| Post ID |
Timestamp |
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User |
| 599663 |
2007-10-09 07:55:00 |
It came to me today, while pondering all the angst about linux, that really, what people mainly are looking for, on this forum is a windows replacement, when really the true power of linux, up until now anyway is probably in server type situations, where the command line is king and there is a place for those arcane named directories such as /etc, /usr and so on (mind you, I far prefer the linux file structure to windows any day - personal opinion). |
jcr1 (893) |
| 599664 |
2007-10-09 08:27:00 |
I'm not looking for a replacement for Windows. Hell, I've run every version they've ever released other than ME. |
beeswax34 (63) |
| 599665 |
2007-10-09 08:36:00 |
I hear you jcr1, when I was looking for a linux distro, I initially chose the one that was the most windows-like at the time .(ubuntu). |
joemac (9739) |
| 599666 |
2007-10-09 09:10:00 |
It came to me today, while pondering all the angst about linux, that really, what people mainly are looking for, on this forum is a windows replacementAgreed. Linux is not, nor will ever be Windows... or a windows replacement. It is a whole new ball game. If anything, Linux is closer to mac OS (in that they both derive from unix) |
Myth (110) |
| 599667 |
2007-10-09 10:11:00 |
Linux certainly has it's uses. Today, I saved a customers data from a HDD with a screwed over file system, full of viruses and wouldn't boot. Plug the drive into any windows PC, it would blue screen. Couldn't do a chkdsk, fixboot, fixmbr, any of that stuff. Ubuntu didn't even blink an eyelid at it. It's things like that I love Linux for. :cool: |
wratterus (105) |
| 599668 |
2007-10-10 08:08:00 |
Linux certainly has it's uses. Today, I saved a customers data from a HDD with a screwed over file system, full of viruses and wouldn't boot. Plug the drive into any windows PC, it would blue screen. Couldn't do a chkdsk, fixboot, fixmbr, any of that stuff. Ubuntu didn't even blink an eyelid at it. It's things like that I love Linux for. :cool:
Just recently I installed PCLinuxOS on a persons PC and haven't given them the root password because I have got sick of the kids trashing it with Windows. If a home directory gets trashed it will only take a minute to get them up and going again rather than a full reinstall with a hundred reboots. |
mikebartnz (21) |
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