Comments on: Linux Is A Big Ball Of Epic Fail

By: Rich Menga

Rich Menga — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:04:42 +0000

Hey man.. no bashin’ on the Studebakers.. bash Windows all you want, but leave the poor Studebaker alone. She never did you wrong.

By: Richie

Richie — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 01:55:05 +0000

I used Windows for years. Still use it– when I have to, which is when I need to use Excel with VBA, or Vegas Video editing software. Other than that, ninety percent of the time I’m on Linux on my dual boot machine, and it’s so so so cool to not have to deal with crashes, or viruses , or spy ware, or having to pay for software upgrades. Open Office does styles better than WORD. For basic spreadsheet stuff, the linux programs are fine. But Excel is, in my experience, the best software MS ever wrote. Even with booting up every couple of days to change OS, I still boot up less than when I was exclusively on Windows. And– not being bloated with anti-virus, and with no registry to be corrupted, and without having to worry about defragging — it’s like being in a modern car after driving a 1940 Studebaker for years.

By: Der

Der — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:16:15 +0000

* use not using

By: Der

Der — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:13:40 +0000

“Changing OS’s is always a tricky thing. Look at going from XP to Vista.
For a beginner/intermediate user it is difficult to switch from Windows to Linux(i.e.Ubuntu). But, if it’s already a problem to burn an .iso file to cd you are maybe even less than a beginner. At such low level it must be hell, too, to do anything with XP.
I admit that you have to ready to learn a few things about computers and linux if you want to leave windows. The file-tree structures, for instance.
But, however, I can assure everyone, once you have learned some basic things about linux the results are overwhelmingly better than with windows.”

Right. Because compiling crap just to install or make stuff work and being forced to using a command line and learn its commands is an awesome thing.

By: average dutch user

average dutch user — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:02:30 +0000

Changing OS’s is always a tricky thing. Look at going from XP to Vista.
For a beginner/intermediate user it is difficult to switch from Windows to Linux(i.e.Ubuntu). But, if it’s already a problem to burn an .iso file to cd you are maybe even less than a beginner. At such low level it must be hell, too, to do anything with XP.
I admit that you have to ready to learn a few things about computers and linux if you want to leave windows. The file-tree structures, for instance.
But, however, I can assure everyone, once you have learned some basic things about linux the results are overwhelmingly better than with windows.
Afresh windows installation works just fine. The problem is, that it does not remain fresh. After a while your registry is a mess,your hard drive fragmented, the system get slower and slower.
So you got to get somebody to help you. Don’t bullshit me then with “windows is so much easier!” Try to find someone who can set up a linux system for you. After that, no fragmentation, no virus threat, guaranteed virus- and malwarefree open-source programs and a computer, updating itself automatically, that does NOT slow down ever…
(Maybe the author of the “interwiew” should learn the difference between free and open-source.
By the way: you can try linux with a live-system, booting from cd (an average computer boots a bootable cd automatically) and see yourself if you like it or not. Most people have internet connection through LAN, so surfing should work out of the box also. Use, for instance, Ubuntu and see for yourself how many software is pre-installed already.
Use something like Mint-linux and even your multimedia windows files will be played without a problem.
If you have a windows computer which you have to install from the scratch, it will have taken you half a day to reach this point.
So, Mr.Rich Menga, please, search a “geek” to burn an “eye-so” on a cd for you and see for yourself, ok?

By: average user

average user — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:29:05 +0000

Actually I am an average user who got to try linux once and got stick with it. I guess if people knew about how good this os is. What is an average user. As far as I am concerned, most users have a computer so they can use the web, edit documents now and then, and a few more things. As far as I have seen, you can basically do on linux the same things you do on windows, except that you do it for free. Can you use the software you buy at circuit city? how about not buying software anymore. Support? all you have to do is put your question on your distro forum? has anyone ever tried to get help over the phone about a piece of software you just bought? often they don t even know how to use it themselves. I no longer use antivirus. I could list way more reasons to use linux over windows but It think it would be better for any non-linux user to just get a copy and try it on their own.

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By: N

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:34:18 +0000

Eh, I just find that most of the people who are bitching/yelling about Vista don’t like the fact that drivers and things don’t work — which I agree is annoying. However, I’ve run into the same problem with Linux.

In the end, ALL OS’s suck — computers suck, they’re a pain in the ass endlessly complicated by nerds who have too much time on their hands and who have to ePenis up the next guy.

In the end, for getting done what I need to get done day to day, Windows (Vista) works fine for me. If your machine is all fucked up it’s more than likely a combination of factors and not just one thing, in which case the choice of OS isn’t going to magically make all your grief go away.

By: Robert Plumer

Robert Plumer — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:30:38 +0000

It kind of reflects how I feel about Linux. It’s not that it doesn’t work well. Once set up on a system it’s great but, I just don’t feel it’s ready for the masses. I encountered the poor documentation when I was trying to get Ubuntu to recognize my wireless adapter. Windows may not be perfect but documentation is very thorough in comparison. Not only that software and hardware support is pretty much universal for Windows.
I have a friend who is always trying out different distros of Linux. I’ve lost count how many times he says “This one(insert random Linux OS name) works pretty good but….”

By: Ace

Ace — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 04:14:12 +0000

linux is perfect for the average user. the “average” user doesn’t play many games and if they do it’s often those flash games on pogo. the average user uses their computer to write and send emails (thunderbird), write and print documents (openoffice and CUPS) and browse the web (firefox and IEs4Linux).

other than having to use WINE for my dad’s Quicken (which he uses once a year) and Family Tree Maker (which there are opensource alternatives for)–there’s nothing that linux can’t do out of the box that my dad would have a use for.

you’ve obviously never used linux or have any interest in learning how to use it. “gee, i wonder why my WINDOWS software doesn’t work on LINUX” (why do people invariably ask why they can’t run windows software on linux but never seem to question why windows software doesn’t run on mac?).