Five reasons NOT to use Linux
29-08-2005, 21:59
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Five reasons NOT to use Linux
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29-08-2005, 22:08
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Re: Five reasons NOT to use Linux
The usual crap spouted by Linux lovers 
It's the most popular OS atm, and likely to be for the forseeable future, get used to it. 
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29-08-2005, 22:15
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Re: Five reasons NOT to use Linux
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Originally Posted by Paul M
The usual crap spouted by Linux lovers
It's the most popular OS atm, and likely to be for the foreseeable future, get used to it. |
Lets face it Linux seems to be downloaded everyday according to some on this forum 
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29-08-2005, 22:16
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Re: Five reasons NOT to use Linux
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Originally Posted by Bill C
Lets face it Linux seems to be downloaded everyday according to some on this forum |
Excuse me - I NEED my iso's  
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29-08-2005, 22:25
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Are you calling Microsoft a liar? Those nasty Linux companies, like Red Hat or Novell/SUSE charge you a fee for support.
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Erm, so do Microsoft? 
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Reason number 4: Linux isn't secure
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Is this guy a total fool or something? 
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29-08-2005, 22:35
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Re: Five reasons NOT to use Linux
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Originally Posted by Electrolyte
Erm, so do Microsoft?
Is this guy a total fool or something? |
Perhaps you should re-read the article?
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29-08-2005, 22:40
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Re: Five reasons NOT to use Linux
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Originally Posted by Electrolyte
Erm, so do Microsoft?
Is this guy a total fool or something? |
I think he was using a sarcastic tone when he wrote it
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29-08-2005, 23:01
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Re: Five reasons NOT to use Linux
Doesn't sound like he being sarcastic, I think he taken the points made completely in the wrong way.
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29-08-2005, 23:30
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Re: Five reasons NOT to use Linux
Well, you could see the exactly the same arguments on 'windows-watch.com' saying Windows is better.
Lets face it, the #1 reason why you shouldn't use linux is that it wastes your life away, getting it to do.......  ........anything.
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29-08-2005, 23:34
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Re: Five reasons NOT to use Linux
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Originally Posted by jtwn
Well, you could see the exactly the same arguments on 'windows-watch.com' saying Windows is better.
Lets face it, the #1 reason why you shouldn't use linux is that it wastes your life away, getting it to do....... ........anything. |
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30-08-2005, 01:12
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Originally Posted by Paul M
The usual crap spouted by Linux lovers
It's the most popular OS atm, and likely to be for the forseeable future, get used to it. |
Ah, the usual crap spouted by people who think that "most widely used" = "most popular" or "good"...
Comments about a billion flies come to mind
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30-08-2005, 01:35
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Re: Five reasons NOT to use Linux
Somebody show me a decent, useable and stable Sound Editor, Video Editor and MPEG2 compressor (and maybe a few decent 3d-shootemup type games) for Linux and I'll consider switching full time.
And as nice as Linux is/maybe, its overall 'feel' leaves a lot to be desired compared to the [relative] snappyness of Windows - personally I hate that aspect of it.
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30-08-2005, 01:44
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Re: Five reasons NOT to use Linux
Linux still seems to complex to be properly usable, also theres the added disadvantage of transferring documents between pcs, unless they are on linux also it could be a pain, the fact that installing programmes can be a tedious process etc, finding out you cant do something when you need to.
I don't think linux will ever be used by the masses tbh
ps, the guy is being sarcastic as a b*****d
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30-08-2005, 02:16
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Re: Five reasons NOT to use Linux
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Originally Posted by Kliro
Linux still seems to complex to be properly usable,
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Actually its no harder than Windows to use - it just does certain things in a slighty different way.
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also theres the added disadvantage of transferring documents between pcs, unless they are on linux also it could be a pain,
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Again,not really an issue. Linux can read/write FAT(32) Windows partitions, can network between Windows PC's and can read/write CD's/DVD's/Floppy/USB Dongles from Windows.
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the fact that installing programmes can be a tedious process etc, finding out you cant do something when you need to.
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Depending on the disto, it can actually be a lot easier to install stuff in Linux than with Windows - in (k)Ubuntu for example its just a matter of selecting the app you want in Synaptic package manager, click OK and sit back for a few minutes while it installs. No messing.
Things get err.. 'fun' though if you want something that can't be installed that way...
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I don't think linux will ever be used by the masses tbh
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Neither do I, but I'm not convinced Windows as we now it will be around much longer too. In 10 years time chances are we'll all look back on the time when Linux and Windows were fighting for supremancy only to be kicked in the teeth by the sudden rise of a totally new - wrote from the ground up - OS.
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30-08-2005, 03:19
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Re: Five reasons NOT to use Linux
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Originally Posted by Graham
Ah, the usual crap spouted by people who think that "most widely used" = "most popular" or "good"... |
Erm, yes, Most widely used = Most popular.
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Originally Posted by Graham
Comments about a billion flies come to mind |
Huh 
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