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Originally posted by Dr StrangeloveI think he joined for this Thread 44722.
Did you join this site just to say that?
I use XP and firefox and never have malware problems even on porno sites....err, which I don't go to anyway. 😉
Originally posted by Dr StrangeloveNo he joined to make friends and chat. 😞
Did you join this site just to say that?
I use XP and firefox and never have malware problems even on porno sites....err, which I don't go to anyway. 😉
Anyways. Half the problems that are the thorn in the side of MS users are caused by LINUX loving code lickers that are hell bent on making life a misery for everday people.
I agree that it was once unfair the way that Windows was forced upon consumers, but that's the world of commerce for you. Now we have a choice of which OS we wish to use.
I have tried to use RH LINUX 7.2 and 9 and found them a complete ballache, even after studying a course at college on them for 12 months!
The phrase user friendly doesn't even come into the equation. Perhaps Fedora core is a vast improvement on the above, but I doubt it. The issues with dependencies and hardware compatability were very trying, and just doing something as simple as loading a disk could be trouble some sometimes. The vast array of commands was very tiresome, and when copled witht he amount of switches required was overwhelming.
Someone mentioned earlier in this thread how easy it was to mess up Windows. It's just as easy with LINUX. Just forget your file management for a second or try changing the default runlevel to 0 or 6 and then see what happens to this 'perfect' OS.
People suggest that Windows is unstable. I've not had half the crashes with windows as I have with our best friend RH LINUX.
ANyways, to conclude this rant, in this consumer society, shouldn't be allowed to pick and choose which product we use, without some spiteful little snotty nosed buttholes, who know a bit about scripts etc, trying to wreck our valuable, and sometimes sentimental, data such as photos and emails from loved ones?
Viva Bill Gates I say
ps I still reckon IE sucks though.
Originally posted by jimslyp69Well, disregarding the fact that a default run level of 0 is probably NOT what you want and certainly not what you started with, you can do it with a one line sed/perl/awk script or you can use the "vi" text editor or any one of a million different graphical text editors and it is simply a matter of changing one character in a file.
No he joined to make friends and chat. 😞
Anyways. Half the problems that are the thorn in the side of MS users are caused by LINUX loving code lickers that are hell bent on making life a misery for everday people.
I agree that it was once unfair the way that Windows was forced upon consumers, but that's the world of commerce for you. Now we have a ch ...[text shortened]... nd emails from loved ones?
Viva Bill Gates I say
ps I still reckon IE sucks though.
The beauty of Linux is not only the fact that you can make a change like this, easily with a graphical editor or within a script but that you can do it at all!
I have been a Unix guy for just over twenty years and there is NO way I could remember all the "switches" of all the commands and it's not required anyway. All you need to know is a base set of commands and which are the important config files. The "man" pages will give you the rest.
There's nothing you can't do with a Unix box but that's why it takes some effort to learn.
That's not to say, of course, that you can't treat it like a Windows machine but if you want that just run Windows-
Originally posted by jimslyp69Sorry to have another bite at this cherry!
The issues with dependencies and hardware compatability
People suggest that Windows is unstable. I've not had half the crashes with windows as I have with our best friend RH LINUX
Dependency issues are second on my list of things I hate about Linux distributions. However, it's only the new ones that are trying heir best to destroy Linux. Stick with one of the proper ones, like Slackware or Debian and you'll find you'll never have a dependency problem again.
I am surprised you have suffered a Linux crash and suspect you probably haven't. The GUI might occasionally crash but you can usually recover from that if you try hard enough 🙂 I have been almost exclusively a Linux user since 1995 and I have seen the OS crash about ten times since then.
I will agree with you that RH Linux is a pile of the proverbial.
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Originally posted by Dr StrangeloveYup. Why fix/change it if it aint broken?
The simple reason most people stick with Windows is because there's no compelling reason not to.
Why learn how to use a new operating system when you don't have to?
I use linux sometimes but I have to say Windows is easier.
For your run of the mill home user and gamers, Windows will be the OS of choice for a while. If you use it responsibly and with some patience, Windows will always run stable.
Corporate networks running MS servers and workstations with skilled admins and responsible users will never give problems. These guys aint gonna just throw out all the support, software and money they have invested in it.
For the web, I'll stick to Linux running Apache/MySQL/PHP. It's free, easy to enough to use and very stable with few security holes.
Industrial process control still uses Unix and these guys will never change systems that have been running stable for decades.
Linux will probably never become what Windows (with its ease of use) is for home users, but it has some merit, just not for the guy at home who is already running Windows and likes to kill time with solitaire.
Originally posted by CrowleyThis one I completely disagree with. With Windows servers, you not only need skilled admins you need millions of them to keep a few servers running. I've lost count of the number of companies I have been into that have loads of Windows admins running about all over the place, insisting on monthly downtimes and generally looking like they are keeping everything running with bits of string and a paper clip whereas you'll find a single or at most two Unix admins sitting with their feet up or coming back from the pub.
Corporate networks running MS servers and workstations with skilled admins and responsible users will never give problems. These guys aint gonna just throw out all the support, software and money they have invested in it.
The tide is really turning towards Linux on the servers too. The company I am currently at used to have about two hundred Windows servers but now have none. They are all, either Unix, Linux or in some cases Windows running inside virtual machines on Linux boxes.
On the desktop though, how are you supposed to compete against the powerpoint culture 🙂