On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 2:24 AM, hard wyrd <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Chris Miller <[email protected]> > wrote: >> On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 6:24 PM, hard wyrd <[email protected]> wrote: >> > On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 8:48 AM, Dos-Man 64 <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Possibly, but you are talking to someone who used windows 98 for 12 >> >> years. I'm never in a rush to be cutting edge. My wallet ain't big >> >> enough ;) >> > >> > I'm not even imagining about "cutting edge" for the sake of UI/flashy >> > features. I upgrade my distro every year. I use Ubuntu LTS releases. And >> > I >> > update not because of the new features, but for the security fixes. And >> > no, >> >> Unless you're running on a large network (integrated school district, >> university, college, or corporate) security isn't too much of an >> issue. > > Just because I'm not on a large network (corporate, college/uni) doesn't > mean I wont have to give a spit about security. That's the very reason why a > lot of Windows _home_ computers get pwned even while I'm typing this reply - > just because they're at home and they don't have "critical" data, they then > won't care if they're PCs are secure or not. Irresponsibility? callousness? > i dunno. It's the user's discretion not mine. But I prefer to think, and I'd > feel calmer sleeping at night thinking that even while I'm asleep nobody is > using my computer and bandwidth for malicious reasons.
A Window PC is a horse of a different colour. If Windows were a girl, she'd get raped by the chairs when you leave her in the waiting room all alone without SWAT backup. It's darn suicidal to run Windows without some form of firewall and virus/malware protection. Because there isn't such a massive library of nasties for Mac/Linux, you can generally ignore security concerns for small home networks. Keep a good hardware firewall on your router, and you should be fine. >> > I don't purchase my Linux nor do I purchase it off a certain site (or >> > Ebay) >> > - it's free. >> >> I have dozens of Linux install disks floating around, and I throw them >> away when I find them (I do not enjoy the clutter). > > I don't even have discs littering around. I download ISOs. Run them on qemu > or VirtualBox. If they're worth my time, I'll run them on my spare PC. But I > rarely shift distros (if ever). I stick to Ubuntu's LTS at least for a year > or two. Heh, I graduated high school using Ubuntu 7.10. I still have that laptop... IBM X40. Good times, good times. Completely lacked a good minesweeper clone though. >> They're all this annoying silver with black sharpie writing on them. >> Keeping them organised is impossible. Once it's scratched, I can't >> trust the disk's integrity any more. >> >> Having a nice case and some professional artwork on the CD? That I'd pay >> for! > > I make my own artwork. If I wanna contribute to a distro or project, I > donate or I devote sometime to help in their community or forum for a > while. > >> >> > Do you base your OS choice because of the UI? >> >> Absolutely. User interface is how you use the computer. If the UI >> sucks or is downright dysfunctional, it costs more in terms of your >> time than it would to find something else. > > Perhaps I should have phrased my question differently. I should have asked > "Do you base your OS choice _mainly_ because of the UI?" > UI to me is only 3rd choice. It's not the "be all, end all", deal breaker > for me. I'm now on Gnome Shell. Who knows what UI i'll be using next. But my > apps work perfectly. I dunno about yours. But that's my PC not yours. So. > >> >> Dysfunctional UI can be compensated for with expensive training. This >> is why many "industry standard" software suits have such horrible UX >> paradigms. But they cannot change, because they've already trained an >> industry in the wrong way to do it. >> >> If you have a choice, pick the best UI for the job. You'll probably >> end up using it for a long time, and nobody wants to fight their >> computer long term. > > Fight their computer? I don't fight my computer. I make my computer work for > me. :) > This is a great discussion. Perhaps others would want to join in if they > have the time. > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------- > "Penguin, penguin, and more penguin !" > > www.madforubuntu.com > baudizm.blogsome.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > Group. > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit our group at > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -- Registered Linux Addict #431495 For Faith and Family! | John 3:16! fsdev.net 0x5f3759df.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup
