Comments on: Five reasons you should switch to Linux right now

By: Mr_Krol

Mr_Krol — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 13:26:01 +0000

Since Linux Mint 10 came out few days ago I been using linux for 4 plus months. Microsoft has the monopoly because people let them have that power! I been using linux mint 10 now since it has been RC and guess what folks! I did not have any crashes or freezes for such a free program. I even installed a printer which did not come with Windows drivers. It is more plug ‘n play system than Windows.

By: Badger

Badger — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:55:54 +0000

Hi!

If your son is being brought up to equate “free of cost to the end-user” with “freedom”, then you are raising a useless and worthless human being. But then again, isn’t that the highest aspiration of the penny-pinching bourgeois – to get something for free – even it is is financed by a consortium of multi-billion dollar multinational corporations, outsourcing much of their programming, not to India or even China, or to any other place where workers would have to be actually paid, but to “mom’s basements” all over the country, where basement-dwelling FOSS-tards considers IBM and Google to be charity enterprises, to which he donates his efforts.

That’s pretty sick.

By: Badger

Badger — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:48:09 +0000

Syn, it would seem that your language skills are such that you did not quite understand the post you foolishly criticized. When the previous commenter wrote:
“What games can you play on Linux?, not very many!
Windows 7 is much better then Linux!”
… should have been very apparent that the metric he was using for the the utility of an OS was its ability to run games. That might not be *your* metric but you know what? If he wants to run games, then it is a valid metric for *him* and for anyone else who wants to run games.

Your BSOD remark was stupid. If Windows any version of Windows from XP onwards blue screens more than extremely rarely, it means that either there is an NVidia driver installed, or there is a hardware problem. But then again, I am sure that most people realize that it was just a remark typically made by ignorant LInux users, which lost its relevance, like most things in the FOSS world, about a decade ago.

By: DHarvell

DHarvell — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 02:15:00 +0000

I ran Ubuntu for 2 years and was quite satisfied. Well… let me qualify that. I was satisfied with the OS. It was (yes – WAS) fast, relatively light weight, and pretty safe. However, with each update, I noticed that my Ubuntu install was getting slower. It seemed more and more bogged down. Eventually, I literally could not even turn the computer on without the thing locking up on me. Combine that with the increasingly unfriendly error message (“…you need to fork!” – what does THAT mean to a basic user???), and the fact that my photography was looking amateur, due to the fact that GIMP is definitely NOT Photoshop, I had to go back to the world of Windows. With Windows 7, I have not experienced a single lock up, absolutely no viruses/spyware/malware issues (I have a good grasp of how to stay secure, online), haven’t had a single BSOD, and my computer is as fast today as it was the day I installed Windows 7.

Oh yeah… and Photoshop runs on it, meaning that my photography has taken on a new dimension.

I love what Zim said about this. Linux needs a version of Photoshop that runs native – none of this virtualization or WINE stuff. After, WINE tends to be less stable than just running Windows, in the first place.

By: AILENE

AILENE — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:58:19 +0000

I agree with you. Linux has brighter and BETTER future in IT computing than WIndows. The only problem was end users are not knowledgeable on the know how of Linux. But I guess, given the chance to explore Linux they will appreciate its use. I just want to say this: It only requires an experience for end users to know Linux better. Afterwards, charge it to exprience and have their own conclusion.

By: MJKTRASH

MJKTRASH — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 03:38:48 +0000

Correct me if I’m wrong, but until an OS other than MS(hit) supports CAD programs (in my specific case, SolidWorks…) I have no chance of using ANY open source OS…

I wish it wasn’t the case, but I’m stuck with Bill Gates for what seems to be the rest of my life…

By: Lenny

Lenny — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 03:46:07 +0000

Well, I’m building a little box for my 70 year old in-laws to surf the web and play solitaire. I run Win7 and Ubuntu 9.10 at home. Ubuntu isn’t there yet for mainstream users. Seems there is an update almost everyday. Mainstream users don’t want that. They want to set it and forget it.

Until Ubuntu can’t even play an MP3 without entering your password and installing additional software.

Just make it work! Chrome is coming.

By: Geoff White

Geoff White — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:54:11 +0000

I use Ubuntu 9.04 (tried 9.10 but it stuffed up machine) … also have computers running Vista and 1 running Windows 7.
Out of all I prefer Vista. As most programs works good, most drivers work and not as “hungry” as 7.
Regards costs, well all programs and operating systems are free to me, so the free status of Linux means nothing.
The thing that “rules” me is ease of use, programs it uses and system resources/styles requires.
Sorry, but most of Linux programs are rather old style. Open-office (Linux) is like going back to using Ms Office 2002 …. but I use Office 2007, so why go backwards ?
The command line (terminal) crap that is required when setting up Linux stuff is just no good for average users, and wastes so much time for people like myself that aren’t used to using it.
I am all for knocking Microsoft off it’s perch (as they have made their fortune by corning the market on 2nd rate operating systems/programs) but they have us by the short & curlies because of the .DLL files. And all the programs we use/need require .DLL files to run.
(don’t mention Linux Wine add-on – it’s like trying to use Win95 – only crashes more often)
Until an operating system that can be easy to install and update, no terminal line code required, good up-to-date programs and games + looks good and like linux is totally virus free … is made, these type of forum/chats is basically useless.

I have to use Windows for most of my work & play. Linux just doesn’t have the software.

