Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mit.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Hadron Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... Date: Fri, 02 May 2014 17:17:55 +0200 Organization: gnu Lines: 88 Message-ID: <871twc8b18.fsf@gmail.com> References: <1trwwso7bgook.czilix9zd2kz.dlg@40tude.net> <1yk9w8kycwsl.15hywxnrcgxn4.dlg@40tude.net> <1ddqv7ivhycf1.rzokkp7s3znb.dlg@40tude.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: mit.eternal-september.org; posting-host="75624d90079fdabee5670c8560d75772"; logging-data="6185"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/5l33dxJF1QcW7DrNOqTkS1hzpcThc0i8=" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) X-Face: 2h#||Cd#d%F*NCm59[_6/{1a@jy%;|j>{D~4^gKg(^i%7j0IK?+,/GmW&:CD5fEKb_! Cancel-Lock: sha1:wGjMOfn41S6kZWSCuJc46mXW7SI= sha1:bOpMtZxHmz8I7pLBA7aDLo5BfEk= Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.advocacy:241244 Silver Slimer writes: > On 2014-05-02 9:20 AM, flatfish+++ wrote: >> On Fri, 02 May 2014 09:01:41 -0400, Silver Slimer wrote: >> >>> On 2014-05-02 7:48 AM, flatfish+++ wrote: >>>> On Thu, 01 May 2014 16:35:06 -0700, Rob wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Thu, 1 May 2014 08:54:04 -0400, flatfish+++ >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Get ready for all the "works for me, must be you" messages from the >>>>>> LinOloons. >>>>> >>>>> I tried to install and had to reinstall twice then finally when I tried to >>>>> log in the Linux kernel kept freezing. Linux crap-ware. >>>> >>>> Linux always manages to leave the users wanting less. >>>> Less of Linux that is. >>>> >>>> lol ! >>> >>> ROFL. It has a lot of great ideas behind it, but the execution just >>> happens to be piss-poor. Every GUI seems to be fifteen years behind the >>> times and their stability (the GUIs only) are only marginally better >>> than what people expected during the Mac OS Classic and Windows 9x days. >> >> Yep. >> The concept of free software, source code and choice is a great one. >> However, when one goes from concept to actual product, Linux falls >> flat down. A few minutes of using Linux is usually more than most >> people can handle and back to Windows or OSX they go. Usually all >> pissed off at Linux. > > That's why I keep advocating for the code behind GNU/Linux to actually > be You dont do anything of the kind. > completely free. If everyone was aware that the code was available to > them and It is. > that it's been developed mostly by regular people, it would truly appear as a > "for the people, by the people" alternative to Windows. In their > attempt to be a The people dont care. Programmers do. And good programmers already know its there. Others dont give a monkeys. > "better" commercial product than Windows and OS X, GNU/Linux simply alienates > anyone who associates "commercial product" with clean and efficient design. If, > however, it is presented as an alternative product which contains absolutely no > commercial code because it is, instead, a "homegrown product," the many bizarre > design choices, lack of features and stability problems would be a lot easier to > overlook. > > Consider fruits and vegetables as an example. In a supermarket, people expect > for the food that they buy to only spotless and perfect. However, when > they buy No they dont. You're talking horseshit again. Some do : generally anally retarded loonies. > from farmers, they understand the possibility that certain foods might be > misshapen or have odd colours. Windows and OS X, in this case, would > be the Your analogies are worse than your technical analysis attempts. > fruits and vegetables which APPEAR to be perfect but happen to be filled with > pesticides, herbicides in addition to being GMO. GNU/Linux would be the organic > product... it doesn't always look right but happens to be healthier. Seriously, do you have any idea what you're on about? It's perfectly easy to obtain a 100% (give or take) open source Linux distro. Debian is one such. You're almost as boring and self absorbed as Goblin. -- "I have a BSEE.... Negative feedback has many benefits, but "maintaining stability" is not one of them. Just the opposite, in fact." The turdv/chrisv idiot and his pretend BSEE degree. PLEASE VISIT OUR HALL OF LINUX IDIOTS http://linuxidiots.blogspot.com/