Re: Don't Fear the Penguin -- A Newbie's Guide to Linux
- From: Leythos <spam999free@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:23:52 -0500
In article <glcm6d$aso$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
iamaliasNUKE@xxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
Leythos wrote:
In article <glccg4$ur7$5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
iamaliasNUKE@xxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
No, most don't know about Ubuntu -- yet and hence my noble mission to
spread the good word.
The reason that MOST people don't know about Ubuntu is that it's not any
easier to install,
False, it's MUCH easier to install.
Nope, about the same, takes just as long, requires as many updates.
does not support as much current hardware,
False, it supports MOST current hardware.
Nope, an entire vendors products are mostly unsupported - that's an
entire printer line almost completely unsupported, and that's not
including the other vendors that sell multifunction printers that are
not supported.
does not
provide the same level of programs that you would access on a Windows
computer,
Yeah, especially WPA, WGA, WGA/N and a whole host of millions of
malware. For programs like Photoshop, they run great in Wine.
Nope, Wine is slower than native XP. WPA/WGA mean nothing as they don't
bother 99% of the people, they are silent and in the background.
It's about impossible to find boxed Linux products at computer stores or
office-supply stores, so that leaves people trying to find them online
and not knowing if they are legit or flawed.
and it's not kid friendly - meaning that many games kids play
don't run on it.
It IS kid friendly in that it's bullet proof compared to Windows in
regards to malware. The kids are playing games on Wii, XBox and Playstation.
Nope, you have no experience in this area - many online games do not
work on Linux, period.
The only advantage that Linux has over Windows is that it's not been
targeted by malware attacks as windows has - but there are many
compromised linux machines being owned/run by people that are the
ignorant masses you are lying too. It's easy to root a linux computer
that has been setup by the ignorant that believe what you've told them.
You would have to have physical access to the computer to compromise it
the way I set them up. There are NO viruses or malware in the wild for
Linux. NONE. OTOH, Windows has so many that no one can count the
millions of malware out there.
Wrong again, because you condition your statement with "The way I set
them up", but you're preaching Linux to the ignorant masses and you
don't set them up for them. So the typical user will setup as root or a
root level account, will install more things than they need, and will
connect directly to the internet instead of using a NAT router as a
barrier - this means that they ARE offering connections to anyone and
with no understanding of security, with no understanding of Linux, they
are shown to be easy to compromise because of their ignorance and
because of zealots like you.
Additionally, your post serves no assistance to anyone in these groups.
There is nothing Noble about being off-topic.
Suggesting an alternative to the buggy and malware prone Windows is ON
TOPIC and a topic you need to get over and get used to because this is
just the beginning.
No, not buggy, very stable, works well, not any more malware prone than
an improperly secured Linux box.
Been using Windows since it came out, never had a compromise, never
found it to be buggy - apps are buggy, but the same is very true of
open-source products.
I can count the number of down-time issues that were cause by a MS bug
on two hands in all my years. I can could the number of faulted system
using Ubuntu on two hands also, and that it's been less than 2 years for
those faults on Ubuntu means something vs the decades on Windows.
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