Mac, Windows, Linux Priorities
7 Responses to “Mac, Windows, Linux Priorities”
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insomnic Says:
March 30th, 2009 at 9:20 amAs much as I like Linux, to be more honest it should read something like “user friendly” or “more natively compatible” since being free hasn’t made it any more marketable to the common computer consumer.
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Tom Says:
March 30th, 2009 at 4:57 pmI agree with insomnic. Linux is a fantastic OS, but if it wants a real place in the world of desktop computing it needs work in the UI department.
There’s also no such thing as free. If it costs someone a week of their free time reading documentation and a phone call to their Linux-savvy friend in order to get some piece of hardware working, Windows and its $200 price tag becomes the cheaper option.
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David Says:
March 31st, 2009 at 8:19 amI agree with Tom. Ubuntu is getting better and better, and their next version Ubuntu 9.01 is very good. Sadly, its still not user-friendly enough for Windows users to switch over. Installing softwares and modifying their settings through text-based config files can still be a pain.
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Bill in Detroit Says:
April 5th, 2009 at 12:28 amDavid … what text files? I’v been using Ubuntu for the past 18 months (currently at 8.10.11) and I haven’t used a terminal session to install a program yet.
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Bill in Detroit Says:
April 5th, 2009 at 12:33 amTom … If it takes a week of poring through documentation and getting dumped on in the Usenet forums, and a call to your tech savvy friend to get Outlook + ActiveSync+Mobile 6 to play well together, then the $200 spent on Windows was wasted, since you could have had roughly the same headaches for free with Linux.
I’m using Ubuntu on a Toshiba laptop and a Gateway laptop and every thing works as intended. I just don’t understand the hardware failures you are talking about.
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Keiran230 Says:
May 1st, 2009 at 8:02 pmThing about Linux: OSes shouldn’t get dumber. Users should get smarter. Ubuntu’s focus on being user friendly is making is slower each release; now it’s as slow as Windows, so there’s really no point in switching.
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brani Says:
November 28th, 2009 at 3:08 pmi think we sould all go with windows, cause soon ill make a new site called www.StopAbusingMicrosoft.com/HelpStopThisAbusment
when i release it, you guys better go there, unless your gonna go with the abused (mac, linux) and become one and appear in the pics, being abused by the abuser (windows/microsoft)
linux IS as slow as mac, like over 9000% slower.
windows isnt as slow as both linux and mac, like its over 9000% faster.so, no, Windows’ focus on being user friendly is making is faster per release.
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