This is a bit harsh. I don't see the GUI as lipstick on a pig. Linux is far from a pig and some people like lipstick, or so I am told. :) The GUI is good for many users. They would never use a computer otherwise. Besides it gives programmers something to do and makes their work accessible to the masses.
I for one will never buy a Mac even if they were the only computer maker left. I love open source and free software and Apple is at the exact opposite. They are freedom haters that take from open source and give nothing back, worse than Microsoft. I say this as someone whose first computer was an Apple II. It was open and free as you like then Jobs killed it off and came up with a closed computer for non techies and called it the Mac. Yuck! So if Linux is for me. I love everything about it. My new computer came with Windows 7 and it is better than XP which is all that I can say is good about it. I booted it up a few times and played with it, but it does not work the way I want it to. Linux does because I have real choice from the distribution to the desktop environment to the file system it uses. Trial by release? What OS does not? Did you follow Microsoft's problems with Vista at all? Even Windows 7 which is just Vista re-done properly is filled with problems. Have you heard of patch Tuesday when you can have 50 patches in one day? Everybody patches, including Apple, and they control all of the variables, hardware and software. In comparison Linux is a breeze, IMO. Patches are often released the same day whereas Windows users have to live with them for weeks before Microsoft (same for Apple) admits it and then more weeks before they issue a patch. Linux is transparent. At least you know what problems exist because everything is out in the open. I love the fact that you can still work at a basic level or use a GUI with all of the bells and whistles. We have choice and not having choice is what is bad. Things are headed in directions that Linux is ideally suited and away from the desktop where it has had marginal success. The future is all about servers and devices. Servers are about the commandline and devices are about GUIs. Both are here to stay for a long time. Roy Using Kubuntu 10.10, 64-bit Location: Canada On 7 December 2010 10:28, Paul <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Sorry, Roy, I just think you are wrong. I think you read what > > you wanted into his reply. I am sure I am doing the same. That > > said, I would NEVER recommend Arch to a new user. Would I recommend > > Arch later? Absolutely. Again, walk before you run or better > > stated: ready, aim, fire, not ready, fire, aim. There is enough to > > get used to in Linux using Ubuntu or Mint first. Suggesting the user > > would be better suited to go to Arch or Slackware first is an > > excellent way to get the new user to convert back to Windows and > > say, "Linux is just too hard to learn." > > > > Loyal > > > > You know back in 95 it was all difficult but somehow we managed to survive. > Or more likely you don't! I have to admit I do learn a lot with the more > automated newer flashier distros out there today. > > I learn things like lipstick on pigs does not in fact make pigs any more > attractive to us real pig lovers. Quite the opposite in fact. > > The Linux way is fire, fire, fire, then forward observers send back bug > reports, if any live through the ordeal. Trial by release. > > Maybe you should think long and hard about all your misconceptions relating > to Linux and evaluate if it is the right OS for you? Your warm and fuzzy > candyland ain't what Linux is all about. Go buy a Mac if that is what you're > after. I have been hearing a lot of good things about that Windows 7 stuff > lately too... > > Linux is too hard to learn all of it, has been since about the first time > Linus accepted a patch, and it is getting harder everyday too! > > Now if you'll excuse me I need a custom kernel for my new machine here. And > no it ain't easy! > > export CONCURRENCY_LEVEL=4 > > $ time fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd --revision=3:giga.1.0 kernel_image > > . > . > . > > real 19m19.001s > user 63m6.617s > sys 5m41.477s > > Thats right, we bad! > > Paul > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
