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I use Linux as it is faster and less bloated than XP, I also do not need a firewall anti virus or spyware removal programs updating and running in the background.
Rhys said:I have just tried for the second time to use Linux. I installed Ubuntu which I read was user friendly. Previously i tried Opensuse.
I have now come to the conclusion that any Linux application is just too complicated for me. Why on earth ado I have to type in commands to install stuff?! Linux has a lonnnnng way to go before it replaces Windows for 99% of the population.
Windows: 2 hours of searching forums, and it seems the verdict is that converting USB flash sticks to Windows 'Dynamic Disks' for software RAID is *impossible*! Indeed, I had to download a driver for a IBM CF microdrive and hack the .inf file, replacing the usbstor device names, JUST to to be able to partition a USB flash stick. (heaven forbid why anyone would want to partition a flash stick like any other storage device - the catering for the mass-market I was talking about earlier...)
Care to elaborate a bit?mmj_uk said:I recently tried Ubuntu Linux.
The thing that gets me about Linux is that it takes 1000% more effort than Windows to do anything and yet in the end you can't even do half as much.
I always thought the whole idea of GUI operating system was to simplify things and do away with the old CLI environments.
Rhys said:I have just tried for the second time to use Linux. I installed Ubuntu which I read was user friendly. Previously i tried Opensuse.
I have now come to the conclusion that any Linux application is just too complicated for me. Why on earth ado I have to type in commands to install stuff?! Linux has a lonnnnng way to go before it replaces Windows for 99% of the population.
mmj_uk said:I recently tried Ubuntu Linux.
The thing that gets me about Linux is that it takes 1000% more effort than Windows to do anything and yet in the end you can't even do half as much.
I always thought the whole idea of GUI operating system was to simplify things and do away with the old CLI environments.
If you're saying that you cannot understand why you have to put in commands to install applications and drivers then linux isn't for you. Keep using Windows.
Edward78 said:That is part of the prob. the attitude of most linux users, does Mac OS X need CLI to do stuff, I am sure the answer is, no. So since most of the linux community thinks windows users are dumb. What do you think about Mac users? Just because we want no part of CLI, doesn't mean we are dumb.
Edward78 said:That is part of the prob. the attitude of most linux users, does Mac OS X need CLI to do stuff, I am sure the answer is, no. So since most of the linux community thinks windows users are dumb. What do you think about Mac users? Just because we want no part of CLI, doesn't mean we are dumb.
SiriusB said:I have come to absolutely love it and Ubuntu is now my primary OS on my main rig.
Rhys said:Im curious to know why you love it.
The point is to make Linux the best OS that the community is capable of making. Not for other people: For itself. The oh-so-common threats of "Linux will never take over the desktop unless it does such-and-such" are simply irrelevant: The Linux community isn't trying to take over the desktop. They really don't care if it gets good enough to make it onto your desktop, so long as it stays good enough to remain on theirs. The highly-vocal MS-haters, pro-Linux zealots, and money-making FOSS purveyors might be loud, but they're still minorities.
M0KUJ1N said:Why, he seemed to explain why he likes it pretty well in his original post. Or are you just trolling now
Rhys said:Im not trolling (if i understand the term correctly).
He didnt say specifically why he loved Linux. Everything he mentioned Windows can do.
I started this thread to try and see if I was missing something when I was thinking Linux is hard to use and offers nothing extra than Windows. I am genuinely curious to see why people use Linux over Windows other than the fact that a)they can b)the kudos.
edit - I now have Mandriva 2007 Spring installed on a VM machine and am testing it out that way. Im sure Ill get to a point where Im happy on using it.
SiriusB said:*Yes XP has Admin and Limited. But Limited just doesn't work
I personally use linux because of the configurability of it.Rhys said:Im curious to know why you love it.