On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:34:03 -0800, Bill Yanaire wrote:
> Hate to piss in your cornflakes guys, but Linux can never do anything
> more than imitate real software, which is why it has never actually
> created anything to date. Everything in Linux, from the kernel, to x, to
> raw data transfer, is just an imitation of what a commercial company
> invented. Hell, I like Linux, and have used it for three years (Suse,
> now Kubuntu) and am all for it's existence, but you guys have to come to
> terms with how little Linux has to offer most users and companies.
>
> Remember last year when companies started to switch to open source
> software? Well, they all gave up and went back to Windows. It's faster,
> stronger, and more reliable. Vista is lightening fast, nearly flawless,
> and incredibly easy to use. My computer, a basic $1000 notebook from
> Gateway, is now the fastest most reliable machine I have ever used. On
> the Kubuntu partition, it's just like my three year old Compaq.
> Reliable, but slow, glitchy, and unreliable. If open source software had
> a future, people would be using instead of paying hundreds for the real
> deal. Still, an imitation is just an imitation.
So then, if Linux can't cut it, is so buggy, and so slow, how do you
explain facts like these? (Top 500 SUPERCOMPUTERS):
Linux 381 76.20 % 3963141 6666103 826226
SuSE Linux Enterprise
Server 8 1 0.20 % 7215 10259 1776 MacOS X 2
0.40 % 28430 44816
5272 Solaris 2 0.40 % 15769 25313 3712 UNICOS 3
0.60 % 40511
48778 4762 Super-UX 2 0.40 % 44783 50176 5696 AIX
24 4.80 %
338218 424607 56866 Tru64 UNIX 1 0.20 % 13880 20480
8192 SuSE Linux
Enterprise Server 9 13 2.60 % 306289 437141 52744 UNICOS/
Linux 5
1.00 % 152162 182580 36436 CNK/SLES 9 23 4.60 % 1068244
1332833
468992 SUSE Linux 2 0.40 % 24197 28672 3584 Redhat Linux
4 0.80 %
41560 57801 6688 RedHat Enterprise 4 9 1.80 % 144814
243774 22820
Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 6 1.20 % 47495 86797
12112
UNICOS/SUSE Linux 5 1.00 % 264983 321512 63937 SUSE Linux
Enterprise
Server 10 5 1.00 % 105792 122554 17528
SLES10 + SGI ProPack 5 11 2.20 % 304039 390455 39424 UNICOS/lc
1
0.20 % 54648 63437 11328 Totals 500 100% 6966169.82
10558086.75
1648095
Windows has a pathetic 6 machine share, (1.2%), and Mac an equally
pathetic 2 machine share, (.4%), while (No particular named flavor) Linux
has 381? Linux has a total share of 85.2% What part of "toy OS" does that
fall under?
Linux 426 85.20 % 4897046 7956758 970790
Windows 6 1.20 %
47495 86797 12112 Unix 30 6.00 % 408378 519178 73532 BSD
Based 2
0.40 % 44783 50176 5696 Mixed 34 6.80 % 1540037
1900361 580693 Mac
OS 2 0.40 % 28430 44816 5272 Totals 500 100%
6966169.82
10558086.75 1648095
(Source
http://www.top500.org/stats/28/os/ )
I am not advocating one thing or another here. But Blow-hards on BOTH
sides need to provide stats backing up their claims. As with any OS out
there, "your results may vary." I have Vista and XP Home dual booted on
one of my machines, the better one of them all, and really, I rarely boot
to XP on there anymore. However, on a lil 'ol 900mhz, a meager 384mb of
mem, 40gig hd x2, 256mb nvidia card, machine, I dual boot XP Pro and
Ubuntu 7.10. I find myself rarely booting to XP on that (This) machine
anymore. The pro runs fine, but the Ubuntu with Compiz disabled, screams
in comparison. I choose to enable the Compiz, as the features greatly
speed up productivity. ...And Yeah, I like eye candy, so what? I have
Ubuntu installed in VirtualBox within Vista, and it performs dang near as
fast as Vista using less allocated memory. (No Compiz joy from within the
virtual machine)
I have used Vista for over a year now with no problems what-so-ever, and I
do like it. However, I also like the Ubuntu install on the 900mhz machine
at least as well. I have to agree that in some cases, Ubuntu can and is a
challenge to get up and running on some machines, while installing on
others poses no problems at all. I also have to agree that the look
initially is on the archaic side in some areas, but has nothing to do with
usability nor stability. If you don't like the looks, well then, it is
absolutely EASY to change the looks! There are hundreds of themes to
choose from. Enable Compiz, install Emerald theme manager and Ho Yeah, you
can go plain crazy. The best part is you can change your theme on the fly.
No install, uninstall, then install. Install all the different themes that
trip your trigger, and then swap 'em daily, hourly, heck by the minute if
you like. As for work, I get PLENTY done with both Vista and Ubuntu.
Vista was easy for me to get used to from the start. Yeah, there are some
differences between it and XP, but big deal, using logic and a very
little bit of exploring, I found out how stuff works, and where things
are in it. I surely wish it was more customizable that it is, but then
look at XP... Oh wait, I HAVE looked at it for too long! ..It was hard to
look at from the day I started it up. Once the bugs got worked out of it,
though it was a good OS for me. I like the look and feel of Vista, and
it's stability, for me anyway, is good. I don't like one OS over the
other. I like features in Vista, and features in Linux. So What? Each one
does different things I like and use. Why choose to hate one or the
other? use 'em both, get the best of both worlds and quit Bit****G.
Cheers