Linux support chat excerpt:
[Susie Smith]: I need a driver for my Brother Laser 4040
[Tech]: Write your own you stupid NOOB!
pinging myself for later reading.
> ...You’ve got the source code for the kernel, so you
> can configure and recompile it specifically to....
:)
Linux fanatics (oops I mean Linux fans) have a habit of naming things after fantasy characters and mythical beasts. Dream stuff.
Quite apropos!!
The biggest problem with Linux is the various flavors.
Windows is bad enough with 4 or 5 variations of each version. Linux has dozens.
Several years ago, I tried a few. They were okay, but sluggish, had limited applications, and didn’t recognize some of my computer hardware and peripherals. No version recognized my PCTV card and one version failed to recognize my wide-screen monitor.
One almost has to become a Linux expert just to figure out which variation is the more usable.
Linux is still a toy for geeks who like to play with Linux toys.
Windows has also always come with a command line. In really old versions of windows you invoked it by running command.com. Last 10 odd years, you invoke it by running cmd.exe. It’s not as powerful as the unix shell, but you can get a lot of things done on it & with cscript, it becomes quite powerful. And for the last 5 odd years, you also have Powershell on windows which is as good as any command line.
A very "broad brush" to paint
windows and OSX as the SAME !OSX is certified Unix® with a
"Benutzerfreundlichkeit" interface.
Most of those strengths are only strengths for power users and programmers. Most people want their computer to work like their microwave, they don’t want to be recompiling anything, they want to push some buttons and get work on their document. “You have the code and can change it” is not only not a selling point to regular folks, it’s a turn off, it’s really telling them “you get enough power to screw things up beyond repair”.
Bump!
shucks, i’ve used linux for years. have stuck with suse for years starting with 8.0. using 11.4 right now.
i dual boot between windows & linux, but usually stay in linux for months at a time. have a few apps i use on windows occasionally, but not often. I am not a computer whiz by any means.
however, i don’t have to spend alot of time worrying about viruses and buying the latest windows optimizers, registry fixers and whatnot that lines everyone’s pockets except those that use the operating system.
i find it funny that while searching the internet, that i get constant notices that my computer has countless viruses, registry errors, and is running slow and i need the latest program to fix my computer, while i am searching in linux.
if their programs can’t even identify what operating system that i am running, i doubt that they can fix windows problems.
blessings, bobo
shucks, i’ve used linux for years. have stuck with suse for years starting with 8.0. using 11.4 right now.
i dual boot between windows & linux, but usually stay in linux for months at a time. have a few apps i use on windows occasionally, but not often. I am not a computer whiz by any means.
however, i don’t have to spend alot of time worrying about viruses and buying the latest windows optimizers, registry fixers and whatnot that lines everyone’s pockets except those that use the operating system.
i find it funny that while searching the internet, that i get constant notices that my computer has countless viruses, registry errors, and is running slow and i need the latest program to fix my computer, while i am searching in linux.
if their programs can’t even identify what operating system that i am running, i doubt that they can fix windows problems.
blessings, bobo
Well, with Linux, this becomes reality. Mind you, not all changes are easily made, and you may need a book on C programming ....
bkmk
Question: If one has an Android phone, is there an advantage to using Linux?
“Command line”
Command lines are for idiot geeks that can’t write an effective user interface and think they’re being clever by memorizing arcane command line codes.