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BenoitRen
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 Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 11:27 pm |
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| psiga wrote: |
| Remind us again why you haven't moved to linux? |
Moving to GNU/Linux is not a solution.
| Tokyo Rude wrote: |
| Then he needs to take it to a data specialist and hope he doesn't have child porn on his computer. |
That costs a small fortune.
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| udoschuermann wrote: |
| Whenever I read things like "id like to by a new car," I cringe inside, imagine some grunting ape who happened across a keyboard, and move on without thinking about the attempted message. |
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BenoitRen
I bought RAM
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| Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 7:08 pm |
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| Gironika wrote: |
| Dualboot-linux saves the day when windows goes batshit due to malicious software. |
You can just use a GNU/Linux LiveCD. No need to switch to it.
If you get a lot of malicious software, Windows isn't the problem. It's you.
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| udoschuermann wrote: |
| Whenever I read things like "id like to by a new car," I cringe inside, imagine some grunting ape who happened across a keyboard, and move on without thinking about the attempted message. |
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BenoitRen
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| Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 5:51 pm |
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| Gironika wrote: |
| So abandoning Win is at least the first step that hopefully makes the person look up some more things about OSs in the process of tinkering around with it, like you usually do if it comes to linux. |
Except that the average user does not want to tinker with their OS, and if forced to switch to GNU/Linux, will switch to a user-friendly distro like SUSE or Ubuntu, where they will be none the wiser.
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| I've never seen a person go "dumber" just because of Linux, you know. |
No, but they won't get any smarter either.
When you move a user who always gets infected in Windows to GNU/Linux, the only thing protecting them is security through obscurity.
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| udoschuermann wrote: |
| Whenever I read things like "id like to by a new car," I cringe inside, imagine some grunting ape who happened across a keyboard, and move on without thinking about the attempted message. |
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BenoitRen
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| Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 8:11 pm |
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| km wrote: |
| So, don't try to help DAIS because he's dumb and stupid and it's all his fault. People like him shouldn't be allow to use computers! |
Fuck you, man, I never said any of that, nor did I mean to imply that.
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| People should spend their lives learning the ins and outs of bullshit system instead of doing things they actually want to do! Yeah! |
Computers: the only thing that people feel they should be able to properly use without learning a single thing about it. You know cars? You need to learn how to drive it first.
People should learn the basics of how to use a computer, and not leave their common sense out when they're using it. Of course, every time I make this point idiots go all gungho about needing to learn anything at all.
Most malware does not magically appear on a computer, okay?!
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| And if you're going to do the fucking retarded GNU/Linux thing, at least do it properly and say GNU/Xorg/Gnome/Linux or whatever. |
Linux is a kernel. The actual operating system is GNU/Linux. It's that simple. The stuff you listed is completely optional and only necessary for a GUI on top of it.
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| Or could just drop it because it's completely a non-issue and just makes you look like an overly pedantic asshole. |
Or you could stop throwing your panties in a bunch about it, because I never slapped anyone's wrist about the naming unless asked.
| falsedan wrote: |
| BenoitRen: this is not the thread for your OS hangups |
Read the thread again. I'm not the one who suggested moving to GNU/Linux in the first place. I'm recommending against it because it will not solve the core problem. It's not about OS hangups at all.
| Gironika wrote: |
| What is "the average user" anyway? |
Those that are not us. Those that only use computers to surf the web and get some work done. You know, those people who don't have computers as a hobby.
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| Ubuntu runs good enough out of the box to not make you recompile kernels all the time, so it's not like it always breaks down as you suggest. |
I never suggested that! Don't put words in my mouth!
I recommend against Ubuntu because it's too big and slow for what you need it for. Instead, I suggest Puppy Linux. It has everything you need. Great tool.
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| Whenever I read things like "id like to by a new car," I cringe inside, imagine some grunting ape who happened across a keyboard, and move on without thinking about the attempted message. |
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BenoitRen
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| Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 11:09 pm |
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Cossix, I'm recommending Puppy Linux to use as a LiveCD. As a desktop OS, it's a bit minimal, though it works pretty well for the average desktop user that only browses the web and types up some documents.
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