Down with Microshit

**The Flying Cow** · 01-15-2009, 09:36 PM

Haha...how you doing these days mbucari? It's me VillageShaman, ScT?

**thewizeard** · 01-27-2009, 02:33 AM

Originally Posted by The Flying Cow

I say it's time for the masses to look at the Linux dishes.

-No forcibly-installed shovelware/crapware/bolloxware
-No index.dat for Microsoft to look at your activities
-No "Genuine Validation" to impede you from obtaining updates
-No need to crack and keygen programs, or reformat your system every 5 months, due to plenty of very well engineered open-source programs (free stuff, in other words)
-Of course, if you want to install an OS on that gaming rig, then you'll have to go with Vista (unless you can install DirectX10 with XP, in which case I'd advise XP SP3 over Shista)
-But for that office, uni, school, etc work, Linux is the way to go. Also if it's the OS you're considering installing on a netbook, as opposed to a laptop or a PC
-Sucks less virtual memory, allows you to do shit faster, and frankly, I've grown to like the look and feel of Ubuntu better than any Windows OS. And that's only one of the many Linux OS'es
-For your HTPC (Home Theatre PC), if you're not rich enough to get those expensive TV players and ting, Mythbuntu as opposed to Media Center Edition is much better.

What say thou?

hardly any good software for it

**thewizeard** · 01-27-2009, 02:38 AM

also virtual memory is not an issue, multiple cores handling programs like google earth adobe audition, office because it's become a standard..and MSN messenger with video calls and so on ad-infinitum. Pidgeon is crap.

**Detale** · 01-27-2009, 02:31 PM

Linux is for high school kids who want to rebel against their parents windows machines and feel cool while playing dungeons and dragons. Hoping their friends will bring up the OS conversation so they can "brag" about how non mainstream it is.

**Cabalo** · 01-27-2009, 07:19 PM

Originally Posted by Detale

Linux is for high school kids who want to rebel against their parents windows machines and feel cool while playing dungeons and dragons. Hoping their friends will bring up the OS conversation so they can "brag" about how non mainstream it is.

you said it like it was a joke, but man, that's so true.
same applies to university students.

**The Flying Cow** · 01-27-2009, 08:08 PM

Or, Linux is used by people who want to make a stand - nay, who do take a stand - against blatant monopoly, which is what we see in the OS market.

I'm sorry but I don't like the fact that netbooks are forced to have 1.60GHz, 1GB RAM and 80GB (now 160G) HDDs because these are the 'restrictions' that Microcrap gives for companies who still want to use it's XP. I don't like the fact that they can put the price on the license for their OS as they see fit (what competition is there?) in other words, XP and Vista licenses costing the same.
Ad infinitum.

And frankly, gaming aside, I'm actually going to consider installing Ubuntu on my future netbook. The only reason I can think of for using Windows XP would be to have Office 2007 with the newest perks on PowerPoint for oral presentations. Other than that, Ubuntu, for a work-only machine, is, in my sincere opinion, far superior to XP, and most importantly to Vista.
(NB: I'm speaking of a NON-GAMING machine).

Awaits wave of criticisms.

**Proper Bo** · 01-27-2009, 08:36 PM

I don't understand the typical (from what I've seen on the internets) attitude of linux users towards windaes. I don't see the problem with people generally wanting an OS that just works, without having to pissabout trying to find workarounds and drivers.

**The Flying Cow** · 01-27-2009, 08:48 PM

Well I didn't have to find any drivers for my lappie when I installed Ubuntu. It installed them all by itself (something that wasn't the case with Windows, where I had to install all these drivers from a CD-ROM).

Also, Windows XP works for a few months, before it needs a reformat (I understand maybe I'm not the savviest of How-to-make-Windows-last-longer-than-that users) but in general the registry just fills up with codswallop.

Vista is a mess, unless, of course, you have a 2.5 GHz+ processor (with 2GB RAM+) or a Triple-Core thing going on. These requirements make it difficult to have Vista on lappies, especially the smaller ones (unless you're willing to dish out $2000 for a mini-laptop).

It's funny that Dell released the Inspiron Mini 12 with Vista installed. With 1GB RAM and a 1.60GHz processor, the thing took about 3 minutes to boot up. Not to mention the lag was a serious problem.