I'd prefer an operating system to an thing that needs to be endlessly tweaked. Something that runs software and is generally useful. And even fun.
Probably most of these idiotic geeks who create spyware and viruses and other malware are LUNIX users trying to herd us into LUNIX before springing some final trap.
No thank you.
Why does LUNIX use the penguin as it's mascot? They ripped off the O/S from UNIX so did they rip off their mascot from the 1980's video game Pengo? Pengo was fun and most LUNIX geeks are generally humorless and uptight so I don't think that's it. So where did they rip off their mascot from? I know they didn't come up with it on their own.
You're wrong of course--just like most of the rest of your post. Google the history of the logo if you're that interested.
I absolutely agree.
There's no fun in having to buy, install and maintain anti-virus, anti-spyware, personal firewalls, service packs and who-knows-what.
Even IE5, which shipped with Windows 2000 Pro, is too obsolete for some modern software and has to be "upgraded" to IE6. Outlook Express still doesn't support yEnc, so it's almost totally unusable on usenet, and you have to buy a decent usenet client.
Meanwhile, my Linux servers just run happily in their closet in the guest bedroom. No need to touch them except for monthly backups. My Linux workstation supports anything I want to do on the Internet. No need to buy anything more, if there's something else you need you just look around SourceForge.
Actually, he got the basics from his college textbook, which had Minix, itself a UNIX clone written from scratch by professor Andrew Tanenbaum, a friend of the creators of UNIX.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^I'd prefer an operating system to an thing that needs to be endlessly tweaked.^^^^^^^^^^
You'd love linux then. You install it once, set up your printer, your personal settings and whatever else you think you'll need then you're done. It's very similar to a mac in this regard.
Windows needs constant work and tweaking. This week, tweak your ad-aware settings, next week install the new patches, the week after, make sure you have the antivirus defs up to date. Careful you don't open up that email.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Something that runs software and is generally useful.^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Linux runs alot of software. There's very little that you can't do with it these days.
Now, I use windows as much as the next guy. It is fairly useful, and the only place to go if you want to play most modern games.
That said, I've never heard it characterized as "fun." :P