"So, which really is better for the desktop: Vista or Linux? I've been working with Vista since its beta days, and I started using Linux in the mid-90s. There may be other people who have worked with both more than I have, but there can't be many of them. Along the way, I've formed a strong opinion: Linux is the better of the two. But, now that Vista is on the brink of becoming widely available, I thought it was time to take a comprehensive look at how the two really compare. To do this, I decided to take one machine, install both of them on it, and then see what life was like with both operating systems on a completely even playing field."
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Member since:2005-06-29
Hey, if Windows disappeared, what else would we have to bitch about?
We can clearly see the Linux community is driven by hate, hate against Microsoft, hate against *BSD, hate against anything that doesn't have to do with their favorite OS. Just have a look on Slashdot, on linux forums and blogs. Linux is not for me.
Member since:2005-11-11
//We can clearly see the Linux community is driven by hate, hate against Microsoft, hate against *BSD, hate against anything that doesn't have to do with their favorite OS. Just have a look on Slashdot, on linux forums and blogs. Linux is not for me.//
I couldn't care less if you use Linux or not.
Just don't tell fibs about it, OK?
I don't hate Microsoft, but I do strongly dislike some of Microsoft's practices, but I simply don't care what OS you like and use. I do care if you try to spread disinformation about the OS I use, however, and I will do my best to dispel such misinformation wherever I see it.
Member since:2005-07-24
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We can clearly see the Linux community is driven by hate, hate against Microsoft, hate against *BSD, hate against anything that doesn't have to do with their favorite OS. Just have a look on Slashdot, on linux forums and blogs.
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It is your posts in this thread which have a distinctly rabid tone, not those you are responding to.
That's not helping your case.
I consider myself to be a member of the Linux community.
And I have great respect for the *BSD's. I find Haiku, ReactOS, MacOSX, and most of the other OSes we discuss here on OSNews to be interesting, and I wish the projects and users well.
I'm not averse to criticizing Linux when such criticism is deserved. And as much a possible, I try to understand others' points of view.
Otherwise, I'd just stick to Linux-focused sites and skip OSNews, where diversity reigns, and not everyone agrees with my opinions.
MS has (intentionally) been in my way, professionally, for the last 19 years, and I must admit to having some negative feelings about that company. I think it would be unnatural for me not to have some qualms about them, all things considered.
But even in that case, I would hardly consider myself "driven by hate".
Get some perspective and stop trying to pigeon-hole people into your nice neat little categories.
Edited 2007-01-28 14:49
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2005-11-06
Hey, if Windows disappeared, what else would we have to bitch about? We'd have to go back to the same old Vi vs. Emacs flamewars. :-P