Re: Why one should choose Linux over Vista

Bill Yanaire wrote:
"Alias" <aka@mascaradoyanónimo.jo> wrote in message news:g6nc76$ds9$1@xxxxxxxxxxx
Bill Yanaire wrote:
1) Because you are poor
It's true, the poor, whom you and Frank so disdain, cannot afford Vista and Linux and Open Office are good tools to use to get out of poverty. What have you and Frank got against the poor? Are you afraid that you may join them? Do you consider yourself "better" than the poor?


I said nothing bad about the poor.

You have said a lot of bad things about Linux and OO so all one need do is connect the dots.

If you can't afford Vista and Office, then you should use Linux/Open Office. Don't twist my comments. I was poor once, but I got an education and worked my way into "not being poor"!!!

So you know that you're not being poor today could be different tomorrow?



2) Because you don't have any desire to do actual work
False.

3) Because GIMP sounds so dorky
I agree, they could have chosen a better name. MS with it's Outlook and Outlook Express, etc. could choose better names too.

4) Because entering cryptic line commands sounds exciting
I never do that. I use the GUI all the way with no problems. Oops. In fact, with this install of Hardy, I have yet to even open a terminal, much less use it. You do know what CMD is in Windows, right?

Yes, I am aware of CMD in Windows. Use it every once-in-a-while.

With cryptic commands? <chuckle>


5) Because you hate Microsoft
How can one hate Microsoft? One can dislike what it does but hate? I have three ex wives and I don't hate them so you can be assured I am not going to waste my emotions on hating a corporation that's seeing its last days due to greed and a total disdain for their paying customers.

Alias

Lots of people say they hate Microsoft. I don't know about the others, go ask them. Hundreds of people here say they hate Microsoft. Do you question them? You do waste your time quite a bit here trying to convince people to switch to Ubuntu and Open Office. Look at your last sentence. Seems like you hate Microsoft.

I don't hate anything but hatred.

Alias




"Alias" <aka@mascaradoyanónimo.jo> wrote in message news:g6nbg2$98r$1@xxxxxxxxxxx
5 simple reasons to choose Linux over Vista

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| Without getting into much details, we shall today try and see 5 major reasons
| why people who prefer Linux over Windows Vista do so.
|
| 1. Hardware Requirements: It’s never too much for Vista!
|
| [...]
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| 2. Rights & Limitations: Unlike Vista, Linux doesn’t restrict how content is
| used on a system.
|
| [...]
|
| 3. There is no Linux Genuine Advantage!
You are correct on this one. There is no Genuine Advantage to run Linux.


|
| [...]
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| 4. Security Issues: You can never miss out on this.
|
| [...]
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| 5. You name it, you have it!
|
| [...]
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http://brajeshwar.com/2008/choose-linux-over-windows-vista/

No! Wha…oooh…wow. Yes!

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| Linux is, in-and-of-itself, its best sales tool, because It creates
| curiosity. As I use Ubuntu Linux people are curious and they pull information
| from me. When I show a customer something that I created for them, and I did
| it on linux, they want to know more.
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http://www.ubuntuproductivity.com/journal/ubuntu/07/2008/marketing_linux_to_small_business/


Related:

Vista weakness could feed Linux growth

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| "One the reasons people are having issues with Vista now, is that it’s much
| harder to – for one company - to kind of change the market and when the
| market has matured," he said. "People today are not probably using the
| desktop all that differently from what they were five years ago, which didn’t
| used to be true."
|
| At the same time, this could give Linux an opening, because it puts the open
| source operating system on a more level playing field against Microsoft,
| Torvalds argued.
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http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?newsID=11447&pagtype=all


Vista burns laptop hard disks - Failure eight times higher than under XP

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| The hard disk’s temperature can get ten degrees higher than the vendors’
| specifications allow. This could cause hard disk failures eight times more
| frequent than with XP.
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http://4sysops.com/archives/vista-burns-laptop-hard-disks-failure-eight-times-higher-than-under-xp/
http://tinyurl.com/3ytdtj


