[Tfug] Linux is NOT Windows

[Tim Ottinger]

I don't use windows at all. Ever. I use XUbuntu on laptops,  Deb on servers,
and my wife uses OS X.
I don't like windows.  I have trouble remembering a time that I liked it.

But that's preference.

Personally, I like almost everything about XUbuntu better than anything
about windows, except maybe the cool way it picks up on wifi networks.
Otherwise, I think windows sucks big ones.  I don't have to keep telling my
machine to keep running several times a day, don't have to reboot to clear
bugs in the dev env, don't have to reboot to stop "sleep deprivation
slowdown", don't have to install a dozen other programs to keep it running
and up to 1/2 speed.

But that's me.  My family and I quit the windows thing years ago, even my
kids and wife.  We don't miss it except when my teen wants to play WoW or
the like.

Tim

On 12/21/06, Matt Jacob <matt at mattjacob.com> wrote:
>
> I'd tend to agree with you, since my stance is roughly "use the right
> tool for the job". Having said that, I use Windows at work, OS X at
> home, and Linux on servers. And surprisingly enough, everything plays
> together nicely. :-)
>
> Matt
>
> On 12/21/06, Matthew T. Eskes <meskes at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I still don't know what all this bitching's about. To be  absolutely
> > honest, I  *still* use Windows on my Desktop and laptop. The only
> > machines I run linux on nowadays are my servers. To me, every OS has its
> > place and it's up the person who uses and admins the systems to keep
> > them clean and running correctly. Thats just my two cents worth.
> >
> > Matt
> >
> > Rich Smit wrote:
> > > Angus Scott-Fleming wrote:
> > >
> > >> Interesting take on this ... paragraphs are from near the end of the
> article:
> > >>
> > >
> > > I agree mostly with the part you posted and other areas, but it could
> > > use some editing:
> > >
> > > 1. The Firefox/IE analogy is incorrect: Firefox achieved its current
> > > market share initially by its association with the "Netscape" word,
> and
> > > later on by not being the people of Troy saying "A horse! Awesome!"
> > >
> > > 3. "They don't owe you anything" is just another way of saying "I'd
> > > demand a refund if I were you". They both mean "Go away".
> > > 3b. Saying "Everybody knows this" is just another way of saying
> > > "Everybody ought to know this", only *more* elitist!
> > >
> > > 5b. He talks about MS Word being inefficient whilst ignoring Open
> Office
> > > Writer.
> > >
> > > 6. In denying that X copied Microsoft, he implies Microsoft copied X
> to
> > > produce Windows. And people who don't know about evolution shouldn't
> > > talk about evolution -- "sharks evolved from fish", excuse me?! The
> > > whole "convergent evolution" analogy is complete junk, because of
> > > *course* there's been design influence on both sides.
> > >
> > > Aside from that, the whole article is too wordy and doesn't offer any
> > > help other than a few soothing words marked "solutions".
> > >
> > > I suspect most readers fall into three groups:
> > > a) people who know nothing about OSs and call them "programs" and have
> > > been referred here by c)
> > > b) people who're thinking about switching to Linux
> > > c) people who were asked for help from b) or a)
> > >
> > > And on reading this article, a) and b) are probably only going to
> learn
> > > one thing: that they can only ask c) for support! Not what c) wants...
> > >
> > > Maybe with help from a few tfuggers and a wiki, we could come up with
> a
> > > stronger, more concise piece. The solutions could be replaced with
> real
> > > solutions, like exercises to testdrive the portable Firefox and see
> how
> > > it's different from IE; and links to some beginners' help forums.
> > >
> > > R.
> > >
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