linux is just a poorly designed toy kernel.
gnu is just a bunch of buggy, non-free programs written by idiots who still haven't managed to hack together a working kernel after over 20 years of trying.
minix, plan9, bsd, and even mona are all better.
windows is just a poorly designed retard system.
nt is just a bunch of buggy, non-free programs written by idiots who still haven't managed to hack together a working kernel after over 20 years of trying.
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>>14
actually the nt kernel is a lot better than linux.
sure, the source code isn't available, but linux isn't really free software either. at least the people developing the nt kernel aren't ignoring the last 20 years of computer science.
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Anonymous2009-02-10 1:45
Does it support the marquee tag?
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Anonymous2009-02-10 4:03
>>15 at least the people developing the nt kernel aren't ignoring the last 20 years of computer science.
What do you mean?
Give me one reason why Linux is a better programming environment.
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Anonymous2009-02-10 5:40
>>20
more stable libraries, defined by a standards body. compare with windows which changes things willy nilly and then over throws it all with .net, and then will overthrow .net with some other shit and you'll have to relearn that.
increased portability to other posix platforms.
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Anonymous2009-02-10 6:35
>>21
What? You can run win3.11 code on windows 7, MS really cares about backward compatibility, all the old libraries are still there and working.
As for the new stuff like .NET, you know, it's called "improvement". I mean, like, in the IT world stuff kinda changes sometimes, new ideas about programming emerge, so I honestly can't imagine the kind of confusion of ideas that could make one proud that certain framework, so to speak, stays unchanged for 30 years. I mean, obviously it wasn't perfect even by the standards of that time, now it's, I don't know, "obsolete" doesn't even begin to describe it.
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Anonymous2009-02-10 6:36
i love throwing my shit at linux users.
they're so immature
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Anonymous2009-02-10 6:50
Yes, I use linux. So? I dont see any problem. I embraced my linux soul long ago and I am happy together with my computer (which is a cute ubuntu!). We have a fucking lot of friends in and outside of the community and I am pretty slim and good looking.
But thanks anyway asshole. Go and code your stupid windows shit while I have SEX with my girlfriend.
im a 15 year old gyangusutaa (gangsta) that likes to programaru (program) Enterprise-quality applicaru (applications and shit). i am in a hacku cheemu (hacker group) and write softwaru (software) at my koukou (high school). ore (I) can korosu (kill) kiisan (you) yaritakattara (if i wanted to).
>>14 actually the nt kernel is a lot better than linux.
The NT kernel design is quite nice, however its also more complex than linux since it has to implement a lot more features and subsystems. I do dislike the fact that MS has tied to the win32 subsystem only, even if it could function just as well without it, and it could find similar usages as one could just build their linux kernel on a variety of embedded devices. It's a pity, it's not in MS' interests to do that.
sure, the source code isn't available, but linux isn't really > free software either.
The source code is available both legally and illegaly, depending on your options. MS offers an academic version called the Windows Research Kernel, which is available to students to study and make their own builds off, it's based on win 2k3, with a few not so important parts removed due to licensing concern (nothing of value is really lost). Most of the drivers are available under DDK. And a lot of companies get access to the code under commercial licenses. Now about illegal means to see it, the NT and 2k source code has been leaked a couple of years ago and it includes the full kernel, and most of the important userland and kernel mode components, and the same goes about research kernel which one can find leaked all over the internet, or even available for download from some .edu institutions (by google) without access checks. It may not be what you call "free software", but the source for anything of importance is available, as well, as plenty of books describing the internal workings of the NT kernel.
at least the people developing the nt kernel aren't ignoring the last 20 years of computer science.
The kernel is mostly written in pure C, with a bit of asm for architecture specific parts. The actual design is object oriented while being written in C, so most functions operate on kernel objects ( this doesn't mean you'll find heaps of vtables around in the kernel, it's more about how they design the data structures which are being used ).
But not all is pure : In the newer NT 6.1 branches (Win7, 2008 server), one can see a bit of sepples code around some important system components and they started naming userland -> kernel components (ring3) using .net-like namespaces, and the bootloader now contains a fucking XML and XSL parser written in C++ for locale specific text ( such as instructions in different languages ). The kernel itself seems to stay pure so far.
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Anonymous2009-02-10 7:04
>>23
You may wish to consider reading the following boards:
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/cm/ - for faggots
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/po/ - for weaboos who try to assimilate every bit of gook culture that they can
/u/ - I don't even know what yuri is supposed to mean but I bet it involves gookspeak and jerking off to cartoons
/w/ /d/ - for faggot weaboo virgins who jerk off to cartoons
>>28 faggot weeaboo virgins who jerk off to cartoons
is true ∀ boards on 4chan, imageboard or otherwise.
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Anonymous2009-02-10 13:47
I'm using Linux, I play my vidyagaems on consoles, and my wireless works flawlessly. Why should I use Windows?
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Anonymous2009-02-10 14:35
>>35
Because it uses microkernel as its kernel, which is ENTERPRISE and thus better.
The ability to use SERVICES instead of kernel modules improves the AwesomenessityTM by 100%! >>28
You forgot /g/ - faggot weaboo virgin faggots who fag-jerk off to faggy cartoons of faggy faggots. Also, Tidus.
>>35
If you had studied a bit of the NT kernel, you'd known its not a micro kernel design, but something of hybrid design. Driver modules, subsystems and the kernel itself run within the same memory space, there is no real separation, a driver could easily crash the entire system if it were buggy, however there design methodologies which can be used to construct stable drivers, and the kernel provides the needed APIs to build such drivers reliably ( yes, you can do it without them if you really wanted, nobody is forcing you to use anything ). The Windows kernel is much more complex in its entirety than the linux kernel, due to the large amount of extra functionality they need to support. Drivers are usually loaded dynamically, and could be seen similar to linux's LKM's.
Windows' services are not related to the kernel directly, they're merely usermode applications running with elevanted priviledges, providing various system services, not much different from *nix daemons.