Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 18:17:56 08/09/04
Go up one level in this thread
On August 09, 2004 at 17:20:23, Daniel Clausen wrote:
>On August 09, 2004 at 16:03:46, Anthony Cozzie wrote:
>
>>On August 09, 2004 at 12:49:20, Christophe Theron wrote:
>>
>>>On August 09, 2004 at 12:36:36, Peter Skinner wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>(snipped)
>>>
>>>
>>>For those of you tired with running a shit OS, there are viable alternative
>>>available.
>>>
>>> http://www.distrowatch.com/
>>>
>>>Announcement about the new Mandrake Linux beta:
>>>
>>> http://www.mandrakeclub.com/article.php?sid=2382&mode=nocomments
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Christophe
>>
>>I run Gentoo (I prefer package based distros to release based distros). I can't
>>imagine running an obsolete 32 bit operating system like windows . . .
>>
>>anthony
>
>I wouldn't say gentoo is for everyone (and don't imply you said that), but I'm
>using gentoo since 1.5 years and never looked back since. As a software
>developer who likes to know what is installed, can easy administrate it and like
>fairly up-to-date packages, gentoo is simply heaven for me.
>
>For what it's worth, I'm definitely not a fan of M$ Windows, but I think it
>would be better for the future Linux community in general to stay away from
>terms like "shit OS" when referring to Windows, but instead constructively
>support current Windows-users with the first steps with Linux (or any other OS)
>if they do so wish.
>
>Sargon
You are right, but it's a little bit difficult to not call it shit, even if you
try hard. Oops... I did it again, sorry.
OK guys, Windows is NOT shit it is... Well I do not know what I like the most
about it: it's glamorously insecure and buggy, lovely overpriced, such a cute
deadly lock-in system, and has a lot of very sexy loads of bloat.
Uh... OK so yes, it's the sweetest shit money can buy in the world.
It's going to be hard to convince Windows users to switch to Linux anyway, so
there is no real hope... Linux is coldly secure and stable (that's really
boring), unfriendly free (nothing to pay: that's bad, because if you do not pay
you don't get psychologically involved), does not even try to lock anybody in
and would run, who wants that, on modest hardware.
I do what I can to initiate Windows users around me to Linux. I have written a
kickstart file (automated installation) and a post-installer for Fedora Core 1
that let people install Linux on any partition on their hard disk in 25 minutes
and boot in a system that is ready for everyday use (actually exactly the same
system as I am using right now). They can do office work, Internet (browser,
email, instant messaging, downloading, videoconferencing), network (several
profiles adapted to various network configurations, access to the files on other
systems including Windows computers, remote control on any other computer on the
network), multimedia (audio player including MP3 support, video player with more
than 100 codecs installed including the latest Windows Media, QuickTime,
RealPlayer), CD burning (creating, duplicating), software development (too many
tools to mention), support for Windows programs (using Win4lin, with a
preinstalled copy of Windows 98SE), and much, much more. All this in 2.1Gb!
So I'm on both sides of the story: telling people the truth about the OS they
have been forced to use, and offering to test an excellent alternative.
Christophe
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.