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The are plenty of people using Windows (or OS X) with similar opinions. If you visited Linux gaming websites and other Linux interest sites, you would know that there are plenty of Windows trolls who post on the forums or news comments sections just to flame Linux. If I were to conclude that these people were a representative sample of Windows users, I would be a fool. Obnoxious people always make more noise than others.HotWax wrote:And the Linux community shows its true colors.
"IF U D0NT LIEK MI OS UR R AN IDI0T"
Nice.
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Someone wasn't paying attention..., but that post mainly came fromHotWax wrote:And the Linux community shows its true colors.
"IF U D0NT LIEK MI OS UR R AN IDI0T"
Nice.
bad mood + flaming post = bad reply
I wasn't in a very good mood today, and my bad mood was later increased by other events. If I had found this after 1st period this morning, it may have taken 4 screens and not have made much sense.
"I rest my case."
It's very split on which is better. Both are good at other things. Because of Window's lack of security, it is more user friendly, as you can install something at any time.
Linux is more focused on security, for if you arn't root or can't sudo, you can't install anything.
I'd also like to point out that Linux is more stable once you get it working, and also has faster net speeds.
Linux is more focused on security, for if you arn't root or can't sudo, you can't install anything.
I'd also like to point out that Linux is more stable once you get it working, and also has faster net speeds.
I'd just like to point out that I've had > 4 week uptimes with both winxp and win2k. Also NT has root and regular users just like linux, if you aren't running with administrator privledges then you can't install a lot of things. Similar to linux you can easily choose to (or not to) run as root/admin.
As for faster net speeds, I wish I knew what you were talking about, I notice no difference in speeds with linux or windows... plus sound actually works in windows, something I wish I could say for linux (on the same machine)
As for faster net speeds, I wish I knew what you were talking about, I notice no difference in speeds with linux or windows... plus sound actually works in windows, something I wish I could say for linux (on the same machine)
The longest uptime on record is 4 years by FreeBSD, which is still the *nix family.
Also, what filesystem does NT use? Can you rw to just about any file/folder?
I get 200KBPS in Linux and only 130ish in Windows...
And sound DOES work, you just need ALSA http://alsa-project.org. OSS is gone, and ALSA is the new standard...it comes with 2.6.
Oh, and make sure you have the right module for your soundcard.
Also, what filesystem does NT use? Can you rw to just about any file/folder?
I get 200KBPS in Linux and only 130ish in Windows...
And sound DOES work, you just need ALSA http://alsa-project.org. OSS is gone, and ALSA is the new standard...it comes with 2.6.
Oh, and make sure you have the right module for your soundcard.
Yes, windows has support for multiple users. However, it is not nearly as clean, mostly because many user level programs require administrator privileges to run. A very obvious example is that any game with copy-protection requires administrator privileges. Additionally, any program that attempts to save any data (preferences, etc.) in the installation directory also does not work correctly. A large proportion of the programs you run probably still do this. Part of that is improperly written programs and part of that is legacy applications designed to run on Win9x.Cyb wrote:I'd just like to point out that I've had > 4 week uptimes with both winxp and win2k. Also NT has root and regular users just like linux, if you aren't running with administrator privledges [sic] then you can't install a lot of things. Similar to linux you can easily choose to (or not to) run as root/admin.
If you think that this is not Microsoft's fault (a fair point to some extent), then you should also accept that it is not the open source community's fault that drivers have not been written for every single possible piece of hardware. When there are no hardware specifications provided by the manufacturer, these drivers must then be produced solely through probing the hardware, looking at similar open source drivers, and possibly through some reverse engineering of existing windows drivers. The shear number of pieces of hardware, forgetting the lack of documentation of the hardware, makes it a large task.
Somehow, the majority of hardware is supported through the efforts of many. Things are getting better gradually, as more companies do open source drivers, specs, or, less preferably, closed-source drivers. You can check the hardware for support when you buy your computer to avoid this. You can also avoid this problem completely by buying a computer that already has linux installed. (To contrast: Microsoft is involved in writing very few drivers and always has specifications when they do).
I'd also like to add what a lot of companies REFUSE to give the community documents on how their hardware works, like Canon. This forces people to reverse engineer hardward, which can make it buggy.
I'd also like to add that the registry is a curse...and it can screw things up REALLY badly.
In linux, all your settings and saves are stored on your home directory, and only (usually) you can write to it, and sometimes others cannot even read it. The benefit? One folder to back up all your settings and files...just re-install the software and you're back the way you left it.
Now that's effency(SP).
I'd also like to add that the registry is a curse...and it can screw things up REALLY badly.
In linux, all your settings and saves are stored on your home directory, and only (usually) you can write to it, and sometimes others cannot even read it. The benefit? One folder to back up all your settings and files...just re-install the software and you're back the way you left it.
Now that's effency(SP).
