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Why Linux is King and will soon Rule
Bazoukas:
quote:Originally posted by Windows XP User #5225982375:
Concerning Linux vs Windows, all I can say is I know Linux will always be around, regardless of how popular it is. Even if every Linux company in the world went under, Linux development would continue. I can't say that with certainty about Microsoft.
Concerning your comments about why Linux will always be "King," first of all king in what way? On the server? Maybe so, but what about for home/desktop users? I have to admit you are right about open source producing software extremely fast. Linux and its apps have sprung up apparently overnight. However, a lot of Linux apps are buggy and/or incomplete, but the popular ones usually don't stay this way for long. Linux developers also seem to have a rule where they make a x.0 release as buggy as possible.
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Look. I am majoring in Computer Programing.
As I said, installing Software sometimes can be a pain in the ass but its nothing to it. If you dont wanna Download the apps, you can order them for $10 over the net on a CD and no fuss. It sure beats spending $300 for an office app when you can have Open Office.
I am a RedHat user. And there are few programs that basically take a shit on me.
Quanta(Html editor). But i can use Anjuta, Vim, or a plain txt editor.
Koffice is a piece of shit. No realy, its a Major pile of shit. Even Abi is better. But you have Open Office.
So far those are the apps that take a shit on me.
But where it matters it is User Friendly.
Want an example? With out knowing shit about Networking I managed to fire up my machine as a server running Apache in just 2 days. Talk about an ego boost. And I am using Linux for about 3 months. So am still a major ass ignorant Linux noob.
And please remember I was an avid Win user. As times goes by Linux will continue to be polished and smooth out whatever rough edges it has. Its just a matter of time.
There are some rough edges, but where it realy counts Linux is smooth like a babys ass.
I dont wish for MS to go broke. Am sure that their programers are being kept down by management and they cant do their own thing and be as creative as they wanna be.
But if MS keeps pushing and pushing like it does (like IBM did back in the day), well then, I hope it goes down in flames.
Maybe they wont go down in flames, but i believe and I hope so, that MS will be marginalized as IBM was.
As they say in Greece.
Palies mou dokses.
Good old Glory days.
[ October 21, 2002: Message edited by: bazoukas ]
Stryker:
quote:Originally posted by Zombie9920:
Ha, I think I'm going to like the future of MS OSes. After seeing the Alpha screenshots of the upcoming Longhorn I know it is going to be a great OS. BTW, it is still in Alpha...it will only get better and better as the Beta testing period goes on. I can't wait until it reaches RTM.
Longhorn is going to blow other OSes(Linux especially) out of the water. Palladium hardware will be hitting the shelves soon. ;P
Some Longhorn screenshots.
http://www.xbetas.com/content/images/NEW!.jpg
http://www.xs4all.nl/~binkbv/lh/folder1.gif
http://www.xs4all.nl/~binkbv/lh/my-hardware2.gif
http://www.xs4all.nl/~binkbv/lh/mymusic.gif
http://www.xs4all.nl/~binkbv/lh/my-pics.gif
(from the screenshots I see the person is using the I815 chipset w/either a PIII or Celeron coppermine...so that means Longhorn will work on non Palladium hardware).
<---waits patiently on IRC for a leak of this Alpha. :D
I want to see some Linux screenies that even come close to rivaling Longhorns' good looks. ;P
[ October 21, 2002: Message edited by: Zombie9920 ]
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Personally, I'm not worried about longhorn. I won't use it or palladium so why worry? Microsoft will be forced to give out enough information to people who want to make their own operating system to work with the palladium hardware. If not then it is an undefeatable monopoly which is illegal, and will of course be fixed for us mac and linux folk. Palladium will not destroy linux, linux will probably incorporate the abilities for palladium hardware, and optionally palladium security.
What the hell can you tell from the images? The images look exactly like windows xp to me, i don't see any difference in there...
Bazoukas:
as VoidMan said. Some people confuse GUI with OS.
zooloo:
quote:Originally posted by Zombie9920:
Microsoft doesn't stay in business by giving away thier shit for free.
[ October 21, 2002: Message edited by: Zombie9920 ]
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very true. They make money by charging for their shit.
Zombie9920:
quote:Originally posted by Stryker:
What the hell can you tell from the images? The images look exactly like windows xp to me, i don't see any difference in there...
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The main difference from seeing screenshots is the looks. I'm sure Longhorn will be more stable and faster than XP which is already fast and stable..plus I'm sure Longhorn will have a much larger built-in driver database(for those who don't like installing drivers).
Example of difference in looks.
XP's My Music Folder(taken from my system)
http://www.ticz.com/homes/users/waltw/XPmymusic.jpg
Longhorn's My Music Folder
http://www.xs4all.nl/~binkbv/lh/mymusic.gif
See how much better it looks, also notice how the side bar(for easy access to common tasks) is colorful and seemlesly blends in with the rest of the Window. It just looks nicer. The Display Properties looks alot nicer than the display properties in XP(and other older versions of Windows). The My Pictures folder looks better and so does the rest of the stuff in Longhorn so far.
When Longhorn goes gold I bet it will look completely different than it does now in the Alpha stage. It will probably look really kick ass when it is final.
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