Is Linux A Joke? It's free so why are so few using Linux?

[pyles69@gmail.com]

Easy question to answer once you have actually tried Linux.

I just finished tossing a Ubuntu CD in the trash because that is where
it belongs.
Now I truly understand why Linux can't seem to break into the desktop
market.
Linux sucks.
The programs look like something Windows had 15 years ago with Windows
3.1.
The help system is non existant.
The fonts are terrible.
The graphics support is terrible.
There is no Direct-X 10 support.
The interface is crude and slow.
My printer wasn't even recognized (Lexmark).
My widescreen monitor came up with an out of range box sqaure in the
middle of the screen instead of the 1440x960 it should be.
Some application called Amarok kept freezing up on me when it would
search my drives for media. What a non-intuitive POS that program
Amarok is.
I tried burning a DVD with k3b and it made a perfect coaster every
time.
This is with a high end Plextor drive.
Why don't Plextools work with Linux?

And the list goes on.
I can't spend my life searching Google for answers so back to Vista I
go.
At least Vista works.
Linux?

It just sucks, mostly your time.

"Linux, if you think you hate it now, wait until you try it"

 

[David B.]

Now we just wait for the linux fanboys to reply and blame you , your
hardware, your computer skills, or your parentage, they will blame
everything except the OS itself.

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. wrote in message
news:1190655726.533487.116170@19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com...
> Easy question to answer once you have actually tried Linux.
>
> I just finished tossing a Ubuntu CD in the trash because that is where
> it belongs.
> Now I truly understand why Linux can't seem to break into the desktop
> market.
> Linux sucks.
> The programs look like something Windows had 15 years ago with Windows
> 3.1.
> The help system is non existant.
> The fonts are terrible.
> The graphics support is terrible.
> There is no Direct-X 10 support.
> The interface is crude and slow.
> My printer wasn't even recognized (Lexmark).
> My widescreen monitor came up with an out of range box sqaure in the
> middle of the screen instead of the 1440x960 it should be.
> Some application called Amarok kept freezing up on me when it would
> search my drives for media. What a non-intuitive POS that program
> Amarok is.
> I tried burning a DVD with k3b and it made a perfect coaster every
> time.
> This is with a high end Plextor drive.
> Why don't Plextools work with Linux?
>
> And the list goes on.
> I can't spend my life searching Google for answers so back to Vista I
> go.
> At least Vista works.
> Linux?
>
> It just sucks, mostly your time.
>
> "Linux, if you think you hate it now, wait until you try it"
>

 

[Meat Plow]

On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:42:06 -0700, pyles69 wrote:

> Easy question

Dumb troll.

 

[Alias]

pyles69@gmail.com wrote:
> Easy question to answer once you have actually tried Linux.
>
> I just finished tossing a Ubuntu CD in the trash because that is where
> it belongs.
> Now I truly understand why Linux can't seem to break into the desktop
> market.
> Linux sucks.
> The programs look like something Windows had 15 years ago with Windows
> 3.1.

Not on my machine.

> The help system is non existant.

Existent ... existent.

> The fonts are terrible.

Learn how to download fonts.

> The graphics support is terrible.

Works great with my nVidia card.

> There is no Direct-X 10 support.

So what? What uses that?

> The interface is crude and slow.

Not on my machine. It's much faster than XP was on the same machine.

> My printer wasn't even recognized (Lexmark).

Buy an HP printer and get over it.

> My widescreen monitor came up with an out of range box sqaure in the
> middle of the screen instead of the 1440x960 it should be.

Learn how to configure your video card. It's three clicks.

> Some application called Amarok kept freezing up on me when it would
> search my drives for media. What a non-intuitive POS that program
> Amarok is.

I'm using it right now with no problems at all.

> I tried burning a DVD with k3b and it made a perfect coaster every
> time.

Try using a Ubuntu native burner like GnomeBaker.

> This is with a high end Plextor drive.
> Why don't Plextools work with Linux?

