Linked by David Adams on Mon 24th Aug 2009 09:21 UTC
A reader asks: Why is Linux still not as user friendly as the two other main OSes with all the people developing for Linux? Is it because it is mainly developed by geeks?
My initial feeling when reading this question was that it was kind of a throwaway, kind of a slam in disguise as a genuine question. But the more I thought about it, the more intrigued I felt. There truly are a large amount of resources being dedicated to the development of Linux and its operating system halo (DEs, drivers, apps, etc). Some of these resources are from large companies (IBM, Red Hat, Novell). Why isn't Linux more user-friendly? Is this an inherent limitation with open source software?
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RE[5]: How can the most widely used OS be Un-friendly ?
by rockwell on Tue 25th Aug 2009 02:19
in reply to "RE[4]: How can the most widely used OS be Un-friendly ?"
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I am 100% sure your not "someone" that your name is not rockwell or duke leto ( a fictional character in the Dune universe ).
First, retard, it's you're, as in "you are." Second, oooh, you called me out for not using my real name on the Internets. You're such the detective. Bravo.
I guess , we don't pay attention to lies , slander libel and defamation with no connection to reality.
Classic freetard response. MyStatsAreTrueYoursAreFalse(TM)
What statistics would that be ? I personnaly spoke of rankings by usage. What Your usual scripted nonsense is not adapated to my real comment yet ? what a surprise.
Um, the bullshit "leading OS on the desktop" statistic? The most blatant lie of them all? What a surprise that you didn't notice that.
It's GNU/Linux , your discussing the OS.
Sorry, dipshit, 99.9% of technical folks mean the OS when the say Linux, except for you and Richard Stallman's ballsack.
More libel , slander and defamation , Hater nonsense , hosted on GNU/Linux , blog.
Um, it's a blog about Linux ON THE DESKTOP. Not on servers. So, hosted on a GNU/Linux server is pointless to the content of the blog. What a surprise that you didn't notice that. Freetard.
I guess , I missed your very large submission/accepted contribution here on OsNews , that show your point :
You got me. My self worth is not connected to any submission/accepted contribution here on OsNews. Sad that yours is. We don't care.
RE[6]: How can the most widely used OS be Un-friendly ?
by Moulinneuf on Tue 25th Aug 2009 03:23
in reply to "RE[5]: How can the most widely used OS be Un-friendly ?"
Member since:2005-07-06
it's you're, as in "you are."
Your really sure that mater ? Not for me.
oooh, you called me out for not using my real name on the Internets. You're such the detective. Bravo.
No your the retard who think I am gonna put any value behind anything you have to write or say.
Classic freetard response. MyStatsAreTrueYoursAreFalse(TM)
You keep talking about statistics ...
Um, the bullshit ... notice that.
No need to notice it on my part , I wrote it , since you are the anonymous liar who use statistics and scripted answer your usal answer don't work on ranking by specifics.
Sorry, dipshit, 99.9% of technical ... Stallman's ballsack.
Another invented statistics with more of your usual personnal attack , with libel and slander as an anonymous coward ... I am sure you would not repeat those word or admit they are your in a court of law.
I dare you to repeat them using you're real name under oath ...
it's a blog about Linux ON THE DESKTOP
No , it's a blog about GNU/Linux hatred , filled with lies , libel , slander , defamation and fake and false technical data due to the instability of the main writer , sound like you.
So, hosted on a GNU/Linux server is pointless to the content of the blog.
No what is pointless is pointing out the obvious
comedy central , steven colbert , colberr nation
style of writings.
My self worth is not connected to any submission/accepted contribution here on OsNews.
That's because your nothing hence you can't be worth anything ... You have no respect for your familly and your own name , why would what you put your own self worth into be of any value to anyone at all ?
We don't care.
Who is this "we" ? your multiple personnality , your other fake anonymous nicknames/accounts or your under the impression that because your on drug and imbriated your more then one individual writing on it's lonely keyboard ?
You already Lost , you just don't know it :
" But my point is merely that they rounded every pup up into that schoolhouse because they fancied that everyone should think and talk the same free-thinkin' way they do with no regard to station, custom, propriety. And that is why they will win. Because they believe everyone should live and think just like them. And we shall lose because we don't care one way or another how they live. We just worry about ourselves. "
You got nothing of value to say and ar enot someone of value , this ends my reply to you under this thread , under this article.
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I am 100% sure your not "someone" that your name is not rockwell or duke leto ( a fictional character in the Dune universe ).
I guess , we don't pay attention to lies , slander libel and defamation with no connection to reality.
What statistics would that be ? I personnaly spoke of rankings by usage. What Your usual scripted nonsense is not adapated to my real comment yet ? what a surprise.
It's GNU/Linux , your discussing the OS.
More libel , slander and defamation , Hater nonsense , hosted on GNU/Linux , blog.
I guess , I missed your very large submission/accepted contribution here on OsNews , that show your point :
http://www.osnews.com/user/uid:3004/submissions
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Figured as much ...