Last windows I will personally use is W7. Then I switch likely for something else. The UI of W10 is painful to use, extreme crap with cheap bugs all over it.
Didn't Apple Mac OS derive out of BSD unix because it was one of the few that was not originally open sourced and therefore derivatives did not have to keep open? Apple chose BSD and that way could keep things proprietary.MacOS X is a derivative of NeXTSTEP, which is a derivative of Mach/BSD. BSD wasn't chosen so Apple could keep things proprietary.
I wonder how many people who say that Windows 8 made them quit have used Windows 98 before, the actual best version of Windows ever?
I knew I'm out of the Windows world as soon as XP told me that there are some "system files" I'm not allowed to open and some "protected media content" which means that all kernel drivers need to be signed by M$, for its protection
This thread for the most part is nothing but personal ranting and smart ass comments 'I don't like Microsoft' whine. There's nothing, no discussion in this thread about how Linux is going to benefit the general user base, it's all about being personal bias against windows.
I wonder how many people who say that Windows 8 made them quit have used Windows 98 before, the actual best version of Windows ever?
I knew I'm out of the Windows world as soon as XP told me that there are some "system files" I'm not allowed to open and some "protected media content" which means that all kernel drivers need to be signed by M$, for its protection
I wonder how many people who say that Windows 8 made them quit have used Windows 98 before, the actual best version of Windows ever?
I knew I'm out of the Windows world as soon as XP told me that there are some "system files" I'm not allowed to open and some "protected media content" which means that all kernel drivers need to be signed by M$, for its protectionIt's great to see people complain about that while also complaining about running Windows as root by default. It illustrates how any choice is always wrong.
That's true, and you're a perfect example of a Windows fanboy ranting about your favorite white goods OS.
Personally I couldn't care less what you use, you can fight Windows for the rest of your life trying to do something useful with it, be my guest.
Just remember, knocking Unix won't make Windows any better.
Just remember, knocking Unix won't make Windows any better.
Who do you think you are and what do you think you are doing?
Do you mean the Windows 98 that bricked Windows 95 Pc's everywhere when they tried to upgrade to W98 ?
I haven't been forced to reinstall Windows in the last couple of years.
I haven't been forced to reinstall Linux in the last 20 years.
I haven't been forced to reinstall Linux in the last 20 years.What distro are you using that always seamlessly migrates to new hardware, including the transition to 64 bit?
I feel windows is mainly plagued by 'windows haters' these days. Windows is actually for most users quite stable and efficient to work with. Will a Linux version make everything better, or will in introduce a lot of issues into the desktop environment I don't know, however, my Linux systems are a lot less stable and require more maintenance than my windows systems and if the user base on Linux grows so will the malware base for Linux grow.
If I had my choice of a single OS it would be AIX (stable with very little maintenance needed) but AIX lacks the software support and it's Power only. OSX was OK until Apple decides to screw with it every release and there lock in's are far worse than windows but if Windows goes Linux, Apple is probably a good indicator of how open that will end up being.
My decision on OS basically comes down to what I need on the box. I really don't care what it's called.
$ ls -lt /etc | tail -n3
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2146 2010-10-10 kismet_drone.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2010-04-23 odbc.ini
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2010-04-23 odbcinst.ini
$ uptime
08:29:51 up 319 days, 16:42, 0 users, load average: 0,79, 0,75, 0,57
Oh you newb, embrace, extend, and extinguish is still a thing.
no discussion in this thread about how Linux is going to benefit the general user base
I think there could be a good discussion on desktop technology and maybe some good discussions on bringing the desktop computing choices closer together.
It's great to see people complain about that while also complaining about running Windows as root by default. It illustrates how any choice is always wrong.
Oh, and MS bought Github. Yeah right, for the greater good.
Linus Torvades made the biggest mistake ever when he decided to let anyone use it for free and do what they like with it.
Linus Torvades made the biggest mistake ever when he decided to let anyone use it for free and do what they like with it.
It would not exist in its current, extraordinarily useful form if he hadn't.
Linus Torvades made the biggest mistake ever when he decided to let anyone use it for free and do what they like with it.
It would not exist in its current, extraordinarily useful form if he hadn't.
But it's useless to the average user. The only people using Linux are linux fanatics or people that just need to brows the web. Linus has no interest in anything but the kernel. So actually it is not a unified system.
The usual answer to any issue is to go fix it myself as though the average linux user can code. Obviously you have to be a coder to use linux.......
different distro's is more than enought to discourage software makers from supporting linux. People write commercial software for MAC's so why not linux? it is because it would be a nightmare to support.
But in reality the underlying libraries and software are the same so you can get most software to run on any Linux distribution.