You used the wrong program, of course.

>
> And the list goes on.
> I can't spend my life searching Google for answers so back to Vista I
> go.
> At least Vista works.
> Linux?
>
> It just sucks, mostly your time.
>
> "Linux, if you think you hate it now, wait until you try it"
>

Gosh, I didn't have any of those problems and I am listening to Amarok
as I type, great program!

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[Richard Urban]

On a Vista news group the person says he tried something else and is going
back to Vista.

It is much more appropriate than the post of Linux people who come here and
berate people for using Vista.

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. wrote in message
news:1190655726.533487.116170@19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com...
> Easy question to answer once you have actually tried Linux.
>
> I just finished tossing a Ubuntu CD in the trash because that is where
> it belongs.
> Now I truly understand why Linux can't seem to break into the desktop
> market.
> Linux sucks.
> The programs look like something Windows had 15 years ago with Windows
> 3.1.
> The help system is non existant.
> The fonts are terrible.
> The graphics support is terrible.
> There is no Direct-X 10 support.
> The interface is crude and slow.
> My printer wasn't even recognized (Lexmark).
> My widescreen monitor came up with an out of range box sqaure in the
> middle of the screen instead of the 1440x960 it should be.
> Some application called Amarok kept freezing up on me when it would
> search my drives for media. What a non-intuitive POS that program
> Amarok is.
> I tried burning a DVD with k3b and it made a perfect coaster every
> time.
> This is with a high end Plextor drive.
> Why don't Plextools work with Linux?
>
> And the list goes on.
> I can't spend my life searching Google for answers so back to Vista I
> go.
> At least Vista works.
> Linux?
>
> It just sucks, mostly your time.
>
> "Linux, if you think you hate it now, wait until you try it"
>

 

[chrisv]

pyles69@gmail.com wrote:

>Easy

*plonk*

 

[David B.]

Here's one now.

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"Alias" <iamalias@shoesgmail.com> wrote in message
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> pyles69@gmail.com wrote:
>> Easy question to answer once you have actually tried Linux.
>>
>> I just finished tossing a Ubuntu CD in the trash because that is where
>> it belongs.
>> Now I truly understand why Linux can't seem to break into the desktop
>> market.
>> Linux sucks.
>> The programs look like something Windows had 15 years ago with Windows
>> 3.1.
>
> Not on my machine.
>
>> The help system is non existant.
>
> Existent ... existent.
>
>> The fonts are terrible.
>
> Learn how to download fonts.
>
>> The graphics support is terrible.
>
> Works great with my nVidia card.
>
>> There is no Direct-X 10 support.
>
> So what? What uses that?
>
>> The interface is crude and slow.
>
> Not on my machine. It's much faster than XP was on the same machine.
>
>> My printer wasn't even recognized (Lexmark).
>
> Buy an HP printer and get over it.
>
>> My widescreen monitor came up with an out of range box sqaure in the
>> middle of the screen instead of the 1440x960 it should be.
>
> Learn how to configure your video card. It's three clicks.
>
>> Some application called Amarok kept freezing up on me when it would
>> search my drives for media. What a non-intuitive POS that program
>> Amarok is.
>
> I'm using it right now with no problems at all.
>
>> I tried burning a DVD with k3b and it made a perfect coaster every
>> time.
>
> Try using a Ubuntu native burner like GnomeBaker.
>
>> This is with a high end Plextor drive.
>> Why don't Plextools work with Linux?
>
> You used the wrong program, of course.
>
>>
>> And the list goes on.
>> I can't spend my life searching Google for answers so back to Vista I
>> go.
>> At least Vista works.
>> Linux?
>>
>> It just sucks, mostly your time.
>>
>> "Linux, if you think you hate it now, wait until you try it"
>>
>
> Gosh, I didn't have any of those problems and I am listening to Amarok as
> I type, great program!
>
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> To email me, remove shoes

 

[David B.]

You apparently don't understand what a troll is. Someone that posts in a
Vista newsgroup, saying he likes Vista and is going back to it is not a
troll.