DVD Burning Problem in Windows Vista

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| The hardware install went fine. However I soon ran into problems
| with the software install. The drive included OEM versions of Nero
| and Power CD both programs are (or were) it seems incompatible with Vista.
| This I'm finding is an increasingly common problem and very frustrating. I
| don't know who is to blame for this, Microsoft or the developers, but
| almost all the software I've tried to install had thrown up some
| problems. iTunes is particulalry frustrating but thats another issue.
|
| [...]
|
| I then realised that hidden away in the burn DVD dialog box is an
| option to change the default formating of the disk.
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http://cwebster.net/2007/04/08/dvd-burning-problem-in-windows-vista/


Windows Vista: Sold but not deployed

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| Microsoft says it remains happy with enterprise sales of Vista -- however,
| the software behemoth acknowledges that many businesses which have bought
| Vista licences are yet to deploy the software.
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http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Windows-Vista-Sold-but-not-deployed/0,130061733,339284495,00.htm


Acer: PC industry 'disappointed' with Vista

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| Acer president Gianfranco Lanci became the first major PC manufacturer to
| openly attack Microsoft over the Windows Vista operating system in the
| Financial Times Deutschland on Monday.
|
| Lanci said the operating system was riddled with problems and gave users and
| businesses no reason to buy a new PC, according to the report. Taiwan-based
| Acer is the world's fourth-largest PC manufacturer, after HP, Dell and
| Lenovo.
|
| "The whole industry is disappointed with Windows Vista," Lanci said.
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http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=9579


Ugly view mars Windows Vista birthday

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| According to latest data from NPD, Microsoft is shipping fewer boxed copies
| of Windows Vista than it did Windows XP at the same point in the operating
| systems' lifecycles.
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http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2007/11/30/vista_birthday/


The Vista Death Watch

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| Microsoft has extended the life of Windows XP because Vista has simply not
| shown any life in the market. We have to begin to ask ourselves if we are
| really looking at Windows Me/2007, destined to be a disdained flop. By all
| estimates the number of Vista installations hovers around the number of Macs
| in use.
|
| How did this happen? And what’s going to happen next? Does Microsoft have a
| Plan B? A number of possibilities come to mind, and these things must be
| considered by the company itself.
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http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2209837,00.asp?kc=PCRSS03079TX1K0000584


Lenovo offers downgrade from Windows Vista to Windows XP

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| My colleague Stian just sent me this interesting link regarding my
| experiences with Windows Vista. Since I assume the link will NOT have the
| visual appearence it has right now for very many more hours (days) I've
| created a screenshot of how it looked when I went into the site.
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http://jaxed.org/lenovo-offers-downgrade-from-windows-vista-to-windows-xp.blog


Windows Vista kicked out of Olympics PCs

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| Microsoft's latest version of Windows is too risky to implement for the
| important computers managing the 2008 Olympic summer games in Beijing, said
| the event's computer supplier and sponsor Lenovo.
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http://www.electronista.com/articles/07/08/08/no.vista.on.olympic.pcs/


DSG continues retailer woes

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| DSG, the company formerly known as Dixons, became the latest British retailer
| to report a drop in profits for the summer months today. But it wasn’t all
| down to the rotten weather – this time it was also Microsoft’s fault.
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http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/newsalerts/article/748756/dsg-continues-retailer-woes/


Dell casts doubts on Vista

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| Dell today revealed that it will restore the option to use Windows XP on
| some of its home systems, marking a potentially damaging blow to
| Microsoft's hopes for the newer Windows Vista.
|
| [...]
|
| While a popular request through the company's IdeaStorm website, the
| choice was substantially outnumbered by requests for pre-installed
| Linux, US-based technical support, and other features -- pointing to a
| larger general demand for the change. The turnaround may be a reflection of
| an overall backlash against Vista, observed IDC analyst Richard Shim.
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Alias

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