My Dad is a Linux nut (trust me... he invented the first web app to do streaming video... he knows his shit) and has tried to convert me on numerous occasions. And believe me, I took my crack at Linux.
The problem I found was I was too accustomed to Windows. I have spent so many years with Windows that I know how to keep it working smoothly and be able to do whatever I want it (see my desktop screenie). Also, too many programs I run depend on run on Windows (Torq, for one).
That Youtube vid wouldn't be as impressive if they showed the installation and configuration process of running those 3d desktop apps.
you'd be surprised how much easier shit is on linux. I'm running it cause I got sick of windows
Sep-30-2007 23:57
exstasie
Hack Attack
Registered: Jun 2006
Location: Toronto/Sauga, Canada
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Oct-01-2007 00:02
skillton
Suspended User
Registered: Dec 2004
Location: Toronto
aiaiaiayyye
Oct-01-2007 00:07
Cosmic Fur
Debbie Downer
Registered: Jan 2005
Location: Mississauga, Canada
quote:
Originally posted by skillton
you'd be surprised how much easier shit is on linux.
I don't want to waste my time arguing the tired Linux vs. Windows debate, but bullshit. In Linux-nerd-talk, "easier" translates into "easier once you know the exact series of commands that will do what you want to do". The difference with Windows is that most users can figure out by themselves how to do TaskA. With Linux, figuring out how to do TaskA involves a hefty amount of googling, and sifting through half-assed answers in Linux forums.
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Oct-01-2007 00:21
evil_cookie
indifferent
Registered: Feb 2006
Location: Toronto
Laptop...
Oct-01-2007 00:22
Mykh
Junior tranceaddict
Registered: Nov 2004
Location: Toronto, Canada
quote:
Originally posted by evil_cookie
Laptop...
Hey what program are you using that allows you to preview the browser window at bottom?
Oct-01-2007 01:42
RobotHouse
CHEESE IT!
Registered: Mar 2007
Location: Hamilton/Toronto
quote:
Originally posted by Mykh
Hey what program are you using that allows you to preview the browser window at bottom?
welcome to windows vista
Oct-01-2007 01:50
RobotHouse
CHEESE IT!
Registered: Mar 2007
Location: Hamilton/Toronto
whoops
Oct-01-2007 01:50
Yohan
Champion of Deep&Nu-disco
Registered: Jan 2004
Location: Kitchener, Ont, Soviet Canuckistan
quote:
Originally posted by exstasie
clearly we share same taste in british blond bimbos
Originally posted by Cosmic Fur
I don't want to waste my time arguing the tired Linux vs. Windows debate, but bullshit. In Linux-nerd-talk, "easier" translates into "easier once you know the exact series of commands that will do what you want to do". The difference with Windows is that most users can figure out by themselves how to do TaskA. With Linux, figuring out how to do TaskA involves a hefty amount of googling, and sifting through half-assed answers in Linux forums.
