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"As a user-level operating system, Linux is a cruel and tawdry lie."

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Andy Ihnatko
Sorting through the Linux lie: What it really can do

June 23, 2005

BY ANDY IHNATKO

In preparation for this column, I have strapped on the White Beard of
Infallible Punditry.

I remind you all that when I am wearing the WBoIP, all of my
pronouncements are absolutely flawless from all conceivable logical
angles, and are not to be questioned.

Pronouncement the First: As a user-level operating system, Linux is a
cruel and tawdry lie. Bigfoot will fly to your house and personally
deliver a $30,000 tax refund before there's a Linux that can challenge
Windows or MacOS in terms of usability. If anyone tells you otherwise,
your only rebuttal should be to administer that thing that Moe used to
do to Larry -- you know, where he'd grab Larry's nose with one hand
and smack it down with the other.

Pronouncement the Second: None of that matters. Linux is still one of
the best and most important OS's on the landscape.

It's just that anyone who tries to install (or God forbid) promote it
as an alternative to a mainstream user OS just plain doesn't get it,
and it's doubtful that the above-mentioned corrective action will do
any good. It's still fun, of course.

I've been using various Linux distributions for four or five years
now, and each and every one has underscored a basic point about this
operating system. Linux isn't a Toyota, designed to carry groceries
and kids in comfort and convenience. It's a street rod geared toward
performance over convenience.

The classic Linux user isn't attracted to heated seats, an automatic
transmission, three cupholders within easy reach and zero daily
maintenance.

To the contrary: the fact that Linux requires its users to get their
fingernails dirty from time to time is considered a strength, not a
drawback.

Linux is the ultimate OS for people who know what they're doing.

And here you see the problem.

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"As a user-level operating system, Linux is a cruel and tawdry lie." Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> - 2015-12-27 02:49 +0100
  Re: "As a user-level operating system, Linux is a cruel and tawdry lie." "p-0''0-h the cat (UK) - The voice of the Sheeple" <super.pooh@furryfreeware.invalid> - 2015-12-27 09:22 +0000
  Re: "As a user-level operating system, Linux is a cruel and tawdry lie." Nemo <Nemo@INVALID.org> - 2015-12-27 03:26 -0600
    Re: "As a user-level operating system, Linux is a cruel and tawdry lie." "p-0''0-h the cat (UK) - The voice of the Sheeple" <super.pooh@furryfreeware.invalid> - 2015-12-27 09:43 +0000

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