By: alexk232

alexk232 — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:57:38 +0000

Well, I cant answer for “me”, but the fact that developers don’t make games for the linux platform seems like a pretty logical excuse to use Windows to me, especially if you’re a pc gamer.

Besides, I haven’t had a bluescreen on my computer in at least 5 years, if not more.

By: factotum218

factotum218 — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:17:56 +0000

Apple at work, Vista at home, Debian on the go. Trouble free for me. But of course your mileage may vary, depending on your habits.

By: syn

syn — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:13:25 +0000

“What games can you play on Linux?, not very many!
Windows 7 is much better then Linux!”

I literally lol’d at this post.

How many games can YOU play on your Blue Screen of Death?

Having games doesn’t mean your Windows 7 is better than my Fedora 11. It just means more companies put out software for your crappy OS. That would be the logical fallacy of ignoratio elenchi.

Let’s have logical discussions that actually make sense, mmm?

By: Shannon VanWagner

Shannon VanWagner — Mon, 18 May 2009 13:57:36 +0000

Great post! I dugg it here:
http://digg.com/linux_unix/Five_reasons_you_should_switch_to_Linux_right_now

I’ve been using GNU/Linux at home and at work for nearly two years now and it’s been a very rewarding experience indeed.

I was at the store with my Son the other day and we saw some people poring over an “antivirus” solution software — it was very funny (but sad), we just looked at each other with that quizzical look..

Go GNU/Linux, Freedom Rocks!

Also checkout http://getgnulinux.org

Cheers!

Shannon VanWagner
humans enabled

By: web design studio

web design studio — Tue, 05 May 2009 16:44:53 +0000

Well judging from the comments, looks like it’s not a good idea for me to install linux.

By: mule

mule — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:51:05 +0000

jack, i’m building a vm with kubuntu 8.10. will see how it goes.

By: 5 Things Linux does better than Windows

5 Things Linux does better than Windows — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:25:22 +0000

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By: bob

bob — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:47:59 +0000

Linux for server = Good Idea
Linux for home use = Bad Idea

By: eRIZ

eRIZ — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:50:43 +0000

I don’t know, what did you mean about viruses. I’m using Windows XP with WU disabled, only SP2 and I never had any virus yet (periodically checked by online scanners).

Why I won’t use PC on my desktop?
- GTK/QT problems
- wasting HDD space because of dependencies
- lack of support for eg. Pentagram Quadpen without (re)compilling N-libraries
- dependency, dependency and once again – dependency – I’m taking one .exe on Windows and there are 99% chances the app I found would start without problems. Linux? “install lib A, lib B, lib C” which I won’t ever use… 90 KiB app and 900 MiB of libraries, blah…

Thank you, Linux, you’re good… but on the servers.

By: Anders

Anders — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:03:36 +0000

Reason why I don’t want to switch (in order of priority):

1. I play a lot of games on my spare time. Linux has very few.
2. I have lots and lots of purchased software that run on Windows e.g. Acronis, Corel Draw etc.
3. At my work I use Windows so having it at home is convenient
4. Sorry but I find MS Office 2007 superior to OpenOffice, I have grown fond of Visio and OneNote.
5. I actually like Visual Studio as a programming environment, I don’t want to install 5 OSS projects instead and still not have all the functionality from VS.
6. I haven’t had a virus on my PC for several years, I have antivirus software and a firewall in the router. I don’t download random stuff from the internet.

I really see no added value using Linux, at least in my case.

By: maka

maka — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 07:38:24 +0000

Hey Rush…
The idiots you talk about is your mother, your father, the surgeon that will save your ass or your future daughter ass, the fire-man that takes you out of a pile of debris after an heartquake or the soldier taking bullets to evacuate civilians from an invaded country.

Not every one can sit in front of a monitor playing with apps all day long like me and you.

Stand up, go to the fridge and open it. If you find things in it is because there are millions of people around you that have no time to look at blinking dots of light changing color in front of a monitor (even if you order food via the internet).

Good luck man. Because if you are right and every-one else that need intuitive easy-guiding OS are Idiots I hope it does not apply to your surgeon. I would not imagine what he would do to you on the operation table if he end-up spending the previous night fighting with a Linux installation.

By: maka

maka — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 07:13:13 +0000

No matter how many times I try to install Linux, year after year, version after version, it is always the same. There is always something hanging, something freezing from basic stuff, even running FireFox (and I am talking about the latest Ubuntu).
Weakness and instability is part of the package. There is a current of thought about Linux users that are exited about which is the latest most stable version between releases, while in other OS like Apple OS, user get exited about new features.

Large corporation do not always get the best people to work on their products and their concern to ship to market makes them more vulnerable to committing good software. But they are accountable and the profit and market shares make them even more accountable (Microsoft vs Apple). Linux is not competition is a play ground environment for geeks.

Do not get me wrong, I have lots of respect in OpenSource programmers. They really rock. But Linux is an excellent platform for Universities and that is about it.

What is worst is that Linux evangelists try to sell you the platform as the best product ever and when it crashes they said to you: “What do you expect, it is free!”

It is not a professional service and it cannot be. BeOS was a much better attempt to make an alternative and unfotunately they did not make it.
If the Linux people were serious they would use their skill to reinvent a new OS and enter the market with it.
Unfortunately who want to push Linux are mostly the geek people that can make lots of money with services and fixing for you things that should work from the very beginning.