Re: Linux is not readly for prime time
FAB wrote:
> Alias wrote:
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>> Frank wrote:
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>>>> FAB wrote:
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>>>>> Alias wrote:
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>>>>>> FAB wrote:
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>>>>>>> Alias wrote:
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>>>>>>>> Frank wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>> FAB wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>> Alias wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>>> Bill Yanaire wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>>>> An experienced Linux user explains why Linux is not ready
>>>>>>>>>>>>> for prime time:
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>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm with the webmasters on this 1000%. It's not that I'm
>>>>>>>>>>>>> against Linux, its that I can't be for it.
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>>>>>>>>>>>> We know you're too stupid to install *any* OS.
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>>>>>>>>>>>>> The OS is just impossible because you have to know about a
>>>>>>>>>>>>> gazillion commands to make it do what you want, and who has
>>>>>>>>>>>>> time for that?
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>>>>>>>>>>>> I set up my install of Ubuntu 8.04 without using a command
>>>>>>>>>>>> line one single time. Oops. BTW, in Windows, there is a
>>>>>>>>>>>> thing called CMD. Do you know what it is, lamer?
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>>>>>>>>>>>>> The apps software that comes with it as open source is
>>>>>>>>>>>>> distinctly second rate, which explains why it is free, and
>>>>>>>>>>>>> there is a dearth of specialized software for particular
>>>>>>>>>>>>> uses. Cross-platform emulators are lame.
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>>>>>>>>>>>> Ill informed opinion based on never using any of the
>>>>>>>>>>>> applications in Ubuntu because you're too biased and stupid
>>>>>>>>>>>> to install it.
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>>>>>>>>>>>>> The supposed benefits of customizing seem to be
>>>>>>>>>>>>> non-existent for home users, especially since customizing
>>>>>>>>>>>>> does not seem to be to the effect of making the apps any
>>>>>>>>>>>>> better.
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>>>>>>>>>>>> You would have to know how to install Linux before you could
>>>>>>>>>>>> make this judgment.
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>>>>>>>>>>>>> The desktops are poor clones of Windows, and are
>>>>>>>>>>>>> counterintuitive to actually use.
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>>>>>>>>>>>> False.
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>>>>>>>>>>>>> The fact that downtime is reduced because of fewer viruses,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> worms or stability issues is offset when you add back the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> extra learning time, research time, and other chores
>>>>>>>>>>>>> necessitated by Linux, not the least of them being frequent
>>>>>>>>>>>>> need to repartition and/or format hard disks if you are
>>>>>>>>>>>>> going to play around with it. It is also not so clear that
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Linux users are immune from such hazards, or if they just
>>>>>>>>>>>>> have a reprieve for as long as they fly under the radar.
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>>>>>>>>>>>> More ill informed drivel. If you know how to point and
>>>>>>>>>>>> click, you can customize Ubuntu with no problems.
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>>>>>>>>>>>>> Linux websites and helpsites are filled with arrogant Linux
>>>>>>>>>>>>> users who will actually be angry if you question the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> usefulness of vitality of their system, and there is no
>>>>>>>>>>>>> real professional help available.
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>>>>>>>>>>>> Yeah, like you, Frank, Spanky, The and Hound Dog help here,
>>>>>>>>>>>> right?
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ultimately, the problem with Linux is that free is not the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> same as cheap. Someday that may change, but today there is
>>>>>>>>>>>>> lots of expense attached to a Linux install, and not a lot
>>>>>>>>>>>>> of upside, especially since I found myself surprised by its
>>>>>>>>>>>>> difficulty and/or its impossibility even when reading
>>>>>>>>>>>>> instructions from a $30 book. The world ought to know that
>>>>>>>>>>>>> there are opinions on both sides, not just the hype of
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Linux lovers. The Internet is filled with lovers of things
>>>>>>>>>>>>> -- their soccer heros, their bands, and on an on. There
>>>>>>>>>>>>> needs to be balance from people not so smitten with something.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> In fact, the words "whylinuxsucks" won't google to well, so
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm suggesting lots of use of this phrase so people can
>>>>>>>>>>>>> find you more easily: "Should I choose Linux?"
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>>>>>>>>>>>> So much FUD. So many lies. How do you live with yourself,
>>>>>>>>>>>> troll?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Alias
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>>>>>>>>>>> More of your lies?
>>>>>>>>>>> Give it up sheep-fukker, or else continue to have your ass
>>>>>>>>>>> kicked and daily make a fool out of yourself.
>>>>>>>>>>> Loser!
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>>>>>>>>>> Once again, Frank the Wank, reveals how educated and classy he
>>>>>>>>>> is.
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>>>>>>>>> Ok sheep-fukker...tell us all about your ba, ma and phd ok?
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>> Frank's jealous.
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> hehehe...got your panties all in a bunch, huh sheep-fukker?
>>>>>>> Got those degrees in lying huh!
>>>>>>> How wonderful!
>>>>>>> You are an accomplished liar!...LOL!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Frank's *really* jealous.
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>> Sorry pal. I don't have any degrees in lying.
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>>>> Nor do I and, of course, that's not why you're jealous.
>>>>
>>>>> That's is your discipline...you own it and you can have it!
>>>>> You deserve it...LOL!
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>>>> Ye olde sour grapes again, eh?
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>>> Ye olde backpedaling and denial again huh?
>>> Figures!
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>> Just be a man instead of a lying low life slime ball and admit you're
>> jealous and wish that you had applied yourself more in school.
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> Projecting again huh (as usual)?
> Figures!
>
Being a low life slime ball liar again, eh?
Alias