PC would be a barren prospect.

Tell me what's wrong with Windows, because from where I'm sitting I can't see anything. I haven't gotten a BSOD in XP for 2 years, no viruses or spyware for 4 years, and isn't that the bulk of the argument?

You say people with half a brain can learn to use Linuz - but people with half a brain can more easily use XP with 0 issues

Congratulations, You have terrible spelling. Linuz? Congradulations? Please, without Microsoft maybe this would wouldn't have so many idiots/morons who think Windows = The best OS ever and that Linux/OS X isn't needed or is stupid/ pointless. I'd have to say your one of those morons. Windows has crashes, millions of viruses, because you haven't gotten them doesn't mean other people haven't. If people with less than half a brain can use XP how come pretty much all Windows users have got a virus or had windows crash at least ONE time in windows. People who run Linux/OS X don't even have to worry about those.

 

[kellyan95]

Terrible spelling =! typos.

If there was no Windows, there would be a different OS with all of the problems: the easiest OS to use. More people would have it because it's easy, and thus the target for malware. If everybody switched to Linux, in 6 months you would switch to Windows and say the same thing.

 

[Azimuth]

That's the most idiotic statement I've heard all day, congradulations. Without Microsoft, gaming on the PC would be a barren prospect.

Tell me what's wrong with Windows, because from where I'm sitting I can't see anything. I haven't gotten a BSOD in XP for 2 years, no viruses or spyware for 4 years, and isn't that the bulk of the argument?

You say people with half a brain can learn to use Linuz - but people with half a brain can more easily use XP with 0 issues

Go pick up a book on UNIX and you'll start to see why windows is the exception when it comes to operating systems.

It has sub-par security - many people say Linux and macs don't get viruses because no one cares, well they don't get viruses because of their UNIX core, technology that has worked for over 30 years. There is more money to be made infiltrating mission critical *nix boxes than creating stupid botnets. Also, vista tried to copy the multi-user aspects of UNIX by using UAC, it doesn't work quite as well though.

Networking isn't that hot(even though most of it was incorporated from BSD code)

It crumbles under high load situations, it isn't stable(can't run for extended periods without crashing or crawling to a halt). Basically every advantage a UNIX OS offers, windows doesn't.

OSX is a UNIX certified OS now btw

Didn't you say you run smoothwall? So you should give some credit to Linux for protecting your windows box...

I have nothing against windows, if you like it continue using it. I'm not saying linux is perfect either, just pointing out that windows does have issues that other operating systems have worked out a long(long) time ago.

 

[kellyan95]

I do use a smoothwall, but I use my PC for gaming and no other OS has XP beat in that regard. And damn, there are awesome PC games this year. Let me list some things you won't be playing on Linux
STALKER
BioShock
Call of Duty 4
Crysis
Hellgate: London
The Witcher
Kane and Lynch
World in Conflict

Are those not worth a good firewall? Because that and weekly scheduled scans are the only thing I need to keep XP problem free.