re: Bootable CD vs Dual-boot or new OS (was: ...AVG free...)
Monday, August 25, 2008 at 12:51 am
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by appleoddity
(2343 messages posted)
If Linux was so great, everyone WOULD be using it. But, anybody who HAS used it
knows its pitfalls, unless they are just blind.
Just a few words:
Integration, compatibility, ease-of-use, availability.
The fact is the vast majority of software DOES NOT run on Linux, and the FREE versions
often leave much to be desired. You can show me a list of 100 apps that run on Linux,
and I can show you 10000 that run on Windows. Big deal. Think of all the huge hit
games, and multi million dollar productivity, media, and design packages. And to
top it all off, most people wouldn't be able to install, configure or even use Linux
if their life depended on it, where as Windows gives you that power with a few intuitive
clicks.
Linux has benefits, and it is a remarkable operating system, for free. But, Linux
developers should take a look at Mac, and get a clue. Mac is a perfect (Unix based)
example of a USEABLE operating system by the clueless. Linux is NOT and is not recommended
for the faint of heart. Its single biggest downfall that will keep it from every
being a mainstream operating system is this: Linux is like a patchwork quilt with
dozens of different versions, with different commands, different looks and feel,
and never ending different ways of doing things based on which one of dozens of different
versions you have. And when you have a question about something, the internet has
about 1/10th the amount of information about it than a similar winodws search - if
you can find the answer at all. To anyone who isn't capable of utilizing the power
of the Linux operating system it all adds up to one thing - MESS! Not to mention
that Linux was never meant to be a desktop operating system, that was an after thought,
and is barely out of its infancy stages IMO.
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