Comments on: Choosing an OS is Not a Team Sport

By: Will

Will — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 04:26:49 +0000

That pic reminds me of old dilbert comics. Here’s another one that makes me laugh

“15 megs of ram, 9 inch screen, 3 5.5″ floppy bays! ‘People who don’t need people are the happiest people!’”
Wow, people actually had to have a life back then!

Boy, captchas are weird sometimes!

By: Tormod

Tormod — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:29:11 +0000

How dare you insinuate that RMS has programming books in his beard? He sure knows them all by heart and damnit he wrote them books himself.

By: Shredder

Shredder — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:37:54 +0000

Much better post than the last few. I like you and everything, but you just aren’t very funny.

By: Yaro

Yaro — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:08:34 +0000

I tend to not try to convert people to Linux unless they approach me with your average Windows problems: Crashing, viruses, Microsoft attempting to take control of their computing in some way, etc.

I am also a wee bit of a zealot, in that if anyone starts ranting hard about Windows’ so-called “superiority” I simply cite all the ways Linux not only runs circles around Windows, but also beats it flat into the ground and shits all over it.

I like Linux because it’s fucking awesome. I don’t, however, use it because it’s GPL or any of that. I’m not a Stallmanist (All in all, worse than even Ubuntards.) in the least. I like FOSS because it really does prove to be better. I don’t use it because I have an irrational fear of proprietary software (I have a few bits in my Linux distro: Flash, the GOOD nVidia driver, etc.) even if your Stallmanist zealots want me to have one.

However, I do usually turn people to Ubuntu FIRST because, despite its hangups, it is pretty much the best way to escape from Windows and OS X. However, whenever I do put them on Ubuntu, I give them one caveat: “You’ll want to convert to a better distro once you learn how to actually use Linux.” Not computer literate? Fine, go Fedora or Mint. Like being in the action? Power distros: Gentoo, Slackware, or Arch. Want to run a server? (I say this to people not even interested in Linux.) Get Red Hat or Cent OS. Do NOT use Windows Server unless you want your server to get cracked open faster than an unclean pair of panties.

By: Mimor

Mimor — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:59:59 +0000

The point where someone installs linux on the work laptop is indeed something I’d hate too.
But there is nothing wrong with advertising linux in an informative manner.

Look at the many efforts the Ubuntu community takes to show people there is something else…
As that’s all I want people to know.
they should have to choice.

So talking about linux to granny is pretty useless, but she should know it’s there!
Shouting that her OS sucks, push her away from the computer and install linux is indeed not the best way >>

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By: dude

dude — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:26:07 +0000

WOW this is boring. You’re just as bad as the ‘Ubuntards’. How about putting this much effort into something practical or that helps the community. Yelling at people who, misguided as they may be, are just trying to raise awareness isn’t helping anyone.

In fact the ‘ubuntards’ are the least likely people to read this blog in the first place and as a result this comes off as simple circlejerking of the worst kind.

Let them be zealots about it. Let them try to convert their friends. Carry on doing what you’re doing and just let other people be. Is that so hard?

By: Peterson Espaçoporto

Peterson Espaçoporto — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:19:25 +0000

I have to somewhat disagree. As much as I believe telling people their OS is a piece of shit is bad, I do tell them about linux wherever they complain about how sluggish their system is; most of them feel nice when I tell them they no longer have to worry about viruses and etc etc.

I really like Ubuntu. I’ve used Fedora, OpenSuse, Mandriva, Gentoo, Slackware. The best ones by far are Gentoo and Ubuntu – but, of course, they serve very different purposes =P

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uberVU - social comments — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:54:57 +0000

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