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"Meat Plow" <meat@petitmorte.net> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:42:06 -0700, pyles69 wrote:
>
>> Easy question
>
> Dumb troll.
>

 

[bob]

On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:51:46 -0400, David B. wrote:

> Now we just wait for the linux fanboys to reply and blame you , your
> hardware, your computer skills, or your parentage, they will blame
> everything except the OS itself.

So why do you windows fanboys post here? Just to be asses?
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[Stephan Rose]

On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:42:06 -0700, pyles69 wrote:

> Easy question to answer once you have actually tried Linux.
>
> I just finished tossing a Ubuntu CD in the trash because that is where
> it belongs.
> Now I truly understand why Linux can't seem to break into the desktop
> market.
> Linux sucks.
> The programs look like something Windows had 15 years ago with Windows
> 3.1.

I don't recall Win 3.1 looking like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zkvu2daUnU&mode=related&search=

> The help system is non existant.

http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Feisty

> The fonts are terrible.

I like my LCD Subpixel smoothed fonts perfectly fine...though I will
grant that upcoming 7.10 release I am running right now has better
looking fonts than the 7.04 release.

> The graphics support is terrible.

Care to explain? I'm using a nVidia 8800 GTX by the way.

> There is no Direct-X 10 support.

Of course not. Nor will there ever be. DirectX is a Microsoft API for
Microsoft Operating Systems. It has no place on non-MS operating systems.
OpenGL exists for a reason.

> The interface is crude and slow.

Ever bother installing the appropriate video card driver for your card? I
mean, try Vista on a VESA driver and tell me how blazing fast that would
be...

> My printer wasn't even recognized (Lexmark). My widescreen monitor came
> up with an out of range box sqaure in the middle of the screen instead
> of the 1440x960 it should be. Some application called Amarok kept
> freezing up on me when it would search my drives for media. What a
> non-intuitive POS that program Amarok is.

Honestly I have no idea if Lexmark has any support or not. You did try to
actually Add the printer though right? Or did you just expect
applications to magically know it's there?

As far as the screen issue is, I can believe that. The graphics subsystem
is undergoing some major overhaul in the current release and problems
such as that are being resolved.

And as far as Amarok goes, yea I agree. I don't care much for it either.
I just use Rhythmbox instead. Much faster, more lightweight and does an
excellent job.

> I tried burning a DVD with k3b and it made a perfect coaster every time.
> This is with a high end Plextor drive. Why don't Plextools work with
> Linux?

Plextor drives work perfectly fine. I own two, as does K3B though I
prefer to use other tools. And if Plextools is windows software, then no
it won't work. Hint: Linux is not windows. Windows software is for
windows. Linux software is for Linux. Linux software does not run on
windows. Windows software does not run on Linux.

>
> And the list goes on.
> I can't spend my life searching Google for answers so back to Vista I
> go.
> At least Vista works.
> Linux?
>
> It just sucks, mostly your time.
>
> "Linux, if you think you hate it now, wait until you try it"

*shrug* Your primary problem in my opinion is that you went to Linux
expecting Windows.

You expected it behave like windows.

You expected it to run windows software.

You expected it to be windows.

You were disappointed when you discovered it isn't windows.

If you want windows, then go use windows...I mean, you wouldn't go out
and buy a hammer if you want a screwdriver right?

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[Peter Köhlmann]

David B. wrote:

> You apparently don't understand what a troll is. Someone that posts in a
> Vista newsgroup, saying he likes Vista and is going back to it is not a
> troll.
>

You mean that "pyles69" is not a troll crossposting to these many groups?

You are making your windows using fellow retards proud, it seems.

