I'm sick of this "just get more ram!" bullshit. My 286 did almost as much functionality-wise as my current multi-ghz machine. Yeah, really. Sure, there was no multi-tasking, but I did the mostly the same things as I do today.
Hello, fuckers, just because you can eat ram doesn't mean you should. It costs money and also reduces the number of programs you can run.
I can see it now: in another ten years programs will have minimum footprint of 1GB, but they'll just do more of the same.
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Anonymous2008-07-31 20:57
Linux is terrible to use
Windows is expensive to use
both are trash
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Anonymous2008-08-01 0:02
>>281
Unfortunately, Plan 9 doesn't have a lot of software written for it at this point.
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Anonymous2008-08-01 1:11
@281
How is Linux terrible to use? For me, 95% of the time, everything works right out of the box with Linux assuming you pick a good distro and even if it doesn't work with everything, usually all you have to do is download a few source packages and compile it. It has come a long way in terms of compatibility in terms of hardware and software.
Mac is more expensive than Windows and it also has much less hardware compatibility and a smaller selection of software titles. And if you look at this year's pwn to own competition, you'll see that mac os x got hacked in 2 minutes flat ( http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/27/pwn-2-own-over-macbook-air-gets-seized-in-2-minutes-flat/ ) thus not very secure. Sure, Windows has more viruses and trojans made for it, but that's why I go with Linux. It couldn't even be compromised at pwn to own.
...so, in general, this is how I see it:
Linux > Windows > Mac
I'm not including any off beat OSes in this like BSD, OS/2, Solaris, etc. because most people don't use them as desktop OSes
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Anonymous2008-08-01 1:35
>>283
``Most people'' only use Windows.
Mac OS X is actually relatively alright in spite of the Mac development team. It's Unix after all.
Linux is just an operating system whereas Vista is a lifestyle
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Anonymous2008-08-23 1:22
Linux. Until Wine can run Vista, and then it's both.
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Anonymous2008-08-23 1:23
I'm posting from xpsp3 and lo~ving i~t!
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Anonymous2008-08-23 2:49
They both suck and that is the truth.
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Anonymous2008-08-24 1:39
XP is the same as 3.1 but just updated a few of the gfx and effects
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Anonymous2008-08-24 18:08
And Linux is the same as DOS.
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Anonymous2008-08-24 22:57
You can't really expect EVERYONE to use linux. Windows is used more frequently because of it's ergonomic traits. You think everyone who uses a computer will automatically know what "find /etc -exec grep '[0-9][0-9]*[.][0-9][0-9]*[.][0-9][0-9]*[.][0-9][0-9]*' {} \;" means? Should they have to? No.
I don't see why people who use linux bash on Windows. Windows can do everything Linux does, plus more. Just like Linux can do many things that Windows can. Yeah, it sucks RAM. Linux can, too.
>>297
That's totally a search string for dates or something.
And you SHOULD know that!
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Anonymous2008-08-27 11:13
>>299
The grep string is a crap rendition of ([0-9]+\.){3}[0-9]+ and might be a complete idiot's idea of something that'll find IPs, but the full command itself is meaningless.
Which doesn't matter anyway, since it's perfectly possible to use Linux without ever touching the command line. My mom does.
>>265
They did not get to this point because of superior product. They got to that point because throughout the 90's most people didn't realize the OS was a separate product from the PC itself. Microsoft purposely tries to blur the lines between the hardware and OS software all the time (why do you think Windows Update always says "updating your computer" instead of what it REALLY should say, "updating your OS.") Most people still don't.
My system is built from the ground up. 100% OEM free (and also 100% Intel free - but it was built before C2Q, etc.) and doesn't afraid of anything.
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Anonymous2008-08-31 1:51
Hi EggZoomin
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Anonymous2008-10-17 1:21
>>302
who or what is an eggzoomin, and how do you use it?
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Anonymous2008-10-19 15:53
you know, this whole question depends on which version of linux? I would go with Ubuntu > Vista
so yeah, by the way, you can just find out for yourself by comparing Ubuntu to WindowsXP(if you own it) and by the way:
VISTA SUCKS BALLS!
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Anonymous2008-10-20 14:13
BALLS OF UBUNTU
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Anonymous2008-10-21 19:22
wasn't ubuntu made primarily to interest blacks in computing?