Comment Re:Bigger deal than we realize (Score 1) 632
I've used both Windows and Linux for a while, and while Linux is better, technically, well... I find it doesn't really matter what I use. Windows is easier, because it's more mouse-based, while Linux is also easier because it's more cli-based. That's because I'm USED to CLI's. A normal user is not.
Just USING a box, and setting it up is 2 very separate topics, and completely different cans of worms. If the Linux box is set up right, it's just as easy to use as a Windows box. Right there there's no discernable difference. The main difference is when you try to set one up.
I've done both, both used it as a user, and set it up (Linux and Windows), and I can say that setting up Linux can be a pain. I was lucky, it took just 1-2 hours, with minimal intervention on my part, just like Windows'. There's just one problem I can see here, and that is... "looks". Linux outputs a lot of text while it's installing, windows does not. All this text can be daunting to the newbie. See the difference here?
Sure, Windows is more "cuddly", and Linux is more powerful, but to the average user, do you think they care if it's more powerful or not? Not really. They just want it to work. They don't want to get into the nitty gritty of it all (how many people know exactly how a car's engine work, or even the basic theory behind it? I'm sure a few don't even know the basic theory, they just use it.).
The way I see it, people jump on something (Linux or Windows), and preach about it like it's a religion. It's not. In their continuous endeavour to convert people to The Right Thing (tm), they lose sight of what's important about computers.
Until people realize there is no One Right Solution For Everything, we'll still have this discussion (or fanatical quarrel, if you will), and people will just keep regurgitating the same shit over, and over, and over. Just like any other religious war :)
Having a choice is good. Having Windows and Linux as a choice is good. And to the contrary of what most people might think, Windows AND Linux have good points to them. Whoever don't see that, needs to either take a break, or get off prozac. No system/solution/whatever is without flaws, and neither are they without strongpoints. Learn to relish the strongpoints, instead of vehemently bashing the other system/solution/whatever's flaws, while elevating the other to godlike status.
*sigh*
TGR
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Just USING a box, and setting it up is 2 very separate topics, and completely different cans of worms. If the Linux box is set up right, it's just as easy to use as a Windows box. Right there there's no discernable difference. The main difference is when you try to set one up.
I've done both, both used it as a user, and set it up (Linux and Windows), and I can say that setting up Linux can be a pain. I was lucky, it took just 1-2 hours, with minimal intervention on my part, just like Windows'. There's just one problem I can see here, and that is... "looks". Linux outputs a lot of text while it's installing, windows does not. All this text can be daunting to the newbie. See the difference here?
Sure, Windows is more "cuddly", and Linux is more powerful, but to the average user, do you think they care if it's more powerful or not? Not really. They just want it to work. They don't want to get into the nitty gritty of it all (how many people know exactly how a car's engine work, or even the basic theory behind it? I'm sure a few don't even know the basic theory, they just use it.).
The way I see it, people jump on something (Linux or Windows), and preach about it like it's a religion. It's not. In their continuous endeavour to convert people to The Right Thing (tm), they lose sight of what's important about computers.
Until people realize there is no One Right Solution For Everything, we'll still have this discussion (or fanatical quarrel, if you will), and people will just keep regurgitating the same shit over, and over, and over. Just like any other religious war
Having a choice is good. Having Windows and Linux as a choice is good. And to the contrary of what most people might think, Windows AND Linux have good points to them. Whoever don't see that, needs to either take a break, or get off prozac. No system/solution/whatever is without flaws, and neither are they without strongpoints. Learn to relish the strongpoints, instead of vehemently bashing the other system/solution/whatever's flaws, while elevating the other to godlike status.
*sigh*
TGR
-m
99 little bugs in the code,
99 bugs in the code,
fix one bug, compile it again...
