Re: John Dvorak Speaks

On Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:39:51 +0100, Alias wrote:

measekite's Ass Kicker wrote:
"measekite" <inkystinky@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Dvorak Likes Linux

Almost all the newest hardware coming out has Linux support. The critical
mass has been reached, and it's time everyone tried Ubuntu.

Too bad that piece of CRAP Ubuntu doesn't run any of the popular software
programs that 99.99999999% of the people on planet earth use! HA HA HA HA HA

Not true and you know it which begs the question why you lie and why
Ubuntu scares you into lying. Well?

Here's the entire article being as you obviously didn't read it and,
clueless one, you're wrong big time:

"Almost all the newest hardware coming out has Linux support. The
critical mass has been reached, and it's time everyone tried Ubuntu.
discuss Total posts: 12
Buzz up!on Yahoo!

Every so often I take a stab at Linux, to see exactly what I like and do
not like about the OS. Many of its problems, for me, stem from its
inability to run on my overloaded hardware, or the occasional driver
that makes the OS impossible to use without hand-tweaking something or
other. That said, I seriously like the Ubuntu 8.10 implementation and
will now install it permanently on my latest machines. It's a winner.

This OS has a lot of nice features, and it's quick. It's freely
downloadable all over the net as a ISO disk image, too. Go to the
official Web site for a download link. Ubuntu is particularly cool
because the install version is also a "live" version, meaning that you
can boot it and run it from a CD without installing the OS at all. More
important, it's a fully functional live CD, meaning that it can save and
load files from drive C: or a NAS.

When I encountered a glitch, I changed to a safe graphics mode that
limited my screen to 1,280-by-1,024 rather than 1,600-by-1,200—but this
was no big deal.

While your PC is running Ubuntu as a live install, the CD is doing all
the work for the OS, and even so, it's at least as snappy as Windows.
Install it onto the hard disk as the OS for the system and the thing
really flies. I'm not sure how many legacy old clunkers can run this
operating system, but it's the perfect reinstall for older machines that
bog down under Windows. The live feature is what it makes it so cool; no
need to install the OS before thoroughly testing it.

For lightweight work, the install disk comes with Firefox for Linux and
AbiWord, a credible open-source substitute for MS Word. In fact, there
is probably a Linux program that will substitute for just about any
Windows programs with as much or more functionality—with the exception
of Adobe Photoshop. That said, there are plenty of photo editors for
Linux. The popular GIMP app comes to mind.

While the various Linux desktops generally aren't as polished as Vista,
they are functional and easily as slick as Windows 2000, the OS most
observers think was the best Microsoft ever did. In many instances the
complexity of Linux turns out to be smoothed over by the Ubuntu
architecture. It's so good that I'm a little annoyed with myself for not
getting to it sooner. And I sure don't want to hear "I told you so!"
from all the Linux mavens.

I'm in the process of putting together a new Atom-based mini-ITX machine
(with an Intel D945GCLF2 motherboard) for use as a Web browser in the
kitchen. This OS would be ideal if for no other reason than the fact
that I won't have to worry about anyone in the family fooling around
online and getting the little machine clogged with viruses and Trojan
horses.

I seriously appreciate the fact that Linux is mostly immune from
malware, in much the same way as the Macintosh. I had a small machine in
the kitchen running Windows, and every time I ran a scan on the thing I
kept discovering too many problems. I know that if Linux becomes too
popular, the malware will come. But for now it's rare—a good thing as
far as I am concerned.

I'm tired of dealing with Windows malware, patch Tuesday, and the
never-ending deterioration of the OS as it clogs up like a drain in a
greasy-spoon restaurant. I can't take it anymore.

And there's something else that always bugs me about Windows. I have an
iMac that I use at the office, and a few times every month Apple has
some patch that it sends out. With few exceptions, each time a patch is
installed with the Mac OS, the performance of the machine improves. With
Windows, the performance always declines.

I don't think Microsoft has ever sent out a patch that improved the
performance of the machine. Ever.

And of course, the biggest differences between Ubuntu and Windows are
the cost and the subsequent headaches, because Microsoft is constantly
fretting over bootleg copies. The company monitors machines to make sure
they are running legal copies of software. There have already been
instances of computers shut down by Microsoft HQ because of some glitch
in the cloud. This is simply unacceptable. I don't want to rely on a
system like that.

I cannot wean myself off Windows altogether because, well, I write about
Windows. But for ancillary machines that I put together where I need
reliability and low price, I'm always going to see whether Ubuntu works.
And if it does, that's what gets installed.

If I had a small or mid-size company, I'd probably use only Linux and
open-source software, just to stay out of the way of the software police
and their onerous "audits"—another abhorrent situation that, to me, is
intolerable.

You should also note that almost all of the newest hardware coming out
has Linux support. The critical mass has been reached. Go download
Ubuntu 8.10 and see for yourself what the fuss is about. You won't
regret it."

> Remember, Ubuntu is FREE and NOBODY wants it. Imagine a FREE product
that
> is on less than ONE PERCENT of the desktop. That should tell you all
you
> need to know about that piece of CRAP.

See the article above that debunks your LIES.

>
> Ubuntu was written by geeks for geeks.

More LIES.

>
> And measekite who rubs Da Baboon with Da Lamb Chop.

Aliaw

I also think what he said would apply to all of the major distros
including OpenSuse, Mandriva, and Fedora as well as RedHat and Centos.
And do not forget Debian.
.

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