Linux user returns to Windows

[slave]

One of the Faithful just couldn't take it anymore!

http://www.vnunet.com/News/1133462

"I got tired of having to recompile my kernel every time I got new hardware. I got tired of using command line to talk to my PC."

"Linux users were described as 'elitist nerdy shmucks'. Sadly this is true for much of the 'community'. Too many consider themselves better than the rest of the world because they run Linux,"

Collins has recently turned to Windows XP. "The stability is finally there," he exclaimed.

Praise be, brother!

[voidmain]

Heh heh. One single person makes the switch back and it's a news story.  Why?  Because it's as odd as a two peckered billy goat.

Here's some good XP readin' for ya:

http://www.computergripes.com/WindowsXP.html

[Calum]

Give him his due, voidmain! it really is BIG news that a linux user changed to windows! certainly i have never heard of such a thing before...

i wonder why???

[Bazoukas]

Oh noooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 A SINGLE MORON went back to WIndows.

 This is the end. My only friend the end.

 Doomsday is here. Make your peace now I say.

 The Paaaanic. Should we go and build a nuclear basement and buy tons of milk and meat? Yes lets do it.

 Oh my Collins went to windows!!!!

 Btw who the fuck is that collins guy?  Ohhhhhh just one dumb fuck on this planet.

 IT WOULD BE NEWS IF LINUS HIMSELF SWITCHED TO WINDOWS.

 XP i dont flame in forums...but your posts are beging for ass bitch slaps you dumbfuck.

[lazygamer]

Do you REALLY have to recompile your kernel(mmmm popcorn) every time you put in new hardware or use updated drivers?

[Master of Reality]

I dont think that many people have ever recompiled their kernel for anything.

[SpeeDFreaK]

I've never had to recompile my kernel, hardware changes or not. Whatever kernel Mandrake 8.1 shipped with is what I still have.

[lazygamer]

Then this is either propaganda, or the Linux user was a n00b who didn't know what he was doing.

[jtpenrod]

This story is being made out to be more sensational than it really is.  

quote:In conclusion, I'd just like to make it known that I
haven't completely abandoned the Linux community.  My home server
still runs Mandrake, and IPCop on
my gateway/firewall.  There is no way I'd ever put any form of
Windows on my server, nor would I ever connect a Windows PC directly
to the internet without a *NIX gateway in between.  Microsoft has a
history of poor security, so I protect myself the only way I know
how; using Linux.  I will continue to advocate the use of GNU/Linux
in the server arena.  This is where its strength lies at the moment.
Because of their history of spreading virii, I don't
use the applications that Microsoft has provided with Windows XP.  My
wife and I use Mozilla for web
browsing and email, OpenOffice.org for word processing, and Psi
(Jabber client) for instant
messaging.  All of these are true multi-user win32 programs, and are
perfectly interoperable with their Linux counterparts.

Talk about damnation through faint praise!   :eek:   It really makes me wonder why he ever bothered with XP in the first place. If he was simply looking for a less "geeky" experience, why didn't he give Lycoris or ELX a try? Since he seems to favor Deb, perhaps Lindows or Libranet would be a better choice. It's unfortunate he didn't go that route.  

quote: I have to stop at this
point, and say that SuSE Linux 8.0 (Pro) is the best Linux
distribution that I've ever used.  It has an easy installer,
reasonable hardware support, and comes with the very good KDE 3.0.  
The box contains seven CDROMS, one DVD and three decent books that
would help even the most inexperienced user get up and going.  YaST2
is a decent graphical system configuration tool. When (not if)
I go back to Linux, I'll definitely try SuSE again.

(Emphasis in original).
I expect that that's going to happen a lot sooner than he suspects. Probably right after he gets a look at the amended EULA for the WMP and sees what the next service pack does to it.    
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[ July 14, 2002: Message edited by: jtpenrod ]

[Master of Reality]

even WInXP Lusers ISP Bayou uses Linux. I think we should burn Monroe Louisiana and surrounding are      

I think winXP Luser is on:



[ July 14, 2002: Message edited by: Master of Reality / Bob ]

[ July 14, 2002: Message edited by: Master of Reality / Bob ]

[Master of Reality]

the nhe would really be pissed off. If only he had used RedHat 7.3 and KDE 3... then surely he would bow down to it

[Sleeping Dog]

LINUX is slowly, but surely making its way into the mainstream of today's computing world. Companies like IBM and Industrial Light and Magic are transitioning. Many school systems are finding that they can get extended life from their hardware by "upgrading to Linux". A considerable number of universities have moved their mainframes off of NT and onto LINUX due to the NT scalability limits, (among other reasons)....And the growth of LINUX as a solution, not just an altenative, is slowly but steadily progressing.
Sure, there will always be the "Windows XP Snoozers" of the world who will try to tell you that "The sky is falling", but as with everything, we should always "look at the source" as my mother would say.

That individual has "XP user #5225982375" in their login name despite there only being an estimated 6,234,250,387 people on the planet as of 07/01/02. Besides, did you ever wonder why such a big Windows fan seems to spend so much time on a LINUX forum?

When I think of Windows XP, I think of the word "STABLE". I have spent a lot of time mucking out the stalls in our horse barn, and as I am shoveling that stuff out of the "STABLE", it reminds me of Windows XP..........Lest we forget some of those other "wonderful innovations" that Microsoft gave us over the years:

MS DOS 4.0 - Almost everything malfunctioned

Disk Doubler - A so called "compression" utility bundled with DOS 6.0 that irreversably scrambled tens of thousands of HD's before they "got the bugs out".

Original Win 98 update installer - Said that it needed about 160 MEG of space on the HD to install.....really needed three times that much and would irrepairably destroy Win 95 and all of your data when it ran out of HD space.

Windows ME - AAAAAaaaaaaaHHHHHhhhhhhhh! I have repaired at least four OEM installs of that piece of trash for people that I know, and I do not do this for a profession! It eats its own drivers for no reason known to God or man.

These are just four historical examples of why the desktop users are looking for alternatives too. I am sure that others on this forum can provide you with at least 5225982375 more reasons.

Keep the faith and keep at it. The rewards are there.

Best Regards

Sleeping Dog

[Master of Reality]

didnt you already write that somewhere?

[Sleeping Dog]

I think that we all know that "Windows XP User" probably spends a lot of his time "recompiling his kernel"

That's why it is both "Micro" and "Soft"

Sorry about that....

Sleeping Dog

[Sleeping Dog]

Thanks M.O.R.

Now I know that at least somebody is paying attention.

Good call...

Have a wonderful weekend.

Sleeping Dog