Why is it that Linux and Mac users feel so insecure that 'Windows Bashing' is so common amongst them?
Linux is a nice platform but has its share of security flaws, which is why so many patches come out. I wonder how many of them actually read what they are patching? It is arrogant to assume that Linux is infallible, a new user running as root can do just as much damage to a system as a windows user. I am not a Linux guru, but I am not new to it either, I like it and use it but am tired of ignorant comments. .... so have decided to add some of my own!
I can feel a flaming coming on. Out you come Linux! - and Mac
What makes Linux so grumpy? Is it that Microsoft has their eye on the lucrative web market currently 'owned' by Linux? - probably not, more likely that they are all command line junkies and anyone using a GUI is inferior. Completely forgetting that Linux also has a GUI and most new users would probably use that.
For the Mac crowd (the second noisy minority OS), I like this the best .... buy a Mac ..... then turn it into Windows!!
Both Mac and Linux like to claim that no one can infect them, that is why they want us all to join them like some fanatical religious cult. I cannot fathom why they can't understand that no-one has the time to infect the 4 people that use Mac and the 3 that use Linux! Everyone owns a Windows PC and has time to create 'nasties' for them. Billions of computers are a much better target than the other 6 users.
Linux has its' place as a server and works very well, as a desktop it has a lot to do to catch up to a Mac let alone Windows.
And now we get to the Mac crowd for their adds. If the other is a PC is he also a Linux? If Mac is so much better than PC why want to run Windows on it?
Mac and Linux, when you have a system that will compete effectively with Windows (and I mean effectively, not just have a GUI and no substance) then come and put forward your case. Stop whining about how hard done by you all are and why can't we all use your system because it is so much better.
When Apple has an OS that loads on a generic PC (without being hacked) and Linux has something a bit more professional for a desktop then perhaps there will be competition, up till now Microsoft has no competition.
Stop bashing Windows and beat them .... then you will get converts.
For a reasonably unbiased (or at least as unbiased as I have seen so far) read this article - Ubuntu Linux Vs. Windows Vista: The Battle For Your Desktop it may be getting a little dated at 2 years old but is still informative.
Linux is a nice platform but has its share of security flaws, which is why so many patches come out. I wonder how many of them actually read what they are patching? It is arrogant to assume that Linux is infallible, a new user running as root can do just as much damage to a system as a windows user. I am not a Linux guru, but I am not new to it either, I like it and use it but am tired of ignorant comments. .... so have decided to add some of my own!
I can feel a flaming coming on. Out you come Linux! - and Mac
What makes Linux so grumpy? Is it that Microsoft has their eye on the lucrative web market currently 'owned' by Linux? - probably not, more likely that they are all command line junkies and anyone using a GUI is inferior. Completely forgetting that Linux also has a GUI and most new users would probably use that.
For the Mac crowd (the second noisy minority OS), I like this the best .... buy a Mac ..... then turn it into Windows!!
Both Mac and Linux like to claim that no one can infect them, that is why they want us all to join them like some fanatical religious cult. I cannot fathom why they can't understand that no-one has the time to infect the 4 people that use Mac and the 3 that use Linux! Everyone owns a Windows PC and has time to create 'nasties' for them. Billions of computers are a much better target than the other 6 users.
Linux has its' place as a server and works very well, as a desktop it has a lot to do to catch up to a Mac let alone Windows.
And now we get to the Mac crowd for their adds. If the other is a PC is he also a Linux? If Mac is so much better than PC why want to run Windows on it?
Mac and Linux, when you have a system that will compete effectively with Windows (and I mean effectively, not just have a GUI and no substance) then come and put forward your case. Stop whining about how hard done by you all are and why can't we all use your system because it is so much better.
When Apple has an OS that loads on a generic PC (without being hacked) and Linux has something a bit more professional for a desktop then perhaps there will be competition, up till now Microsoft has no competition.
Stop bashing Windows and beat them .... then you will get converts.
For a reasonably unbiased (or at least as unbiased as I have seen so far) read this article - Ubuntu Linux Vs. Windows Vista: The Battle For Your Desktop it may be getting a little dated at 2 years old but is still informative.
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