Linux vs Windows
- Thread starter SkyRider
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Dual boot and problem solved...
What problem is actually being solved. You went from having perfectly fine windows machine to having to deal with the fuckery of switching OSes.
When 1 OS does everything and the second OS does most things, and thus you must get the former OS, and it works fine for everything, you might as well stick with it.
His games problem WAS solved.
He now has 2 OSs to use.
Switching over from M$ to Linux take me all of 40 seconds and it's been easy as pie doing this for years.
Linux of today has improved VASTLY from 10 yrs ago....
His games problem WAS solved.
He now has 2 OSs to use.
Switching over from M$ to Linux take me all of 40 seconds and it's been easy as pie doing this for years.
Linux of today has improved VASTLY from 10 yrs ago....
There is no problem to solve. Before he had a perfectly functioning OS that ran everything he wanted to, now he has an OS except he has to switch back and forth, its a pain in the ass. Are you really that dense or are you just being cuntish.
And except for the sound issue, everything else I said about linux is much more recent. Of course that won't stop you from jabbering on endlessly about that opie from Family Guy style.
OS's aren't vaginas. 2 isn't better than one.
Not that you know anything about that being a Yank.
Your doing pretty good at that jabbering thingy....
LAMO!!!
Now you are just being stupid and about as bright as an I-beam.....
The 40 seconds it takes to boot Linux is such a pain!
How long does it take to boot Winblows? Now you're just being a dickhead.
I never had any sound issue on my PCs or the other numerous PCs I've installed Linux on.
How old is your PC that has all these problems?
2 OSs ARE BETTER than one.
Winblows has always run fairly well for me but IMNSHO Linux beats the pants off M$ operationally.
Linux is:
1. More Stable and Secure than Windows
2. Never needs Defragmentation
3. No Anti Virus needed
4. No CCleaner needed
5. No SpySpot Search & Destroy needed
6. No Malwarebytes Anti-Malware needed
7. No Registry to farkup, hence No need for any Registry cleaners/doctors/mechanics etc.
8. Has a superior File System that doesn't accumulate crap files that end up slowing down Windows, requiring a fresh Windows reinstall to clear all the crap out to get Windows running like new again.
9. Runs more efficiently and is not a bloated Resource Hog like most M$ OSs.
10. Best of all Linux is FREE!
Bet you are all silly & giddy at the prospect of having your pockets picked again and moving to Windows 8 in a few months....:eyebrows:
OTOH ..... it IS very nice being M$ & Apple FREE!!!
LAMO!!!
Now you are just being stupid and about as bright as an I-beam.....
The 40 seconds it takes to boot Linux is such a pain!
How long does it take to boot Winblows? Now you're just being a dickhead.
I never had any sound issue on my PCs or the other numerous PCs I've installed Linux on.
How old is your PC that has all these problems?
2 OSs ARE BETTER than one.
Winblows has always run fairly well for me but IMNSHO Linux beats the pants off M$ operationally.
Linux is:
1. More Stable and Secure than Windows
2. Never needs Defragmentation
3. No Anti Virus needed
4. No CCleaner needed
5. No SpySpot Search & Destroy needed
6. No Malwarebytes Anti-Malware needed
7. No Registry to farkup, hence No need for any Registry cleaners/doctors/mechanics etc.
8. Has a superior File System that doesn't accumulate crap files that end up slowing down Windows, requiring a fresh Windows reinstall to clear all the crap out to get Windows running like new again.
9. Runs more efficiently and is not a bloated Resource Hog like most M$ OSs.
10. Best of all Linux is FREE!
Bet you are all silly & giddy at the prospect of having your pockets picked again and moving to Windows 8 in a few months....:eyebrows:
OTOH ..... it IS very nice being M$ & Apple FREE!!!
Just a simple restart and it's done. Linux boots MUCH, MUCH faster than Windows or apple.
Not fuckery, just speed differences.
Remember with Linux, the concern with viruses is much less than with Windows, along with security overall.
If that's fuckery, I'll take it. Although at the moment, I'm just on Win7-64 on my desktop.
Even if we take that to be true, when you want to go back to windows you still have to go through the booting time. Or are you and pecker suggesting that one should always boot into windows first then linux and then turn off your machine.
I find the virus concern with windows to be a bit overblown and I'd rather install the AVG et al then bounce around like a monkey trying to get WINE to work
Also Pecker, Windows is free in terms of opportunity cost unless you build your own machine. Try getting a laptop without paying for Microsoft. If you are building your own machine, you probably have what it takes to find a Win disk somewhere.
I can't remember the last time I've bothered to defrag or suffered a instability issue with windows either. However much like with your political commentary, it seems with technology you have all the rationality and thoughtfulness of a religious zelot or your spiritual soul mate Rush Limbaugh.
Linux ROCKS!!!
My goal was to 'break free' from M$!
Preferred using the equivalent Linux program/app instead....there are thousands of them, all free of course.
Glad with Linux this is NO longer an issue.
XP, Vista and W7 are all pretty stable and solid....it's just that Linux is more so in that regards!....
Linux has come a long ways in 10 yrs.
Never had the need to use WINE.
