Comments on: “I’d suggest Linux - but..” - I’d suggest you get a clue, but.. http://hackfud.net/2007/12/10/i%e2%80%99d-suggest-linux-but-id-suggest-you-get-a-clue-but/ Hacking the FUD produced by the hacks. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:57:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: phinkehib http://hackfud.net/2007/12/10/i%e2%80%99d-suggest-linux-but-id-suggest-you-get-a-clue-but/#comment-4584 phinkehib Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:38:26 +0000 http://hackfud.net/2007/12/10/i%e2%80%99d-suggest-linux-but-id-suggest-you-get-a-clue-but/#comment-4584 ?????????? ?????????? ??? Wordpress 2.6.2, ????? ??? ????? ?? ??? hackfud.net. ??????? ?????????) ?????????? ?????????? ??? Wordpress 2.6.2, ????? ??? ????? ?? ??? hackfud.net.

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]]> By: Koro http://hackfud.net/2007/12/10/i%e2%80%99d-suggest-linux-but-id-suggest-you-get-a-clue-but/#comment-238 Koro Sun, 16 Dec 2007 15:34:07 +0000 http://hackfud.net/2007/12/10/i%e2%80%99d-suggest-linux-but-id-suggest-you-get-a-clue-but/#comment-238 I don't think anyone should be making any large accusations about any operating system without actually spending time using both side by side. There is one thing that I will say though: Windows has become too "user friendly" and is breeding a nation of people who only 'use' computers, but never actually learn about them. Remember back to Windows 3.1, and even 95 when there were somethings that you just couldn't do without involving DOS? Users in general had a better understanding of the workings of the computer because you had to 'know' how the file system works. Every windows distro since has gradually phased out the command line and now I have difficulty explaining to people the file structure of their computer, and how to find things. And Mac OS X isn't much better... At least most (I wanna say average, because this should be the average, but sadly its just not the case) above average Windows user can access, and knows how to change the colour scheme of their computer. Apple doesn't even give you the choice. If you want things to look different on your mac, you have to download tweaks. And all you mac users who might be reading this, when was the last time you used the terminal? Do you know where your "Home Folder" is located? As for myself, I think Windows, and Mac OS X have their merits, but I also feel that our society should have some of the "comfort" of using a computer pulled out from underneath them. Make them learn why a computer does what it does when you do something. Oh, and one upside of Linux, or at least ubuntu, is that if I want new software, I just open up my package manager, do a simple search for the type of application I want, and click install, and it downloads and installs it for me without me having to go online and find it, download it, and install it myself. (yeah, I know, this is kinda hypocritical after my argument about Windows being to user friendly, but perhaps it can be looked at as an example that Linux isn't as user un-friendly as the "anti-Linux" community would like the "newbie" to believe). I don’t think anyone should be making any large accusations about any operating system without actually spending time using both side by side.

There is one thing that I will say though:
Windows has become too “user friendly” and is breeding a nation of people who only ‘use’ computers, but never actually learn about them.

Remember back to Windows 3.1, and even 95 when there were somethings that you just couldn’t do without involving DOS? Users in general had a better understanding of the workings of the computer because you had to ‘know’ how the file system works. Every windows distro since has gradually phased out the command line and now I have difficulty explaining to people the file structure of their computer, and how to find things.

And Mac OS X isn’t much better… At least most (I wanna say average, because this should be the average, but sadly its just not the case) above average Windows user can access, and knows how to change the colour scheme of their computer. Apple doesn’t even give you the choice. If you want things to look different on your mac, you have to download tweaks. And all you mac users who might be reading this, when was the last time you used the terminal? Do you know where your “Home Folder” is located?

As for myself, I think Windows, and Mac OS X have their merits, but I also feel that our society should have some of the “comfort” of using a computer pulled out from underneath them. Make them learn why a computer does what it does when you do something.

Oh, and one upside of Linux, or at least ubuntu, is that if I want new software, I just open up my package manager, do a simple search for the type of application I want, and click install, and it downloads and installs it for me without me having to go online and find it, download it, and install it myself.
(yeah, I know, this is kinda hypocritical after my argument about Windows being to user friendly, but perhaps it can be looked at as an example that Linux isn’t as user un-friendly as the “anti-Linux” community would like the “newbie” to believe).

]]> By: kc http://hackfud.net/2007/12/10/i%e2%80%99d-suggest-linux-but-id-suggest-you-get-a-clue-but/#comment-234 kc Sat, 15 Dec 2007 14:35:51 +0000 http://hackfud.net/2007/12/10/i%e2%80%99d-suggest-linux-but-id-suggest-you-get-a-clue-but/#comment-234 <blockquote>Oh,great…now All Linux users are going to be thought of as Athiests…</blockquote> Now is that such a bad thing? *grin*

Oh,great…now All Linux users are going to be thought of as Athiests…

Now is that such a bad thing? *grin*

]]> By: baracuda http://hackfud.net/2007/12/10/i%e2%80%99d-suggest-linux-but-id-suggest-you-get-a-clue-but/#comment-233 baracuda Sat, 15 Dec 2007 14:31:12 +0000 http://hackfud.net/2007/12/10/i%e2%80%99d-suggest-linux-but-id-suggest-you-get-a-clue-but/#comment-233 <blockquote cite="Please, believe me when I say I also don’t think of Linux as either a political ideology OR as a religion (in fact I’m 100% Atheist so treating ANYTHING as a religion would go against my principles :) )."> Oh,great...now All Linux users are going to be thought of as Athiests...

Oh,great…now All Linux users are going to be thought of as Athiests…

]]> By: Justin http://hackfud.net/2007/12/10/i%e2%80%99d-suggest-linux-but-id-suggest-you-get-a-clue-but/#comment-228 Justin Fri, 14 Dec 2007 23:35:44 +0000 http://hackfud.net/2007/12/10/i%e2%80%99d-suggest-linux-but-id-suggest-you-get-a-clue-but/#comment-228 This was way too long for me to bother reading all the way trough. Obviously whoever's argument you thoroughly tore through is too stubborn, arrogant, and close-minded to even bother using linux. Let him stay with windows as linux grows and maybe someday he'll see that they are equal. I use both regularly, and neither one works better for me than the other, it's just my preferences for which one I like doing certain tasks on. This was way too long for me to bother reading all the way trough.

Obviously whoever’s argument you thoroughly tore through is too stubborn, arrogant, and close-minded to even bother using linux. Let him stay with windows as linux grows and maybe someday he’ll see that they are equal.

I use both regularly, and neither one works better for me than the other, it’s just my preferences for which one I like doing certain tasks on.

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