BTW: "pyles69" is flatfish, who also posts as

Abbie Diaz, achmed.jones, Aftab Singh, Allen Cusimano, Allie Perkins,
Allison Juergans, allison_hunt1969, Alicia Hunt, Ana Thema, andyschipowitz,
Anna Banger, anonymous, Archie, Archie Moss Bunker, Archie Watermann,
Attila, Baba Booey, Babcock Johnson, babcock.latreen, Babu Singh, Bill
Thomson, Billy <billy.the.kidd>,bill.gates.loves.me, BingoBongo, bison,
Bjarne Jensen, bjornstad8800, BklynBoy, bonobo magilla, Boyce Mabri, BSEE,
Bunsen Burner, Buster, c.baumstumpff, CBFalconer, Charles LeGrand, Charlie,
Choppers McGee, Chris Thomas, Christine Abernathy, Claire Lynn, Clippy,
Clock King, Collie Entragion, Colon Singh, common cold,
compton.plaines_kid, Connie Hines, Corrie, corry.lebeu, Corrie Titlaand,
Cory Dyvik, Curtis Wilson, cymon.says, Damian O'Leary, Dana Bush, Danny
Kwong, dbx_boy, Deadpenguin, Debbie, Devon Dawson, dismoqualifetch, Donn
Carlsbad, donna.bunting_tv,  dont.pullout, Doug Richardson, Dragon.Boy,
Dr.Long John Jones, dy.sector, echo.valley_26809, Elliot Zimmermann, Elwin
Winters, Emmanuel Arias, Fawn Lebowitz, flatfish+++, foamy, frank boson,
Franz Klammer, Fred Simmons, gabriele howorth, Gary Stewart, GayClod,
George Cotton, George Littlefield, Gilbert, Gilbert Goiter, Gilbert
Hochaim, gilligan, Greg Finnigan, Greg Laplante, Hans Kimm, Hans Tomlinson,
Harry Hilton, Harvey Fogel, Heather, Heather69, Heather Trax, Heddy
Seafield, Heidi van Wong, helmut.ginter, hepcat, high_pain_humper, Hugh
Himless, hymen.the.jew, Ishmeal Hafizi, itchy balls, Ivan Mctavish,
IvanaB, Jason, jeff.smiley, Jeff Szarka, jjwassermann, Joe Josephson, John,
John Shelton, John Smith, Jorge Jorgensen, jorge_shillingford, Jose Lopez,
juke_joint, kaptain kaput, Karel Olish, karen.bullfinch, Karen Hill, Karla
Snodgress, kathy_krantz, Kaylie Solomon, Kendra, Kenneth Downs, Kenny
Dugan, Kent Dorfman, Ken Johnson, Kim Coinop, Kinglen Wang, Kristen, kumba
killington, Kurt Janker, Kyle Cadet,  lafferty6, L Didio, Laura
Shillingford, Le Farter, Le Yammy, Leaking Onion, Leo Diaz, Les Cramer, Les
Turner, Les Walton, Leslie Bassman, Lilly, Lindy, linux.curious, Linux
Exposer, Lisa Shavas, Lisa Cottmann, Lois Hunt, Long,
long_tong_ling,  luisortizhome, Lukumi Babalu Aye, Luna Lane, Major Mynor,
Manny, Mario Fermin, McSwain, mista twista,Mogumbo, Moses, Mooshoo Bong
Singh, mr.macfeelme,  mycarisfast, narrows_whitefish@yahoo.com,
nate_mcspook, Navid Shakibapour, okto_pussy, opensource.sucks, organ.creep,
OSS KDE User, Paddy McCrockett, Paul Wannamaker, Paris Marriot, Patricia,
Patrick Landrum, Patty LeGrange, patty pippins, Patty Poppins, percy
samson, Peter Gluckman, Peter Kohlmann, peter.traphagen, Phil, Phillip
Cornwall, phoung, phoung quoak, pickle_pete, Piss Clam, Poopy Pants
McGee, pyles69, Quimby, Quinton Magee, Quizno Backer, Ray Schitzmepantz,
Reporter, Rich, Richard P. Johnson, Richie, Richie O'Toole, Richie Spano,
Robert Strunk, rothstein_ivan, Roy_Pestowitz, Roy.Schakemetitz,
Roy.Schavedmenutz, Roy.Schavesmewankz, Roy.Schitzowitz, RP Modell, ryebra,
Sally Vadi, Sammy, Sammy Whalen, Saul Goldblatt, schavemetitz,
Schestertitz, schestowizzle, schestowitz, schitzmepantz, schisterwitz,
Schlomo Smykowski, Sharon Cackle, Sharon Hubbasland, Sean, Sean Fitzhenry,
Sean Macpherson, Sewer Rat, sewer_clown, Shelly K., Sherlock Holmes,
Schlomo Rabinowitz, Simon, Simon Lewis, simply.lisa, Singer, sista
sledgehammer, slacker.mcspritze, Spammy_Davis, spanny_davis, Stefan
Karstensen, Stephan Simonsen, Stephanie, Stephanie Mannerz, Stephen,
Stephen Olsen, Stephen Townshend, stomach.pump, SuckyB, Sue, sue quinterra,
sully1999, SunnyB, Susan, Susan Bladder, Susan Lapinski, Susan Wong, Suzi
Wong, Suzie Wong, Swampee, sylvano12tegriorgriach, Ted Bennington, Terri
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Trace Dennison, Tracee, Traci, traci.alicock, traci.pusey, Traci
Spritzendrainer, trailerpark, Trina Swallows, Trolly, Trudi Simpkins,
Tryxie Lustern,  udayshankar29, Uday Shankar, victimizedb, victimizedbyms,
Vince Fontain, Vladimir Yepifano, Walter Bubniak, Wang Mycock, Wasser,
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[ArameFarpado]

