On Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:27:27 -0700, Frank <fb@jr.kmo> wrote:
>ray wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:10:14 +0000, Canuck57 wrote:
>>
>>
>>>"ray" <ray@zianet.com> wrote in message
>>>news:6625gbF2is58uU3@mid.individual.net...
>>>
>>>>On Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:24:29 +0300, oh great wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?
>>>>
>>>>command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9075000&source=rss_topic125
>>>>
>>>>Interesting to note that in the 'voting poll' both Linux and MAC show
>>>>about as well as vista + xp.
>>>
>>>No one really knows how many people are running Linux but you can bet
>>>the numbers you hear are low. And of course Microsoft likes to talk
>>>paid subscriptions without disclosing how many Vista's sold in the
>>>bundling method actually called home to update last week. In fact, I
>>>would not doubt 1/2 the claimed Vista OSes sold, are not running after
>>>30 days if they ever registered at all.
>>>
>>>About the articles criticism of Linux and wireless. Being a Linux
>>>advocate, I admit this is true for at least one popular chip set vendor,
>>>Broadcom. Broadcom is in many products, and even though Broadcom has
>>>their reference systems for these chipsets in Linux, they do not release
>>>the HAL and code. One can only guess why, but many believe it is for
>>>favourable MS driver support/treatment.
>>>
>>>But on the bright side, there are a few well supported wireless chipsets
>>>out there. Atheros based ones being my favourite. My AG650 and others
>>>do quite nicely in fact. I also hear good progress has been made with
>>>Intel wireless chipsets. The trick here is research the wireless first.
>>> If it isn't Linux supported, don't buy it.
>>>
>>>Fortunately, I picked my most recent system very carefully, making sure
>>>every component worked with Linux, Vista and XP x64 as with the hype and
>>>issues, I wanted a fall back if I didn't like Vista. Unfortunately
>>>between the time I bought it, MS pulled the XP x64 media download. So
>>>now waiting for Fedora 9's release to make it my main machine, my
>>>personal favourite Linux. First thing my wife said, was that was fast
>>>and a clear screen after I loaded the Fedora 9 beta. It is too. Like
>>>lightning.
>>>
>>>-----------
>>>Vista OS- Vastly Inferior Software Try Another OS
>>
>>
>> I gave up on Broadcomm chips - too much hassle. Found a nice Dlink WNA2330
>> with Atheros chipset and it works quite well. BTW my favourite is really
>> Debian (Gentoo close second) but I was quite favourably impressed with
>> Fedora 8.
>
>I wasn't...it lasted the usual two week and then was sh*t canned like
>all the rest.
>The only other OS I ever really enjoyed was BeOS, which SJ killed.
>Pity!
>Frank
BeOS...........so I guess you've been on some really good drugs for A
LONG time.
On Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:58:11 -0700, Frank <fb@osspan.clm> wrote:
>ray wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:13:09 -0700, Frank wrote:
>>
>>
>>>ray wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>On Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:24:29 +0300, oh great wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?
>>>>
>>>>command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9075000&source=rss_topic125
>>>>
>>>>Interesting to note that in the 'voting poll' both Linux and MAC show
>>>>about as well as vista + xp.
>>>
>>>Let us not pretend that this is in any way a scientifically conducted,
>>>randomly sampled survey, cause it isn't. Frank
>>
>>
>> If you'll reread my post (assuming you can read), you'll see that I did
>> not claim it was!
>
>If you re-read my post (assuming you can read and can comprehend what
>you've read) you'll see that I never said you did!
>Frank
Re: OS Smackdown: Linux vs. Mac OS X vs. Windows Vista vs. WindowsXP
thetruthhurts @homail.com wrote:
> On Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:27:27 -0700, Frank <fb@jr.kmo> wrote:
>
>
>>ray wrote:
>>
>>
>>>On Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:10:14 +0000, Canuck57 wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>"ray" <ray@zianet.com> wrote in message
>>>>news:6625gbF2is58uU3@mid.individual.net...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>On Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:24:29 +0300, oh great wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?
>>>>>
>>>>>command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9075000&source=rss_topic125
>>>>>
>>>>>Interesting to note that in the 'voting poll' both Linux and MAC show
>>>>>about as well as vista + xp.
>>>>
>>>>No one really knows how many people are running Linux but you can bet
>>>>the numbers you hear are low. And of course Microsoft likes to talk
>>>>paid subscriptions without disclosing how many Vista's sold in the
>>>>bundling method actually called home to update last week. In fact, I
>>>>would not doubt 1/2 the claimed Vista OSes sold, are not running after
>>>>30 days if they ever registered at all.
>>>>
>>>>About the articles criticism of Linux and wireless. Being a Linux
>>>>advocate, I admit this is true for at least one popular chip set vendor,
>>>>Broadcom. Broadcom is in many products, and even though Broadcom has
>>>>their reference systems for these chipsets in Linux, they do not release
>>>>the HAL and code. One can only guess why, but many believe it is for
>>>>favourable MS driver support/treatment.
>>>>
>>>>But on the bright side, there are a few well supported wireless chipsets
>>>>out there. Atheros based ones being my favourite. My AG650 and others
>>>>do quite nicely in fact. I also hear good progress has been made with
>>>>Intel wireless chipsets. The trick here is research the wireless first.
>>>>If it isn't Linux supported, don't buy it.
>>>>
>>>>Fortunately, I picked my most recent system very carefully, making sure
>>>>every component worked with Linux, Vista and XP x64 as with the hype and
>>>>issues, I wanted a fall back if I didn't like Vista. Unfortunately
>>>>between the time I bought it, MS pulled the XP x64 media download. So
>>>>now waiting for Fedora 9's release to make it my main machine, my
>>>>personal favourite Linux. First thing my wife said, was that was fast
>>>>and a clear screen after I loaded the Fedora 9 beta. It is too. Like
>>>>lightning.
>>>>
>>>>-----------
>>>>Vista OS- Vastly Inferior Software Try Another OS
>>>
>>>
>>>I gave up on Broadcomm chips - too much hassle. Found a nice Dlink WNA2330
>>>with Atheros chipset and it works quite well. BTW my favourite is really
>>>Debian (Gentoo close second) but I was quite favourably impressed with
>>>Fedora 8.
>>
>>I wasn't...it lasted the usual two week and then was sh*t canned like
>>all the rest.
>>The only other OS I ever really enjoyed was BeOS, which SJ killed.
>>Pity!
>>Frank
>
>
>
> BeOS...........so I guess you've been on some really good drugs for A
> LONG time.
You have no idea what I'm talking about do you sh*t-for-brains?...LOL!
You're a real fukkin idiot!
Frank
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