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Philanthropist, My Ass
piratePenguin:
--- Quote from: Aloone_Jonez ---I fully agree with this artical apart from the Linux zealotism part.
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Sorry that GNU/Linux is a damn good OS. Making thousands of people perfectly happy. Yea, if it was shit, there'd be less "zealots" (apparantly also knows as people who prefer it over the rest of the OSes).
For the record, I've only had to reboot to get into a new kernel or install a different distro. Not after everytime I install software.
Aloone_Jonez:
--- Quote from: piratePenguin ---Sorry that GNU/Linux is a damn good OS. Making thousands of people perfectly happy.
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So?
--- Quote from: piratePenguin ---Yea, if it was shit, there'd be less "zealots" (apparantly also knows as people who prefer it over the rest of the OSes).
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I didn't say it was shit I just don't like the style of the artical.
--- Quote from: piratePenguin ---For the record, I've only had to reboot to get into a new kernel or install a different distro.
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It is a pain having to re-install all your software when you updrade the distro though.
--- Quote from: piratePenguin ---Not after everytime I install software.
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I've never had such a problem on any OS because I always install non-shitware.
piratePenguin:
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It is a pain having to re-install all your software when you updrade the distro though.
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I could install non-system stuff somewhere in my home directory if that was bothering me. Hell I could install everything in my home directory and symlink to the system-stuff I want from /bin etc.
I've had this home partition for ages, even in Debian, Slackware, and different G/LFS setups.
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I've never had such a problem on any OS because I always install non-shitware.
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You don't install/update Direct X or anything like that, no?
--- Quote ---I didn't say it was shit I just don't like the style of the artical.
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You said you disagreed with him on the "Linux zealotism part". And hah, alot of it wasn't "Linux" zealotism, more like "decent OS w/o lots of malware (perhaps because it's non-mainstream? Doesn't matter.)" - it would apply to Mac OS X too, but not to Windows.
Aloone_Jonez:
--- Quote from: piratePenguin ---I could install non-system stuff somewhere in my home directory if that was bothering me. Hell I could install everything in my home directory and symlink to the system-stuff I want from /bin etc.
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I don't know but when I install a package it just installs, I can't remember seeing any options like that.
--- Quote from: piratePenguin ---You don't install/update Direct X or anything like that, no?
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No, I don't need to, I don't play games, and DirectX is part of the OS so yes updating it could fuck things up if it goes bad. That's kind of the problem with Windows DirectX should be just a library it shouldn't effect the rest of the OS.
--- Quote from: piratePenguin ---You said you disagreed with him on the "Linux zealotism part". And hah, alot of it wasn't "Linux" zealotism, more like "decent OS w/o lots of malware (perhaps because it's non-mainstream? Doesn't matter.)" - it would apply to Mac OS X too, but not to Windows.
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Would it?
It sounded like "the whole world should use Linux" me, all the time when I was reading that artical I was thinkiing what about Mac OS? What about BSD? What about BeOS?
piratePenguin:
--- Quote from: Aloone_Jonez ---I don't know but when I install a package it just installs, I can't remember seeing any options like that.
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Depends on the type of package. Autopackages, I believe, can be installed anywhere. Same with the binary package system I'm working on (which is alot like autopackage). Seeing as I compile stuff from source, just like you'll have the choice to do with nearly all packages on any distribution, I can install in my home directory without a bother.
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No, I don't need to, I don't play games, and DirectX is part of the OS so yes updating it could fuck things up if it goes bad. That's kind of the problem with Windows DirectX should be just a library it shouldn't effect the rest of the OS.
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Too bad your OS is just one big kludge created and marketed by a monopoly with only money in mind.
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Would it?
It sounded like "the whole world should use Linux" me, all the time when I was reading that artical I was thinkiing what about Mac OS? What about BSD? What about BeOS?
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He was talking about GNU/Linux, which is what the 100$ laptop will run. GNU/Linux doesn't have much malware floating about. It generally runs very stable, and has lots of different choices for window manager etc., so it'll be stable and fast on even old hardware, or newer 100$ hardware.
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