Thread: who needs linsux

my laptop has XPpro and I have owned it for 11 months it runs at least 5 hrs a day and I have never had reboot, well one or twice when a game crashed but I think that was the game not windows

Originally Posted by tombraider

Nup, not worked up, just facts....

Yeah, wait till he really gets worked up

Originally Posted by HangOver

Don't ya just think Linux is just a "wanna be" windows?

No more than X. fvwm95 was dressed up to resemble Win95 simply give newer users a familiar interface.

You can't get a more different user interface from W$nblows than Windowmaker (my preferred interface).

Originally Posted by HangOver

windows = all things to everyone

Which is the problem really, isn't it? Systems that are specifically designed for a defined purpose are slimmer and likely to be more stable.

Originally Posted by HangOver

Don't ya just think Linux is just a "wanna be" windows?

MAC= traditionall design work
linux= geeks/nerds and IT people
windows = all things to everyone

Sorry, but the only thing you got right there is the MAC comment.

That is however only my opinion. And yes, I still have one machine running Winslows XP Pro SP2, strictly for gaming.
All the rest of my machines run some form of Linux, even the laptop I am writing this post on, is set up as a SERVER.
It is an Acer Aspire 3002, AMD Sempron chip at 2800 Mhz, and under Linux it is faster than the big bugger AMD Athlon 64 bit 3800, that runs XP. And even that, is set up to dual boot Winslows and Linux, but only for another 2 weeks, then it gets rebuilt for Linux only.

Windows all things to every one? NO, windows, is merely the best system for most people, that is all. No more than that.

Linux only for "geeks"? That is a bit dismissive isn't it?

And now with Gimp, the GNU Image Manipulation Package, any machine becomes a design platform. At least graphically.

But, each is entitled to their own opinions. Enjoy your MAC's folks, I never got on with them myself, but, there is no doubting their solidity.
But, for this ex-serviceman pensioner, Linux IS the best OS. It is cheap, runs on any hardware, (Mac's, PS2, Xbox, LG fridges, IBM S series mainframes, you name it Linux runs on it) it is stable and responsive, it never needs multi reboots due to system updates, and the only thing it can't do, that windows can, is play ginky little windows computer games.

And just for the hell of it, this is my Linux desktop graphic.
Tux the Penguin with a fly swatter. Eyeing off the Winslows TM device.

As I said before Windows steals ideas from other OS's, have a look at Incisors pics, They are even calling the what used to be 'Administrator', is now called 'ROOT' ......LOL

Yep, good old Microsloth, they sure are innovators.

Email from ZDNet tech news, yesterday, out of 14 security patches released by Microsoft last week, 1 had already been re-hacked yesterday.

Might be time to double check Ubuntu as well. Their server was hacked a couple of weeks ago. A generic install of Linux can be just as insecure as Windows.

The July Linux Format has a comparison of different distributions - one comparison is security (all using default install), and here, for example, the number of ports left open varied from 0 (Fedora, Suse, Mandriva, Ubuntu) to 5 (Slackware).

John

Originally Posted by shorty943

A generic install of Linux can be just as insecure as Windows.

geez when i say that i get dirty looks and a PM box full of nasty notes.. hope you fair better :P