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Alias
FB wrote:
> Alias wrote:
>
>> Flight wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> "Frank" <aliasis@asheep-fukkin.plc> schreef in bericht
>>> news:Ofe3Xc99IHA.4916@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>>> Alias wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Frank wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Alias wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> John Whitworth wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "R0bb0b" <rob@ositnet.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>>> news:R0bb0b.3dpi51@no-mx.tabletquestions.com...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> James989530 Wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I have the best of both worlds. You should try it. lol
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I also share my box with windoze and linux, only because I have
>>>>>>>>> to. I
>>>>>>>>> have a small partition of 10g set asside for windoze and only
>>>>>>>>> use it
>>>>>>>>> for specific .EXEs that I unfortunately cannot do without,
>>>>>>>>> otherwise I
>>>>>>>>> would prefer to get rid of it all together. I absolutely
>>>>>>>>> refuse to get
>>>>>>>>> Vista, am still using XP, I just don't like the way that MS
>>>>>>>>> relys on the
>>>>>>>>> public to debug their OS. But you know what, Mac is getting a
>>>>>>>>> lot of
>>>>>>>>> attention, especially now that they are using intel, and linux is
>>>>>>>>> really stepping up now, I think that this is the beginning of
>>>>>>>>> the end
>>>>>>>>> of MS. Oh please oh please be true.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Don't be fooled. Linux isn't 'stepping up'. It is not, hasn't
>>>>>>>> been for the 8 years that I've followed it, and probably never
>>>>>>>> will be suitable for mainstream desktop computing. Last time it
>>>>>>>> was apparently 'stepping up', there were Linux magazines
>>>>>>>> available and all sorts. MS spends millions ensuring that their
>>>>>>>> product provides what their target audience wants. Whether it
>>>>>>>> works smoothly or not is another matter. Linux (in it's Ubuntu
>>>>>>>> incarnation) on the other hand, looks virtually the same as it
>>>>>>>> did back in the days when Red Hat was due to take over the
>>>>>>>> world. It doesn't listen to what the majority of people want.
>>>>>>>> I'm sure the acid test for most people would be being able to
>>>>>>>> install their copy of MS Office natively, with the same ease as
>>>>>>>> in Windows. Can you do that?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Linux is great as a server, but it's too raw and clunky as a
>>>>>>>> desktop. But hey, it has some nice screensavers!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Great as a toy...not so great as a business/work tool. The
>>>>>>>> majority of people that I know through work and personal life,
>>>>>>>> do not want OpenOffice or other such applications. They want to
>>>>>>>> use their Works or Office software.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> JW
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You need to hang out with a different crowd, one that thinks. You
>>>>>>> haven't been following anything because Ubuntu works out of the
>>>>>>> box and needs no terminal work to get it or keep it going. Ubuntu
>>>>>>> has come along way since I first installed it in 06. For example,
>>>>>>> you can now change the grub order with a GUI. NTFS drives are
>>>>>>> automagically recognized. Linux friendly printers install with
>>>>>>> three clicks, scanners as well. Plug the web cam in and out pops
>>>>>>> Cheese. No software on a CD required.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What can be done with Ubuntu:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Email
>>>>>>> Surf the web
>>>>>>> Burn CDs.
>>>>>>> Rip CDs.
>>>>>>> Listen to music.
>>>>>>> Watch vidoes/DVDs.
>>>>>>> Scan and print.
>>>>>>> Spreadsheets.
>>>>>>> Presentations
>>>>>>> Newsgroups.
>>>>>>> HTML editing.
>>>>>>> Games like Chess, Tetris, all kinds of solitaire, etc.
>>>>>>> Make videos.
>>>>>>> Download photos from a camera and organize them.
>>>>>>> Translations.
>>>>>>> Use a dictionary
>>>>>>> Learn how to touch type.
>>>>>>> Edit images.
>>>>>>> Send and receive a fax.
>>>>>>> Take screenshots.
>>>>>>> Create .PDF files.
>>>>>>> Create and use a data base.
>>>>>>> Instant messaging with over 10 different programs in one
>>>>>>> including Windows Live Messenger.
>>>>>>> IRC.
>>>>>>> Bluetooth.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> and much more!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What you can't do with Ubuntu:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Worry about:
>>>>>>> WPA and WGA raising their ugly heads,
>>>>>>> DRM,
>>>>>>> Viruses,
>>>>>>> Root kits,
>>>>>>> Spyware,
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> Malware.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Alias
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for proving (once again) that you are a lying linux troll!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> No, Frank, you're the one that never helps anyone...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Liar!
>>>>
>>>> and cannot post
>>>>
>>>>> without including some unfounded insults, lies, profanity and bluster.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> More of your lies. You're sick in the head! Get lost troll. Stop
>>>> lying troll.
>>>
>>>
>>> Just a small question: if you like Ubuntu so much what are you doing
>>> here then?
>>
>>
>> Frank doesn't like Ubuntu.
>
> urbuttoo is a POS toy os for broke losers like you.
>
> He -- like Steve Ballmer -- is scared of it.
>
> You are scared of me and Steve Ballmer.
>>
>> Let's help each other with Vista and keep the rest off this
>>
>>> group, it's off topic here. Who's the troll here????
>>
>>
>> Ubuntu is not off topic here.
>
> Liar!
>
> It's an alternative that frustrated Vista
>> users can check out.
>
> Liar!
>
> Note that the sign on the door says
>> "vista.general", not "vista.only".
>
> Note that the sign on the door says "Vista general", which means general
> discussions about *Vista*, not linux.
> Stop lying and stop trolling.
> Get lost sicko.
