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Shit that you can trim out of Windows XP
Orethrius:
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Or perhaps you'd want it because it's more secure and reliable than any Linux distribution? Or because it is faster, supports more hardware, and works with all your software?
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Do me a favor. If you're going to make an intelligent reply like you did, at least come up with examples to reinforce your bottom line. Arbitrary examples don't work as proof of an arbitrary conclusion. Besides, Calum gets a little messed up sometimes, I'm thinking he meant "sans registry, which happens to be easily corruptible by the actions of third-party applications." That would have a certain ring of truth to it, and all but discredit any notion that the centralised registry is secure - at least in its current form.
Aloone_Jonez:
--- Quote from: Brandon Paddock ---No, instead they have hundreds of scattered, cryptically named text files - many of which require changing by hand.
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That's one of the things I don't like about Linux.
--- Quote from: Brandon Paddock --- The registry, on the other hand, is for Windows to keep track of your settings in one centralized and secure location. It was not meant to be edited manually.
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But there's litte separation between important system settings and less important user settings.
--- Quote from: Brandon Paddock ---Actually... both KDE and Gnome include file browsers. Most distros these days include a default browser that is used for both local files and web browsing.
And none of those features are "core" components of Windows. They're integrated into the shell... but that's an entirely different matter.
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Yes they are when use need this shell to do system updates.
--- Quote from: Brandon Paddock --- Windows does a fairly good job keeping the non-essentials in user space. Far better than Linux (the origin of kernel bloatware), though arguably not as clean cut as BSD (at least in the NT 5.x era).
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What do you mean?
--- Quote from: Brandon Paddock ---Or perhaps you'd want it because it's more secure and reliable than any Linux distribution?
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Linux varies form distribution to distribution, and how you set it up.
--- Quote from: Brandon Paddock --- Or because it is faster, supports more hardware, and works with all your software?
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That's one of the reasons I use Windows.
Calum:
--- Quote from: Brandon Paddock --- Which, of course, is a load of bull.
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riiiight.
WMD:
--- Quote --- Windows does a fairly good job keeping the non-essentials in user space.
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Like the window system, right?
Oh, wait.
Kintaro:
Brandon Pillock, you have no idea what your on about.
No, instead they have hundreds of scattered, cryptically named text files - many of which require changing by hand. The registry, on the other hand, is for Windows to keep track of your settings in one centralized and secure location. It was not meant to be edited manually.
I think you mean "Dont need to be edited manually". And neither is the case with Linux as well with software like http://www.webmin.com
Because as soon as your fucking around in regedit, or vim, your editing manually: changing it by hand.
Actually... both KDE and Gnome include file browsers. Most distros these days include a default browser that is used for both local files and web browsing.
Actually thats not "these days" thats "in those days" because Nautillus in most distributions of Gnome now are purely for file browsing with no web browsing at all. File browsing can however include FTP, SMB, etc.
Or perhaps you'd want it because it's more secure and reliable than any Linux distribution? Or because it is faster, supports more hardware, and works with all your software?
BAHAHAHAHAHAHA BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA BAHAHAHAHAHAHahahahahahahahaha
I have had a brand new laptop for 3 months, Windows would crash, randomly reboot, and fuck up all the time.
I am yet to have any Linux problems.
And yea, all my software is supported.
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