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philo
Gordon's Psychotherapist wrote:
> Ubuntu, like all things Linux, is the perfect example of the classic Puter
> Nerd mentality. They will spend 20+ years in their basements building an
> electric powered rocket ship to the moon. and then right before they go to
> launch it... they remember that they forgot to bring a really long extension
> cord.
>
> In other words, they can make something great that ALMOST works like it's
> supposed to, but they spend so much time tweaking out on massive amounts of
> ways to customize and over complicate everything that they ignore the
> simplest functions so that the average computer user can't use it. Why can't
> GRANDMA use it?
>
> 1. Running the very limited catalog of programs from the Synaptic package
> manager is easy. it's the other 99.9% of programs that require entering code
> into the terminal or reading CHAPTERS of instructions on how to simply
> install them. Seriously, how hard is it for a genius puter programmer to
> write a simple program that will automatically run an .exe? Sorry but WINE
> doesn't cut it. I really don't think my wife is willing to compile source
> code for weeks so that she can watch her Netflix.
>
> 2. Incompatibility with hardware
>
> 3. Incompatibility with Windows & Mac
>
> 4. 18 different kinds of media players to run a CD, DVD, MP3, or video clip.
>
> 5. Most instructions written in l337 Speak as if everyone already
> understands 99% of what they're talking about (because most people who read
> instructions just do so as a hobby anyway)
>
> Other than that, it's a great OS.
>
> Don't get me wrong, I detest the proprietary, resource hogging, unstable,
> insecure, over priced, Window$ garbage too. but it least it kind of works.
>
> I already know what all the Lunix fanboys are getting ready to say:
>
> "Yea. whatever. SHUT UP NOOB! You forgot to put a comma in the correct place
> in that one sentence dummy butt! FINE! Go use windows then NOOB.
>
> I will. And so will they. Because ALL Linux people use Windows or Mac if
> they actually need to use a computer that works. they will just never admit
> it
>
>
>
Though I've been "fooling" with Linux for about 8 years now...
I still used Windows for most of my work.
Last year I got a root kit and had my credit card hacked.
Though I did not end up with any cash loss...it was a major scare and a
wake up call.
I am an extremely careful computer user...who never goes to the 'wrong'
kinds of websites. Keep the machine and all my security software
updated...but still ended up with a root kit.
I switched over to Linux at the beginning of the year and have been
using it for about 95% of my work.
Of the few Win-apps I need, some run in Wine and some don't...
so I will continue to use XP at least a small part of the time.
I did give Vista a try and found the performance absolutely
unacceptable... and also gave Win7 a try and found it to work quite a
bit better.
*however* neither Vista or Win7 had drivers for my very common SCSI card
and scanner..not did they have drivers for my very common sound chip.
Linux had no problems with any of the H/W.
Though I did eventually get Vista and Win7 to get my SCSI card and
scanner installed by using XP drivers...they still could not get my
sound chip working.
But the worst thing was that Vista and Win7 saw my external NTFS drive
as unformatted! Sheesh, XP has no problems with it and I can read and
write to it fine from Linux.
Most ironic of it all, Win7 and Vista can run CHKDSK on the drive while
booting up and still in the console mode...
and read the drive fine from there and find *no* problems
but booted to the GUI see the drive as unformatted and then prompt me to
format it!
So though I can hardly say that Linux can do *everything*, it's still
been doing a heck of a good job for me
> Ubuntu, like all things Linux, is the perfect example of the classic Puter
> Nerd mentality. They will spend 20+ years in their basements building an
> electric powered rocket ship to the moon. and then right before they go to
> launch it... they remember that they forgot to bring a really long extension
> cord.
>
> In other words, they can make something great that ALMOST works like it's
> supposed to, but they spend so much time tweaking out on massive amounts of
> ways to customize and over complicate everything that they ignore the
> simplest functions so that the average computer user can't use it. Why can't
> GRANDMA use it?
>
> 1. Running the very limited catalog of programs from the Synaptic package
> manager is easy. it's the other 99.9% of programs that require entering code
> into the terminal or reading CHAPTERS of instructions on how to simply
> install them. Seriously, how hard is it for a genius puter programmer to
> write a simple program that will automatically run an .exe? Sorry but WINE
> doesn't cut it. I really don't think my wife is willing to compile source
> code for weeks so that she can watch her Netflix.
>
> 2. Incompatibility with hardware
>
> 3. Incompatibility with Windows & Mac
>
> 4. 18 different kinds of media players to run a CD, DVD, MP3, or video clip.
>
> 5. Most instructions written in l337 Speak as if everyone already
> understands 99% of what they're talking about (because most people who read
> instructions just do so as a hobby anyway)
>
> Other than that, it's a great OS.
>
> Don't get me wrong, I detest the proprietary, resource hogging, unstable,
> insecure, over priced, Window$ garbage too. but it least it kind of works.
>
> I already know what all the Lunix fanboys are getting ready to say:
>
> "Yea. whatever. SHUT UP NOOB! You forgot to put a comma in the correct place
> in that one sentence dummy butt! FINE! Go use windows then NOOB.
>
> I will. And so will they. Because ALL Linux people use Windows or Mac if
> they actually need to use a computer that works. they will just never admit
> it
>
>
>
Though I've been "fooling" with Linux for about 8 years now...
I still used Windows for most of my work.
Last year I got a root kit and had my credit card hacked.
Though I did not end up with any cash loss...it was a major scare and a
wake up call.
I am an extremely careful computer user...who never goes to the 'wrong'
kinds of websites. Keep the machine and all my security software
updated...but still ended up with a root kit.
I switched over to Linux at the beginning of the year and have been
using it for about 95% of my work.
Of the few Win-apps I need, some run in Wine and some don't...
so I will continue to use XP at least a small part of the time.
I did give Vista a try and found the performance absolutely
unacceptable... and also gave Win7 a try and found it to work quite a
bit better.
*however* neither Vista or Win7 had drivers for my very common SCSI card
and scanner..not did they have drivers for my very common sound chip.
Linux had no problems with any of the H/W.
Though I did eventually get Vista and Win7 to get my SCSI card and
scanner installed by using XP drivers...they still could not get my
sound chip working.
But the worst thing was that Vista and Win7 saw my external NTFS drive
as unformatted! Sheesh, XP has no problems with it and I can read and
write to it fine from Linux.
Most ironic of it all, Win7 and Vista can run CHKDSK on the drive while
booting up and still in the console mode...
and read the drive fine from there and find *no* problems
but booted to the GUI see the drive as unformatted and then prompt me to
format it!
So though I can hardly say that Linux can do *everything*, it's still
been doing a heck of a good job for me
