Linux? Why Even Bother?

Linux is getting more and more like Windows any way now. Somewhat more secure, efficient OS.

On Tue, 23 Jun 2015 23:15:49 -0400, Scurvy McRicketts Gave us:

There is a new TV series where Linux is used and directly mentioned.

Show me a TV series where Windows is touted as anything other than a vulnerable POS not ever ready for any business to use, unless they want to be hacked in the first week.

Only in Windows Lemming La La land is someone labeled a kook for merely using an alternative. You would think Windows Lemmings are all some flavor of communist or fascist for all of their intolerance of people making their own choices.

On Wed, 24 Jun 2015 09:24:13 -0500, JEDIDIAH Gave us:

Good call, dude.

You have a God given talent for completely missing the point. The consumer had a choice between the Linux netbooks and the Windows models. They chose the Windows models.

Nah, let them use what they want. The one thing *I* would like is for them to stop lying about Linux and start telling the truth, for once.

If a new install of win10 is free, I'll keep using it, other wise I'll use linux and the money can stay in my pocket. Either one gets the job done.

I bought one (HP) with Windows because it was cheaper and had better specs. Then made it useful by wiping this Windows and installing Linux. Now six years later it is still in use as a mini media server with Spotify and KRadio.

Op 24-06-15 om 17:30 schreef Slimer:

Yeah, you ARE in need of truth :)

After reading the win10 preview newsgroup, it appears that a lot of people aren't a bit happy on some design decisions that were made in regards to win10. Some are saying that the moment is ripe for linux to get its act together and put out a clean distro with support. The linux community also has to support this by writing decent and well thought out apps. Last chance for this to happen. But I'm afraid that this may be too big of a hurdle for this to succeed.

"Made it useful." Honestly though, I have to admit that for netbooks at least, Linux runs a lot better than Windows. I recently renewed the life of a co-worker's Windows netbook (which was ridiculously slow) by installing Lubuntu on it. It caused her a couple of problems since then (Linux is good at that) but it is still technically functional.

Barney and Friends isn't new.

But, of course, you have no evidence or even decent reason to think this is the case. Just something you think is "clear".

Whatever.

Marti van Lin wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

Why bother giving a name to each fecal bolus that you encounter? :-*

I could give a big rat's ass what Joe Sixpack chooses. He probably shops at Walmart and lives on Big Macs and Rolling Rock too.

I recently bought a Dell with windows 7 for similar reasons. Someday I'll have to boot into Windows and see if it still works. According to uptime it hasn't seen the light of day for 96 days...

Use what you like. Seems a simple concept to me. :)

It used to be that all TV/Movie computers were Apples (and even invading alien armadas used Apples OS).

Windows seems to have caught on late that product placement is a good thing (and no doubt their marketing department will try to claim that they invented it) and have appeared in Hawaii 5-0 (in a major role as the table top surface machine), How I met your mother, Mentalist, I think Bones...

Although other than laptops the logo seems to only appear on the back of a monitor which is not very subtle product placement.

Andy

On Thu, 25 Jun 2015 09:44:31 +0100, AndyW Gave us:

This was not "product placement". This is mentioned specifically by cast members and is what those members "use" to perform security operations/hacking jobs.