Em Segunda, 24 de Setembro de 2007 19:27, Stephan Rose escreveu:

>> There is no Direct-X 10 support.
>
> Of course not. Nor will there ever be. DirectX is a Microsoft API for
> Microsoft Operating Systems. It has no place on non-MS operating systems.
> OpenGL exists for a reason.

There "direct-x" is our "dri",
a poor solution for the ones that don't have a real GL GPU.

 

[David B.]

See, here's another one.
Where is "here"? I am posting in the Microsoft Vista group on the Microsoft
news server, where should the Windows "fanboys" post? I am replying to a
post that was also sent to a couple linux groups, not much I can do about
that.

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"bob" <bob@home.org> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:51:46 -0400, David B. wrote:
>
>> Now we just wait for the linux fanboys to reply and blame you , your
>> hardware, your computer skills, or your parentage, they will blame
>> everything except the OS itself.
>
> So why do you windows fanboys post here? Just to be asses?
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> - Sinclair Lewis.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

pyles69 wrote:
> Easy question to answer once you have actually tried Linux.
>
> I just finished tossing a Ubuntu CD in the trash because that is
> where it belongs.
> Now I truly understand why Linux can't seem to break into the
> desktop market.
> Linux sucks.
> The programs look like something Windows had 15 years ago with
> Windows 3.1.
> The help system is non existant.
> The fonts are terrible.
> The graphics support is terrible.
> There is no Direct-X 10 support.
> The interface is crude and slow.
> My printer wasn't even recognized (Lexmark).
> My widescreen monitor came up with an out of range box sqaure in the
> middle of the screen instead of the 1440x960 it should be.
> Some application called Amarok kept freezing up on me when it would
> search my drives for media. What a non-intuitive POS that program
> Amarok is.
> I tried burning a DVD with k3b and it made a perfect coaster every
> time.
> This is with a high end Plextor drive.
> Why don't Plextools work with Linux?
>
> And the list goes on.
> I can't spend my life searching Google for answers so back to Vista
> I go.
> At least Vista works.
> Linux?
>
> It just sucks, mostly your time.
>
> "Linux, if you think you hate it now, wait until you try it"

Meat Plow wrote:
> Dumb troll.

David B. wrote:
> You apparently don't understand what a troll is. Someone that posts
> in a Vista newsgroup, saying he likes Vista and is going back to it
> is not a troll.

