Comments on: 5 Reasons NOT To Move To Linux

By: nimd4

nimd4 — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:41:39 +0000

Great article, simple to understand (except for the kids posting comments, obviously). Hopefully soon Linux will start moving in a practical direction (a merge in the desktop enviroments could be a milestone to that).

By: hydrose_aboobackar

hydrose_aboobackar — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:20:22 +0000

you expressed what most people feeling is.humans should only use microsoft products.microsoft is always correct. open source bad linux trollbolts must be hanged altogether.linux holes are the reason why many people thinks bad of microsoft.
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http://www.shelleytherepublican.com/category/education/technical/linux

we should boycott linux. it is bad .

By: colonelcrayon

colonelcrayon — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:48:27 +0000

Your first point is a bit absurd. Yes, there are many distributions and window managers. What you need to see is that people are different. I run Arch Linux, which starts out with nothing but a command line. I use the minimal dwm window manager with no panels. This setup works for me. However, I doubt whether most people reading this article would like it. People make decisions before buying a car, a toothbrush, or anything else. Why should software be one-size-fits-all when nothing else in life is?

By: manan

manan — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:22:09 +0000

y@: Please do not live in that state of fallacy.

By: y@

y@ — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:10:50 +0000

Of the 5 I think the first two and the last one are actually benefits to using Linux or OSS in general. The comments on Internet requirements are completely wrong. Go to Best Buy. They’re stocking Ubuntu now with phone support.

I would agree that drivers tend to be a problem, however, I’ve not yet found a PC that all the more standard parts don’t work (drives, graphics cards, sound cards, etc.). If you go out and buy an obscure device that doesn’t have drivers written by the manufacturer, don’t expect it to work. No matter what you are told, thing don’t “just work”.