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Toups
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 Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 9:38 am |
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I tried using ubuntu about a year ago and I couldn't make heads or tails out of anything.
I want to like linux but for the time being I will continue hating it.
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Toups
tyranically banal
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| Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 2:28 am |
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| BenoitRen wrote: |
@Toups and DeusJester:
So you've tried one distro. It didn't work out. Try another one! You can't say Linux doesn't work for you just because one distro didn't.
Windows works well? Well, when you've turned off all the annoying crap, sure! Doesn't make it any less of a resource-hungry OS. Linux runs much faster if you don't choose a resource-hungry window manager (Gnome, KDE,...).
Try a Puppy Linux LiveCD! Even my brother's new laptop bought a week ago works with it, with all hardware detected! |
Actually I tried another distro (can't remember what it's called ATM) and found it even more confusing. The fact that Ubuntu is supposed to be "linux for human beings" doesn't really help my perception, either. If the "user-friendly" model is so hard to use, what does that mean about the other ones?
I know that Windows has shitloads of flaws and problems and by raw measure of its quality shouldn't even be the most popular OS, but at the same time none of its flaws are big enough for me to care. So it's resource hungry. Well, I've got a decently powerful laptop and everything runs pretty smoothly on it anyway.
At this points it's less that linux doesn't look appealling and more that I don't see the worth of trying to learn a new OS, even if it is superior. On the other hand I don't see myself upgrading to Vista pretty much... ever, so unless I go Mac I guess I'll have to learn linux eventually.
Until then I'm content with little XP laptop.
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Toups
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| Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 12:55 am |
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| BenoitRen wrote: |
Yeah, when it comes to gaming, Linux isn't there yet. Then there's also those 3D graphics cards problems because those greedy manufacturers don't want to open-source their drivers or give away documentation.
| Mister Toups wrote: |
| I know that Windows has shitloads of flaws and problems and by raw measure of its quality shouldn't even be the most popular OS, but at the same time none of its flaws are big enough for me to care. |
Not even the fact that Windows XP is like a big hole in your security? Maybe when you get worm/virus/malware you will think differently.
| Mister Toups wrote: |
| So it's resource hungry. Well, I've got a decently powerful laptop and everything runs pretty smoothly on it anyway. |
I don't believe that it runs that smooth. My WinXP laptop is decently powerful as well, and while most of the time it runs smoothly, often it isn't. Then again, I probably use it for more than you do, since I mainly use it for school, being a Computer Science student and all.
But Linux can make it even smoother, more efficient, and best of all, open. Depending on an OS producer for support and managing your files is not a good idea. |
Yeah, I mostly use my laptop for the internet.
And the security problems haven't been a problem for me yet. I'm pretty scrupulous about what I do online.
Granted if I had to do any sort of computer science like stuff I'd probably use linux.
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