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| Thread ID: 61250 | 2005-08-29 22:57:00 | Five Reasons Not To Use Linux | vinref (6194) | PC World Chat |
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| 1357322 | 2005-09-01 10:29:00 | I've spent days trying to get a modem to work properly under windows.. had to edit some sary looking "string" thing..... 3 lines sounds a breeze! |
personthingy (1670) | ||
| 1357323 | 2005-09-01 10:35:00 | That's lovely. You do all the command line stuff you need. But what about those users that are first time computer buyers? The ones that go out and get warehouse dells. Yes, everyone here knows at least one. How on god's earth are they going to know that. 3 lines seems simple enough to us here, but they won't have a hope in hell of trying to get something like that to work.Four years ago, I was that person (and back then it wasn't Dell, it was PC Company :p).... the only difference between myself and those others who have been online for four years and still only know how to answer email; is the willingness to learn | Myth (110) | ||
| 1357324 | 2005-09-01 10:39:00 | Uh...no. The difference is that some people wish to make the OS the focal point of their computer (and more power to them) and that same people just want the OS to stay in the background and let them email their grown up sons in Melbourne,visit trademe and play the odd billion or 2 rounds of solitere... |
Metla (12) | ||
| 1357325 | 2005-09-01 10:46:00 | Uh...no. I just wanted to see what was out 'there' (the net etc) |
Myth (110) | ||
| 1357326 | 2005-09-01 12:54:00 | Metla's right There's some people who want an OS to sit in the background and just load the applications for them that they want People like Edwards grandmother would be great running the free edition of Xandros, or Linspire. But you're right... Some people can never go past the point/click of Email, let along 3 lines of bash. Im yet to see such a small/simple distro with hardware support and basic out-of-the-box simplicity for one or two basic tasks like that to be created. That said, even WinXP is overkill. People like that dont want file-sharing through samba, or to worry about connecting to a workgroup. Maybe that'd be a good future project for me to think about :) |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1357327 | 2005-09-01 20:11:00 | Im yet to see such a small/simple distro with hardware support and basic out-of-the-box simplicity for one or two basic tasks like that to be created . Mepis . . it needed root password, a first user account name and pass, my IP addy and that sort of guff during set up, nothing scary really . . . . Much easier to set up than XP by far, and would meet the "want the OS to stay in the background and let them email their grown up sons in Melbourne,visit trademe and play the odd billion or 2 rounds of solitere . . . " specs perfectly . No updates / viris updates / etc needed . . . i could go on, but i'm afraid i'm so spoilt under Mepis, that i see windows as hard work . Mepis would be an excellant new user OS, particually if preinstalled! However . . If one was allready used to windows, and unadventurious, one may as well stick to it . :D |
personthingy (1670) | ||
| 1357328 | 2005-09-01 20:44:00 | Linux does get viruses. | pctek (84) | ||
| 1357329 | 2005-09-01 21:40:00 | Email me one then and infect me! | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1357330 | 2005-09-01 22:39:00 | Back end or not, the actual number crunching that got the right pixels in the right places was done on a few racks of Linux powered machines . . . . . . . . . I admit i had no idea what the human interface is/was in this process, till i asked our all knowing friend "google" . . infosatellite . com/news/2002/06/a210602disney_hp . html" target="_blank">www . infosatellite . com I see the confustion . . Dreamworks uses an entirely linux setup, as stated in your link . Pixar (owned by Steve Jobs of apple fame) Uses a linux cluser for rendering and OSX as their workstations ( . macnn . com/articles/04/03/10/pixar . switches . to . os . x . g5/" target="_blank">www . macnn . com) . Both of them make movies for disney . . /configure make make install Argh!!! attack of the command line!! really . . . you windows users have to harden up . That's lovely . You do all the command line stuff you need . But what about those users that are first time computer buyers? The ones that go out and get warehouse dells . Yes, everyone here knows at least one . How on god's earth are they going to know that . 3 lines seems simple enough to us here, but they won't have a hope in hell of trying to get something like that to work . I'll use my grandmother for example . What would be the point in trying to get her to switch to something like linux?Come on now Edward, play fair, when is the person you site in your example going to purchase and install their own PCI modem? That was what hamstar was descibing the install process for . Linux does get viruses . It does . But, you would have to work very hard to get yourself infected . Here is a nice summary ( . theregister . co . uk/2003/10/06/linux_vs_windows_viruses/" target="_blank">www . theregister . co . uk) of why most linux boxes don't have or need a virus scanner . Chilling Silence is right, there is more or less nothing you could do to infect his macine, even if Chil had just finished the install . Where as I could email you a bunch of stuff from my email server's quarintine that would destroy a new windows box . -Qyiet |
qyiet (6730) | ||
| 1357331 | 2005-09-01 22:50:00 | I'm trying to delve into the world of linux and have got :2cents: on the topic I'm trying to find a nice easy to use distro . I tried Xandros 3 OCE which was definitely easy to setup and worked out of the box . Though being the OCE it did have some programs cut out/cut down which didnt matter to me . Videos worked right from the word go with no delving into the terminal though it did crash somehow and I had to resort to the 'Kill Processes' Internet was easy to setup and run with my brothers WinModem, changing looks was simple and accessing NTFS and FAT32 drives was done for you already . . . Linux at its simplest and easiest Then there was Ubuntu . . . Installation was also fairly simple . . . just didnt like the partition program . . . the first thing I didnt like after installation was the default theme and the 'open new folders in a new window' . (a few minutes in the pre downloaded help file fixed that) I tried to access the internet with my own 56k serial modem which would connect but could not use . And then I tried using my DSL router which also didnt work . . . pinging the router and the IP of my ISP was ok but not the net . I couldnt access my FAT and NTFS partitions without reference to the help guide . And then, MP3's and Videos (Divx, mpeg2,mpeg1,avi) would not work . Damn Totem complained of no plugins . But then again the live edition didnt either, and I couldnt access then net for help because it would not work . (Internet net worked in live edition) If newbies have to delve into the terminal to modify crucial files, then thats not a very newbie thing to do . So now thats gone an I'm gonna try SimplyMepis . . . fingers crossed |
bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
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