[...] Viruses, spyware, malware [...] |
[...] "Have you tried it recently?" [...] |
[...] OpenOffice, Firefox, the GIMP, Kino, Cinellera, XINE, Audacity [...] |
Virtual Machine [...] Dual Boot |
Everyone will have there preference regardless.I am pretty much OS agnostic.
Never fear! The Microsoft-certified troll is here! :lol:
- Windows is disproportionally targeted because it has a much, much higher market share, with around 90% of the desktop market, with Macs being about 8%, and the rest split between various often incompatible flavors of UNIX.
- Windows is easier to use, thus more n00bs use it, and they screw up by downloading viruses. Linux requires an even greater level of user know-how to keep from screwing up. People who know what they're doing don't have this problem on Windows.
- Linux is a Johnny-come-lately to the desktop scene.
- In the meantime, Microsoft isn't standing still. Have you tried Windows 7, Office 2010, Visual Studio 2010, Silverlight 3, etc...
- All of those run on Windows as well, in some cases even faster (i.e. Firefox)..
- There is a far longer list of great software that only runs on Windows..
- Doesn't it make more sense to run the OS that supports your hardware better and runs more programs natively (i.e. Windows) as the host, and Linux as a guest?.
I'm a big fan of Linux on the server, but it still sucks for every-day desktop use.
Your "can't afford" (non) (http://thepiratebay.org/top/301)argument
Step 1 - use whatever the hell you want.
Step 2 - realize that no one but you cares what you use.
So your great answer to the price of proprietary software is copyright violation? |
But seriously, what makes you think I don't have "microsoft" skills? Is it so impossible, in your mind, that I might find the reasons for using F/OSS compelling in of themselves? |
FreeBSD for the win. |
Step 2 - realize that no one but you cares what you use.
Linux sucks, Mac sucks more, Windows sucks the most.
FreeBSD for the win.
for ideological reasons that border on anti-capitalism.
[...] If Microsoft had made it as easy to install free software on Windows as it is on Linux, the Anti-Trust (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competition_law) communists would have a field day [...] |
That said, Windows 7 is nice, free and entirely devoid of the "pirate vs disobedient" arguement since Microsoft offers the download and serials on their site.
The productivity gain over competing technologies (J2EE, OO.o, etc) is most definitely worth it.
That said, Windows 7 is nice, free and entirely devoid of the "pirate vs disobedient" arguement since Microsoft offers the download and serials on their site.
That is, until about 2 months before their grace period runs out, when Windows7 will shut down your machine after every two hours of running with a warning to "buy it now".
In your opinion, for your purposes, for you, sure. |
Hackz! and ur good to go |
Linux recently achieved 1% market share (http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/05/01/1443237&tid=163) of the overall operating system market. But, does that statistic really mean anything useful? This article makes the case that it doesn't. It states, 'Framed in the "overall market share" terminology, the information (or how it was gathered and calculated) isn't necessarily questionable, it's more that it's meaningless. It's nebulous, even when one looks at several months worth of data. [How] Linux is used in various business settings answers an actual question -- and the answer can be used to ask further questions, form opinions -- and maybe one day even explain to some degree what 1% of the market share really means (http://ostatic.com/blog/statistics-market-share-logic-and-why-there-probably-cant-be-only-one). ... Operating systems aren't immortal beings, and by rights, there can't be (there shouldn't be) only one. ... No one system can be everything to everyone, and no one system (however powerful, or stable) can do everything perfectly that just one person might require of it in the course of a day. While observing trends and measuring market share are important, the results (good or bad) shouldn't be any platform's measure of self-worth or validation (http://www.bmighty.com/blog/main/archives/2009/05/linux_marketsha.html). It's a data point to build on (we're weak in this area, strong in this area, our platform is being used a lot more this quarter, where did all of our users go?) in order to improve and stay relevant.'
i kept getting corrupted files from what I downloaded and things kept getting issues especially burning.
i kept getting corrupted files from what I downloaded and things kept getting issues especially burning.
And I've had the exact opposite experience, as have those I've helped.
I see Libman has gone off on some tangent all his own, that also is just life.
It wasnt all the time but it happened enough to piss me off. maybe you've had better luck. Then again maybe linux failed on the right drivers for MY custom built computer.