First - the definition of a newsgroup troll...

- http://www.binaries.net/articles/newsgroup_trolls.htm
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll
- http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=troll
- http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci213222,00.html
- http://dict.die.net/troll/ (last two listingsa at the bottom)
- http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/t/troll.html

You'll notice that one common theme is the posting of derogatory or
inflammatory comments...

While one could argue that they posted merely to state their own opinion on
the matter in an appropriate forum - given the newsgroups posted to, the
choice of wording and the use of deragatory statements instead of
thought-out facts - that argument falls apart all too easily/quickly.


Second - This was posted to several groups - at least one completely
unrelated (the only one I am choosing to respond in) to the subject
matter/body of the message. The original posting was placed in the
following groups:

- microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
- comp.os.linux.advocacy
- 24hoursupport.helpdesk
- microsoft.public.windows.vista.general

No where in the original posting was Windows XP mentioned (generally or
specifically) - so what was the purpose of posting to
'microsoft.public.windowsxp.general' beyond trolling? The purpose of the
'microsoft.public.windowsxp.general' newsgroup is to obtain asssistance with
problems one might be having they believe to be related to the Windows XP
operating system. Trying *nix and returning to Vista has no component in it
that concerns this group.


I see no request for discussion in the original posting. It is merely a
listing of negative comments from someone who has had a bad experience with
an operating system. I see no problem that needs to be addressed in the
original posting. I see no point in the posting being in at least one of
the newsgroups it was posted to (this one.) All of those things added
together (along with the fact it has worked and many people are arguing with
the comments made) adds up to this posting being nothing more than a
trolling expedition.

Am I just as guilty - having responded? Possibly. However - I have no
plans on commenting on what the original poster said - that is their opinion
and they are welcome to it. Mine is that it does not belong in this
particular newsgroup ('microsoft.public.windowsxp.general') as it doesn't
mention and has nothing to do with the operating system or purpose of this
particular newsgroup.

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[dennis@home]

"David B." <brooks.dj@nomail.com> wrote in message
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> You apparently don't understand what a troll is. Someone that posts in a
> Vista newsgroup, saying he likes Vista and is going back to it is not a
> troll.

Even when he crossposts to several other groups?
Its easy to see crossposts in windows mail just look at the to: line.

 

[Ponder]

Hiya Richard Urban.

<crosspost left intact for impact>

In <news:u8s3LTt$HHA.3940@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl> you wrote:

> On a Vista news group the person says he tried something else and is going
> back to Vista.

> Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,comp.os.linux.advocacy,24hoursupport.helpdesk,microsoft.public.windows.vista.general

That's the trouble with auto-defenders, they can't recognise a massive
crosspost nor when they're being trolled )

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[David B.]

