25 replies to this topic

[ShadOh]

window or linux i prefer windows

[Elyubarov]

wooooo 1 vote for linux. I'm probably the only one for linux, less than 5% of home pc's have linux.

[Frightcrawler]

For now. Linux is rapidly growing.
Myself, I use Windows. Its less of a hassle to use than Linux, but at the price of security. No need to recompile the kernel, etc.

[Elyubarov]

you don't have to recompile the kernel to install linux. Well except for gentoo, but i wouldn't suggest gentoo for a begginer. Linux is desighned more securly, i.e. no registry. If your new to linux and have a cd burner and nero/alchohol 120%/roxio and a high bandwith go to www.linuxiso.org and download a distro :-). You can download knoppix, no installing it runs right off a cd, you can run a server w/o having a hdd!It's also good to just try out linux see how it is.

[Elyubarov]

sorry about the double post... but theres 2 linux users(ones me) and a lindows user..... Im happy :-)

[z2z007]

Argh... couldn't you just edit your previous post instead of double posting?

[Elyubarov]

yea but the previous post had nothing to do with the second post

[z2z007]

Just separate your post into two paragraphs or do this...

Blah!
______

BLAH! (not related to the first blah)

[dannyyboii]

I think WIndows has over populated Linux..

[Elyubarov]

Quote

I think WIndows has over populated Linux..

Wow i woulda never figured that one out. less than 5% of home computers operate linux. Thats the whole MS monopoly thing... lol

[Izra]

come on... don't you want to make Bill Gates richer?

[Elyubarov]

He is to damn rich. He tries caching in on open source to by doing windows services for unix or windows services for linux. Then he's gonna coime out with longhorn. And he will be even richer :-.

[Izra]

I read an article that said that he recieves "an estimated" $40 million a day!!!

He is worth about 52 billion!!!!!!!!!! 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O

[Frightcrawler]

Quote

He tries caching in on open source to by doing windows services for unix or windows services for linux.

Then he's a big hypocrite then.
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/...&tid=17&tid=106

Quote

Bill Harper writes "Open source software is a 'waste of money,' a Microsoft executive has said. He goes on to say that governments planning to use it will damage their own economies and that giving away source code is shooting yourself in the foot. What's interesting though is that this is just the latest in a series of nonsense arguments put forward by MS in Asia because it's scared of Linux stealing the market. An early one was that open-source software is anti-competitive!" Funny thing is, the MS executive (Chris Sharp) used to work for Red Hat.

Quite interesting how M$ works on open source, yet says it is a "waste of money." :roll:

[Elyubarov]

How can it be a waste of money if it doesnt cost money.

[QUaKe]

i never tried linux. but i think im gettin it tomoro =D

[Frightcrawler]

Quote

He goes on to say that governments planning to use it will damage their own economies and that giving away source code is shooting yourself in the foot.

He thinks that giving away source code is a security threat. I completely disagree with him, because even though there may be security holes in an open source product, they are patched extremely quickly due to the fact that it is....open source. There are legions of programmers willing/are capable of patching them. On the other hand, it usually takes at least a week for M$ to fix its blunders, if they even fix it at all (ahem, Internet Exploder).

[Elyubarov]

Quote

i never tried linux. but i think im gettin it tomoro =D

Did you try linux today, since you said you'll try tommorow yesterday.

Quote

He goes on to say that governments planning to use it will damage their own economies and that giving away source code is shooting yourself in the foot.

Quote

He thinks that giving away source code is a security threat. I completely disagree with him, because even though there may be security holes in an open source product, they are patched extremely quickly due to the fact that it is....open source. There are legions of programmers willing/are capable of patching them. On the other hand, it usually takes at least a week for M$ to fix its blunders, if they even fix it at all (ahem, Internet Exploder).

Ofcorse, MS has said many untrue things like linux is tied to terrorism. They see open soure as a huge threat

[z2z007]

Here is funny cartoon relating to Linux's capabilities...

http://ubergeek.tv/article.php?pid=54

Just for laughs, here is one about Macs...

http://ubergeek.tv/article.php?pid=55

[azntechguy]

i'm using a dual boot system. I like both for their strengths. I tend to see Windows shortcomings more than linux shortcomings. I primary use Linux if Windows doesn't feel like working.

Using: Mandrake Linux 9.2