"I've used Linux. I've used it numerous times(including some of the most recent Mandrake, Redhat and SuSe distros). Linux is getting better, but I still come back to Windows. Why? Because every piece of software that I use on a daily basis doesn't run natively in Linux(alot of it won't even run emulated in bullshit like Wine/WineX). "
Such as?
"I like the Windows interface better.My music sounds better in Windows....."
Another Windows user who misses the point. We are Linux users, we are part of a community. If you are not satisfied with what is available then do something about it. That would mean either editing the current code or writing your own and CONTRIBUTING your efforts to the community instead of winging about the lack of support for those things you conceder to be important.
As for the GUI interface. Don't even attempt to make a comparison between the Windows GUI and X
X is a protocol that runs on port(s) 6000 - 6063 aka an X Server
http://www.networksorcery.com/enp/protocol/ip/ports06000.htm The windows GUI is a hard coded fact of life that you can't turn off regardless, more to the point you can't redirect the GUI to an alternative machine, and PC Anywhere / VNC are NOT the same thing . On Unix based systems I can manage multiple machines simply by exporting the display to the machine I am logged on to and then either running up an application or actually starting X itself.
If you don't like KDE, Gnome, Enlightenment or one of the other numerous GUI's then write a new one and show us mere mortals how it should be done.
As for you can't do graphics in Linux really are you sure about that, yeh positive? Perhaps you shoud go watch "Titanic" or "Star Wars - Attack Of The Clones" (And many others) Personally I thought the graphics were state of the art at the time and jaw droppingly good. Strange how they were all created on Linux systems.
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6011http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=4803"Why in hell do I have a DirectX 9....."
Hum good question why do you?
Probably because you actually use your computer to PLAY GAMES ON rather than for something useful and constructive. The reason you can't get Direct X for Linux is the usual reason. DirectX is just another proprietary $MS standard and as such can change at Microsoft's whim. It is the monumental influence of Microsoft that makes DirectX an industry standard. Therefore the reason you can't get DirectX under Linux / Unix / BSD etc is because Microsoft don't wish to make it available (No surprise there). Personally I agree with you, I would love to use DirectX under Linux but $MS is NOT going to allow it ... welcome to the real world.
DirectX is a better API than OpenGL...
That's the spirit, you slag off OpenGL and say how wonderful DirectX is. Shame that Microsoft was a founding member of the Open GL architecture review board (ARB) and resigned so it could attempt to kill it off using DirectX. The point is DirectX ONLY works on Windows that's why is proprietary so to run it and you HAVE TO RUN WINDOWS NO CHOICE, so why don't you ask $MS to make the API's in DirectX open (fat chance that is not in the companies ethos) instead of winging about it to us.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/29555.html"Why is it.." .... "Example, it took me over an hour..."
You really are Mr. point and click. I don't have these problems I run live DNS, web real time logging and all sorts for my self and for large companies. Linux, BSD, Unix require that you KNOW and more to the point UNDERSTAND what you are doing, if you don't then stick with Windows and $MS and keep clicking yes. Things will work but you won't know why or how. Perhaps you don't care how they work and just want the functionality fine you have found your perfect OS best of luck!
To make a long story short. Hardware support in Linux is good enough to get you by....
Oh dear ... Linux at this time excels @ and is a superb server OS. It is only just beginning to attack the desktop market. Once the various companies who wish to back this attack (IBM / HP and others) mount their assault I rather suspect it will be highly effective.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/12/2043223FYI - ....
Well aren't you lucky. Most people don't have access to a system of that spec. I would hope that any OS would work well on such a box and what you have said is not a surprise. You then say you will have to wait for Longhorn ... So you expect Long horn to tax your system? Excuse me you OS should be transparent and use virtually no resources, the whole point is you run applications, not the OS, try running up Photoshop, Cinema 4D, 3D Studio Max and half a dozen other applications while running a couple of seitathome CLI sessions and start actually using the box.
"Nowadays people shouldn't even bitch about how big Windows......."
That statement is a load of absolute drivel that I would expect someone on a computing 101 course to come out with. The amount of space on a hard disk , the power of a CPU and the relative cost of said component parts be they cheap OR expensive is ABSOLUTELY NO EXCUSE for writing rubbish code that utilizes more space (be it hard disk or memory) than is actually necessary to achieve a given result.
All that happens when you allow that type thinking to become prevalent is the addition of a the odd flight simulator into your favorite application e.g. $MS Excel, on the grounds that nobody will notice, but hey you paid for the hardware and the software, if you have so much money that you don't care that 10% - X% more of it is being used than is actually necessary then fine it's your cash!
Sime
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