But if I get lot what will I do without you master?
> Alias wrote:
>
>> Flight wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> "Frank" <aliasis@asheep-fukkin.plc> schreef in bericht
>>> news:Ofe3Xc99IHA.4916@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>>> Alias wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Frank wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Alias wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> John Whitworth wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "R0bb0b" <rob@ositnet.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>>> news:R0bb0b.3dpi51@no-mx.tabletquestions.com...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> James989530 Wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I have the best of both worlds. You should try it. lol
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I also share my box with windoze and linux, only because I have
>>>>>>>>> to. I
>>>>>>>>> have a small partition of 10g set asside for windoze and only
>>>>>>>>> use it
>>>>>>>>> for specific .EXEs that I unfortunately cannot do without,
>>>>>>>>> otherwise I
>>>>>>>>> would prefer to get rid of it all together. I absolutely
>>>>>>>>> refuse to get
>>>>>>>>> Vista, am still using XP, I just don't like the way that MS
>>>>>>>>> relys on the
>>>>>>>>> public to debug their OS. But you know what, Mac is getting a
>>>>>>>>> lot of
>>>>>>>>> attention, especially now that they are using intel, and linux is
>>>>>>>>> really stepping up now, I think that this is the beginning of
>>>>>>>>> the end
>>>>>>>>> of MS. Oh please oh please be true.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Don't be fooled. Linux isn't 'stepping up'. It is not, hasn't
>>>>>>>> been for the 8 years that I've followed it, and probably never
>>>>>>>> will be suitable for mainstream desktop computing. Last time it
>>>>>>>> was apparently 'stepping up', there were Linux magazines
>>>>>>>> available and all sorts. MS spends millions ensuring that their
>>>>>>>> product provides what their target audience wants. Whether it
>>>>>>>> works smoothly or not is another matter. Linux (in it's Ubuntu
>>>>>>>> incarnation) on the other hand, looks virtually the same as it
>>>>>>>> did back in the days when Red Hat was due to take over the
>>>>>>>> world. It doesn't listen to what the majority of people want.
>>>>>>>> I'm sure the acid test for most people would be being able to
>>>>>>>> install their copy of MS Office natively, with the same ease as
>>>>>>>> in Windows. Can you do that?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Linux is great as a server, but it's too raw and clunky as a
>>>>>>>> desktop. But hey, it has some nice screensavers!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Great as a toy...not so great as a business/work tool. The
>>>>>>>> majority of people that I know through work and personal life,
>>>>>>>> do not want OpenOffice or other such applications. They want to
>>>>>>>> use their Works or Office software.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> JW
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You need to hang out with a different crowd, one that thinks. You
>>>>>>> haven't been following anything because Ubuntu works out of the
>>>>>>> box and needs no terminal work to get it or keep it going. Ubuntu
>>>>>>> has come along way since I first installed it in 06. For example,
>>>>>>> you can now change the grub order with a GUI. NTFS drives are
>>>>>>> automagically recognized. Linux friendly printers install with
>>>>>>> three clicks, scanners as well. Plug the web cam in and out pops
>>>>>>> Cheese. No software on a CD required.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What can be done with Ubuntu:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Surf the web
>>>>>>> Burn CDs.
>>>>>>> Rip CDs.
>>>>>>> Listen to music.
>>>>>>> Watch vidoes/DVDs.
>>>>>>> Scan and print.
>>>>>>> Spreadsheets.
>>>>>>> Presentations
>>>>>>> Newsgroups.
>>>>>>> HTML editing.
>>>>>>> Games like Chess, Tetris, all kinds of solitaire, etc.
>>>>>>> Make videos.
>>>>>>> Download photos from a camera and organize them.
>>>>>>> Translations.
>>>>>>> Use a dictionary
>>>>>>> Learn how to touch type.
>>>>>>> Edit images.
>>>>>>> Send and receive a fax.
>>>>>>> Take screenshots.
>>>>>>> Create .PDF files.
>>>>>>> Create and use a data base.
>>>>>>> Instant messaging with over 10 different programs in one
>>>>>>> including Windows Live Messenger.
>>>>>>> IRC.
>>>>>>> Bluetooth.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> and much more!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What you can't do with Ubuntu:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Worry about:
>>>>>>> WPA and WGA raising their ugly heads,
>>>>>>> DRM,
>>>>>>> Viruses,
>>>>>>> Root kits,
>>>>>>> Spyware,
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> Malware.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Alias
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for proving (once again) that you are a lying linux troll!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> No, Frank, you're the one that never helps anyone...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Liar!
>>>>
>>>> and cannot post
>>>>
>>>>> without including some unfounded insults, lies, profanity and bluster.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> More of your lies. You're sick in the head! Get lost troll. Stop
>>>> lying troll.
>>>
>>>
>>> Just a small question: if you like Ubuntu so much what are you doing
>>> here then?
>>
>>
>> Frank doesn't like Ubuntu.
>
> urbuttoo is a POS toy os for broke losers like you.
>
> He -- like Steve Ballmer -- is scared of it.
>
> You are scared of me and Steve Ballmer.
>>
>> Let's help each other with Vista and keep the rest off this
>>
>>> group, it's off topic here. Who's the troll here????
>>
>>
>> Ubuntu is not off topic here.
>
> Liar!
>
> It's an alternative that frustrated Vista
>> users can check out.
>
> Liar!
>
> Note that the sign on the door says
>> "vista.general", not "vista.only".
>
> Note that the sign on the door says "Vista general", which means general
> discussions about *Vista*, not linux.
> Stop lying and stop trolling.
> Get lost sicko.
But if I get lot what will I do without you master?