Good points

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"Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> pyles69 wrote:
>> Easy question to answer once you have actually tried Linux.
>>
>> I just finished tossing a Ubuntu CD in the trash because that is
>> where it belongs.
>> Now I truly understand why Linux can't seem to break into the
>> desktop market.
>> Linux sucks.
>> The programs look like something Windows had 15 years ago with
>> Windows 3.1.
>> The help system is non existant.
>> The fonts are terrible.
>> The graphics support is terrible.
>> There is no Direct-X 10 support.
>> The interface is crude and slow.
>> My printer wasn't even recognized (Lexmark).
>> My widescreen monitor came up with an out of range box sqaure in the
>> middle of the screen instead of the 1440x960 it should be.
>> Some application called Amarok kept freezing up on me when it would
>> search my drives for media. What a non-intuitive POS that program
>> Amarok is.
>> I tried burning a DVD with k3b and it made a perfect coaster every
>> time.
>> This is with a high end Plextor drive.
>> Why don't Plextools work with Linux?
>>
>> And the list goes on.
>> I can't spend my life searching Google for answers so back to Vista
>> I go.
>> At least Vista works.
>> Linux?
>>
>> It just sucks, mostly your time.
>>
>> "Linux, if you think you hate it now, wait until you try it"
>
> Meat Plow wrote:
>> Dumb troll.
>
> David B. wrote:
>> You apparently don't understand what a troll is. Someone that posts
>> in a Vista newsgroup, saying he likes Vista and is going back to it
>> is not a troll.
>
> First - the definition of a newsgroup troll...
>
> - http://www.binaries.net/articles/newsgroup_trolls.htm
> - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll
> - http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=troll
> - http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci213222,00.html
> - http://dict.die.net/troll/ (last two listingsa at the bottom)
> - http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/t/troll.html
>
> You'll notice that one common theme is the posting of derogatory or
> inflammatory comments...
>
> While one could argue that they posted merely to state their own opinion
> on the matter in an appropriate forum - given the newsgroups posted to,
> the choice of wording and the use of deragatory statements instead of
> thought-out facts - that argument falls apart all too easily/quickly.
>
>
> Second - This was posted to several groups - at least one completely
> unrelated (the only one I am choosing to respond in) to the subject
> matter/body of the message. The original posting was placed in the
> following groups:
>
> - microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
> - comp.os.linux.advocacy
> - 24hoursupport.helpdesk
> - microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
>
> No where in the original posting was Windows XP mentioned (generally or
> specifically) - so what was the purpose of posting to
> 'microsoft.public.windowsxp.general' beyond trolling? The purpose of the
> 'microsoft.public.windowsxp.general' newsgroup is to obtain asssistance
> with problems one might be having they believe to be related to the
> Windows XP operating system. Trying *nix and returning to Vista has no
> component in it that concerns this group.
>
>
> I see no request for discussion in the original posting. It is merely a
> listing of negative comments from someone who has had a bad experience
> with an operating system. I see no problem that needs to be addressed in
> the original posting. I see no point in the posting being in at least one
> of the newsgroups it was posted to (this one.) All of those things added
> together (along with the fact it has worked and many people are arguing
> with the comments made) adds up to this posting being nothing more than a
> trolling expedition.
>
> Am I just as guilty - having responded? Possibly. However - I have no
> plans on commenting on what the original poster said - that is their
> opinion and they are welcome to it. Mine is that it does not belong in
> this particular newsgroup ('microsoft.public.windowsxp.general') as it
> doesn't mention and has nothing to do with the operating system or purpose
> of this particular newsgroup.
>
> --
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> --
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> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>

 

[dennis@home]

"Alias" <iamalias@shoesgmail.com> wrote in message
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> pyles69@gmail.com wrote:

>> My widescreen monitor came up with an out of range box sqaure in the
>> middle of the screen instead of the 1440x960 it should be.
>
> Learn how to configure your video card. It's three clicks.

But quite difficult when you don't have a display to look at as I know from
experience.
You shouldn't have to borrow a screen just to set the display mode to
something that works.
Resorting to text mode and editing the xconfig file is a pain.

 

[The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly]

Richard Urban wrote:
> On a Vista news group the person says he tried something else and is
> going back to Vista.
>
> It is much more appropriate than the post of Linux people who come here
> and berate people for using Vista.
>

Yes, and much more appropriate than the post about linux server machines
getting 'hacked'...

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[Alias]

dennis@home wrote:
>
> "Alias" <iamalias@shoesgmail.com> wrote in message
> news:fd8tmj$6e3$1@aioe.org...
>> pyles69@gmail.com wrote:
>
>>> My widescreen monitor came up with an out of range box sqaure in the
>>> middle of the screen instead of the 1440x960 it should be.
>>
>> Learn how to configure your video card. It's three clicks.
>
> But quite difficult when you don't have a display to look at as I know
> from experience.

Not the OP's experience.

> You shouldn't have to borrow a screen just to set the display mode to
> something that works.

Not the OP's experience.

> Resorting to text mode and editing the xconfig file is a pain.
>
>

It took me three clicks and I didn't use a command line (that involves
typing, not clicking).

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