"During the last month, we conducted a survey of readers who use Linux. We asked them why they switched to Linux and received a plethora of answers. Surprisingly, anti-Microsoft sentiment had less to do with the choice than one might imagine. Linux stands on its own as a user preference."
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Member since:2005-07-06
We should be fair to the users.
They do understand to take precautions, like any other tool using your computer takes time. This is a fair assumption.
But they should never, ever have to learn how to compile software and edit config files. You take a 5 year old game in windows, put it into any version of the OS, (and no, 3.1 doesn't count in 2005) and it'll work. Compiling is for suckers.
Adoption requires two things:
1) That the users are happy
2) That they their applications work. They couldn't care less what OS they are on. Particularly as most large scale applications are now web based.
So this is good news for alternative os's, all told.
Member since:2005-07-12
quote"Adoption requires two things:
1) That the users are happy
2) That they their applications work. They couldn't care less what OS they are on. Particularly as most large scale applications are now web based.
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I now use debian and centos because I was unhappy with my ADSL connection being swamped with viruses (force trojen and many others). Microsoft although good in ease of use isnt much good for normal day to day tasks.
Squid improves my network speed by 20% overall. Open office is just as good as microsoft office for my needs. Distributed workloads. Low memory usage so i can leave my $1200 AMD loud MATX to come out to play on the weekends and just use my quiet modded ipaq v733 tower.
Sure my NEC multisyncV520 only runs at 800x600 But that is only because I cant quite get it to work at higher res(debian).
Linux has much more bleeding edge software than any other platform and its low cost, free speach.
DIA is the best program out
Adobe acrobat is the best reader out
OS independent i just need to be able to buy food instead of software.
Linux is a viable operatingsystem that you dont need to steal....anything
Member since:2005-07-11
You take a 5 year old game in windows, put it into any version of the OS, (and no, 3.1 doesn't count in 2005) and it'll work.
Even though it was more a problem of DirectX, I believe, this isn't exactly true. I remember the game, Forsaken, wouldn't work the first major update of DirectX after the company stopped supporting the game. Too bad I can't get it running in Wine either 
Member since:2005-09-15
>>But they should never, ever have to learn how to compile software and edit config files. You take a 5 year old game in windows, put it into any version of the OS, (and no, 3.1 doesn't count in 2005) and it'll work. Compiling is for suckers.
You must be a typical Linspire user that plagues their message board with questions for the rest of us that know how to do just that.
One of *nixes philosophies is to give the computer back to YOU. Compileing is the best way to do that because the software gets built specifically for your hardware when you do that.
That doesn't mean that package management programs should go away at all but comments like yours are so wrong it shouldn't go without a rebuttel.
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"6. people who are fed-up with the adware/spyware that is so prevelent in windows."
IMO people who aren't computer literate enough to deal with that aren't going to have much luck with a complex OS like Linux. If they can't take basic precautions when browsing or downloading software and can't deal with a few 3rd party apps, how are they going to deal with compiling software and editing config files?