[Halfmanhalfamazing]

We know what threatens you, Microsoft.

[Halfmanhalfamazing]

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[dalebert]

lol i am thinking of changing to Linux

[sierrahome]

I have a little Asus Eee Netbook that has Linux on it. That was my first exposure to Linux about a year ago and along with Linux I discovered Open Office. Fantastic!

[ShadowAce]

[perfect_rovian_storm]

Linux is an enormous threat to Microsoft. People love to claim it isn’t, but the fact is that cross-platform apps like Pidgin, Firefox, and Thunderbird are gaining market share every day. Those basic applications make OS switches much less of a shock for the end user.

[B Knotts]

There’s a long way to go to challenge Microsoft, but Linux is gradually gaining users.

[KoRn]

I’ve often found that doing the opposite of what a Best Buy employee recommends is the better decision to make.

[Tribune7]

Got Dad a Dell Linux laptop (not netbook) for Father's Day. It was a good choice.

And does Best Buy even sell computers with Linux?

[Lazamataz]

Yeah, if you want to sign onto China’s OS.

[hosepipe]

I went Linux about a year ago..
I havn’t looked back..

At some stage developers will have to start to include Linux drivers and setup..
I am surpised they already don’t/mostly..

[Tainan]

Sounds like a good deal. Win 7 is spoken of as being a good OS.

[zeugma]

This kind of stuff  makes them look weaker than they really are.

 Zeugma is 100% microsoft free, and has been for years.

~ :) uname -a
Linux tanstaafl 2.6.29.6-217.2.16.fc11.i686.PAE #1 SMP Mon Aug 24 17:16:21 EDT 2009 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
~ :)

[papasmurf]

Taking technical advice from a BB employee, is like asking a McDonald’s employee for their wine recommendation.

[The Great RJ]

From my experience with employees of Best Buy asking them for advice on anything other than the location of the men’s room is pretty risky.

[steve-b]

Windows is better in every way including security

BWAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

[N. Theknow]

Microsoft?

Oh, yeah. That company that keeps sending me "updates" that cause my Vista-64 bit OS computer to reboot, but it can't reboot because there's a problem that it needs to fix by searching on-line, but it can't go on-line because it tried to reboot and it broke the network connection to the internet and cannot reconnect because it cannot reboot so it just sits there "searching" until I can do a BP and force it to boot up...maybe....and failing that do a "restore" to a previous un-FUBAR state.

That Microsoft?

Good folks. Salt of the Earth.

Damn fine operation. /sarcasm

[papasmurf]

Looks like MS has been taking cues from 0bama's cadre of "myth-Busters"

[Calvinist_Dark_Lord]

Ironically, i bought my copy of SuSE Linux Professional 9.2 from a Best Buy about five years ago.

Now i’m running OpenSuSE 11.1, and Best Buy doesn’t have a single Linux product in any of it’s stores, and won’t stock it. Had to order it from Novell (i prefer having the box set with the 90 days installation support).

Fortunately, Best Buy DID have Apple computers for the Mac users here.

[Nateman]

I've mentioned Linux at Best Buy , but the "Geeks" knew nothing about it. I ended up buying a Linux only computer by mail though Dell.

Just the other day I came across this bogus pop-up telling me I had Malware with all sorts of POP-up windows warning me to take immediate action. I knew it was all nonsense if only because all the problems were listed in Windows specific terms.

I've grown to LOVE Linux and I'm never going back!

[Durus]

I've been in IT for longer then I would like to say. In that time I've seen Microsoft come to dominate the PC market. There are valid reasons that they did so and all the hate is little mind boggling. Sure I've gone through “frustrated with Microsoft” phases like when millennium came out...or windows 2k...or vista. But then I've dealt with problems with every major OS and most major hardware platforms. One thing you learn is that all OS’s have there upsides and downsides. Linux isn't immune.