My goal was to 'break free' from M$!
Preferred using the equivalent Linux program/app instead....there are thousands of them, all free of course.
Well Fats, if I built my own PC there would be NO NEED for any Windows OS at this point in time.
Always found Windows just runs better after a fresh defrag.
Glad with Linux this is NO longer an issue.
XP, Vista and W7 are all pretty stable and solid....it's just that Linux is more so in that regards!....
Linux has come a long ways in 10 yrs.
Never had the need to use WINE.
My goal was to 'break free' from M$!
Preferred using the equivalent Linux program/app instead....there are thousands of them, all free of course.
Well Fats, if I built my own PC there would be NO NEED for any Windows OS at this point in time.
Always found Windows just runs better after a fresh defrag.
Glad with Linux this is NO longer an issue.
XP, Vista and W7 are all pretty stable and solid....it's just that Linux is more so in that regards!....
Linux has come a long ways in 10 yrs.
Bully for you, but many either would have to either stuggle with WINE if it works or just use an MS program.
My goal is to use whatever works best, not to engage in some ideological stand, an OS is just a tool.
I have never noticed much difference before and after a defrag, granted I don't benchmark or measure and compare FPS as if it were dick size like some people I know [not you, I do have a life, sort of beyond terb].
Linux and Windows have come a long way in 10 years, sadly not far enough. There are times when Linux is better, however there are times when Windows is the better option, that is all I am saying.
Only if you let them!!!
You have to give permission to any change/modification to your OS with Linux, so you deny anything that looks suspect.
That Linux has far better security than M$ has been well documented.
IS UBUNTU LINUX MORE STABLE/SECURE THAN WINDOWS?
Haven't been hit by a single bug/malware/virus in the 6 yrs using it....knock on wood.....
Others report the same who have used it far longer than me.
I spent one saturday trying to install ubuntu on an old Dell laptop. That was about 18 months ago.
In the end I got fed up with having to search the web on my XP desktop for a solution to making my printer work with ubuntu, making the modem work, etc etc.
I re-installed XP, downloaded all the updates for it and Office, set up my email account and did it in less time than I had wasted on ubuntu.
If you are geekier than most then by all means go with Linux but it is NOT for the non-geeks or even someone like me who is 18.7% geek...with 3% of that coming from playing clarinet.
For us regular folks there is MS. For those of us who are the Coach bag types there is Apple.
In the end I got fed up with having to search the web on my XP desktop for a solution to making my printer work with ubuntu, making the modem work, etc etc.
I re-installed XP, downloaded all the updates for it and Office, set up my email account and did it in less time than I had wasted on ubuntu.
If you are geekier than most then by all means go with Linux but it is NOT for the non-geeks or even someone like me who is 18.7% geek...with 3% of that coming from playing clarinet.
For us regular folks there is MS. For those of us who are the Coach bag types there is Apple.
Which model? I have it on my old man's laptop and the thing just flies - with zero issues installing it as well.
It all depends on what you need your system to do.
Windows is great for gaming, general office use i.e. word, excel, emails, etc...
MAC is great for video/graphics editing, general office use...
UNIX/Linux is great for firewall/security, database management...
Would you drive a sports car to lug tones of building materials to a construction site? Or would you take your deisel engine pick-up truck to the track and race?
You decide which OS and hardware is the most compatible for your needs.
Windows is great for gaming, general office use i.e. word, excel, emails, etc...
MAC is great for video/graphics editing, general office use...
UNIX/Linux is great for firewall/security, database management...
Would you drive a sports car to lug tones of building materials to a construction site? Or would you take your deisel engine pick-up truck to the track and race?
You decide which OS and hardware is the most compatible for your needs.
The issue is that Windows doesn't do everything:
-Central package management so you you don't have to fuck around with 20 autoupdaters, and updates for every bit of software you have. (I dread fixing family and friends' Windows Boxes)
-Software RAID so a single disk failure doesn't hose your data. (And you get better speed as well)
-Ability to run without a mandatory resource gobbling firewall and virus scanner.
-Ability to run off a CD / DVD / USB Key. (Handy for rescuing other people's shit and your own)
-These days very little fudging with drivers as it will pretty much either work or won't, with the won't getting really rare.
-Settings that are stored in text so they are easily portable. Seriously, if you switch flavours of linux, or install on another computer, you can pretty much replicate the current settings by copying your home directory and the files in /etc you want. This has the added bonus of being manipulated the same way you would with any other (text) file.
-No need to reboot, ever. Reload or re-log, and with things like ksplice you don't even have to reboot a kernel whne updated. (Err, though I do reboot for kernel updates. But I've had home systems stay up for 200ish days.)
-Filesystems that are built around mount points not drives. /home full? Slap another drive in, mount it as /home and copy the files.
-Ability to run on pretty much any computer hardware, with actual software choice.
-Ability to see and modify the code. Even if that doesn't mean much to you it makes for quick bugfixing, and generally better code (on several levels).
-Lots of vitalization, emulation, and remote access options right out of the box.
Would Windows run on this:
http://www.raspberrypi.org/
Yes, that is a $35 computer that can do HD video. (DIY required, and yes I have plans for a few of these...)
