Posted on 04/11/2012 8:50:53 AM PDT by ShadowAce
The problem with Linux is most users can barely turn on the machine and get to the apps they use for business. Home users can barely turn the machine on and get to AOL. Ask them to recompile the kernel or a new driver and they will give you an expression that makes Bossy the Cow look like a Mensa member. I did in-home repairs and instruction for 3 years. I can’t count the number of times I had to bite my tongue to keep from saying, “Just put your computer out with the trash. You are clearly too stupid to own one”.
So basically this guy is saying he thinks linux is cool.
And that he tried installing Distro X on computer Y and either it worked or it didn’t (I read it too fast to figure out which) oh and he prefers command line installers to graphical ones.
To which I say - Allrighty then.
Honestly, not quite seeing the point of the article.
Funny post.
Linux makes a great rescue disk, and I’d love to use it everyday, but the compatibility problems and poor usability are too much. I try out four or five distributions every year.
The problem with Linux is the community's poor attitude toward users.
Just curious why does the tech ping double post?
Let's see; on my way to find something else I bumped into something called GNUGuitarINUX - it's just about everything I ever dreamed of having for multitrac recording and much more. You can run it on a thumbdrive or off a CD.
Playing with it I decided I wanted it to save my settings separately in say the drum machine (Hydrogen), Ardour, Rosegarden, etc.
So I proceeded to build it myself as there was no other method found. I installed Debian using net install mentioned in this article, then I compared the GNUGuitar to my new debian install using the synaptic package manager.
Pulled it off really without a hitch.
I mentioned it to an old friend who told me he's still holding hope to start using Cakewalk, (that's a windows exclusive, non-free, proprietary software gig - just the type I've sworn off).
No, it was, that’s why I bit my tongue. That and I’d tell myself, “It’s ok, they’re paying you by the hour”.
I haven't had to recompile a kernel or driver in at least five years. It's well past time to retire that cliche.
The only time I build Linux kernels or drivers is when I'm doing Linux kernel or driver development for embedded hardware; my Ubuntu 'workstation' just runs and runs.
bang! Snotty-assed-geek alert.
I did in-home repair and instruction for a while, too, and absolutely love when a 75 year realizes that he can use information technology because Apple Computer designs for normal people.
Something to do with this network I'm on. It only happens when I'm connected to this particular network (which is most of the time these days). Anywhere else, and I have no problems.
I use this Fedora laptop at work in a Windows-centrric environment. There is only one application that I cannot run on it--a Lotus Notes-based database. They're moving that off to a web-based application in the near future, so I won't even have that to worry about.
It is fully compatible, if you know what you are doing.
The usability on Linux is just as great, if not greater, than anything Windows can provide.
It's one person's adventure into alternate methods. Personally, I've never encountered these issues. I just put the disc in the drive, follow the menus and the system is installed. It usually takes less time than a Windows install, plus all available patches are ready to go as well.
I can install a complete system in less than 15 minutes, and I've been know to install linux on several hundred nodes of a cluster in less than 2 hours.
Well, ignorance can be profitable.
If you can't appreciate the pure beauty of the violin after hearing this, something's wrong with your ears.
Or you can get raw with these strings.
How about this gamechanger from America's Got Talent (which they SHOULD have won).
And finally, this, dedicated to the one and only rdb2, whose eyes are growing dim.
Either way, the violin is sweet yet LETHAL.
Do it!
If you can't appreciate the pure beauty of the violin after hearing this, something's wrong with your ears.
Or you can get raw with these strings.
How about this gamechanger from America's Got Talent (which they SHOULD have won).
And finally, this, dedicated to the one and only rdb2, whose eyes are growing dim.
Either way, the violin is sweet yet LETHAL.
Do it!
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