I've been on Ubantu for three years and this linux geek tells me, ```Hey, that kid doesn't know how to configure, make, make install, go teach him some basics, I ain't got no time''' and I'm like WHAT DO YOU MEAN I USE APT-GET and then I lost all respect and the kid installed openSUSE in the end.
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Anonymous2009-08-06 19:11
LOL OpenSUSE will get you no cred.
Compile a few kernels and it wont matter what distro you use.
>> I heard once a rumor that you can get lay by a female if you tell it that you use slackware on your mac! I didnt try it i was to afraid to lose my virginity.
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Anonymous2009-08-06 19:59
sorry 93 to 95 ish. long term short term memory loss. it was definitely slack 1.8 though.
was a long time ago
had small children in the house
jobs etc
blurs the memory
the herb too
People really shouldn't use linux. It wastes so much of your fucking time it's not even funny.
In python class at school(laugh all you want) the teacher thought it was an interesting idea to duel boot ubuntu with windows on all the computers. I stuck to windows while everyone else used ubuntu including a hax0r friend of mine(lol).
It was near the end of the semester and we were all onto pygame and graphical stuff. So my friend writes a simple pygame script from our books and the program on his UBANTOO and this comes up:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\test.py", line 1, in <module>
import pygame
ImportError: No module named pygame
Well, simple solution. Go to the UBINTOO package manager and install pygame. Check it off. Apply. Wait 5 minutes for the download, configure, what ev. Run the program and:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\test.py", line 1, in <module>
import pygame
ImportError: No module named pygame
well, what the fuck. I thought we just installed it. The problem was it was for a different version of python(it doesn't say it on the package manager). So we look for one for python 2.4(because UBANTUZ didn't come with 2.6, nor could we update it or else it would go to 3.SHIT). So we decide to download it from the pygame website. Well, I forgot linux makes you build everything from the source, which is really fucking inconvenient but there was no other way. So dl, and get into terminal, and we try make and all that shit, run the program
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\test.py", line 1, in <module>
import pygame
ImportError: No module named pygame
Well I guess we compiled it, but didn't 'install' it. God damn it. So let's go to the python folder... which is... where the hell is it. Bin? Usr? why isn't there one place for programs like in windows? at least windows does this right. So a quick search reveals the folder and we drag and drop it into the right python folder.
HOLY SHIT FINALLY IT WORKS.
Why the fuck did we have to go through all that shit just to get pygame running. On windows it takes less then 3 YES 3 minutes. pygame.org -> downloads -> pygame_autoinstall_windows_python_2.4.exe -> next -> next -> next -> FUCKIN DONE
A little brain dead, mind you, but it gets it working in a small amount of time compared to the shit-fest that is linux.
/rant
>>22
Yeah. I agree with you. And the location of everything and directories are different depending upon which Unix or Unix-like system you use. This is nothing new, and has been a problem for years. But, then again, Unix was never meant to be "user friendly" in the first place.
>>22
You are an idiot if that is your only argument against linux, especially since you should have checked you had the modules in the first place and anyone with a brain either already knows the version number of python they are using or would check it first.
Also, Ubuntu != Linux
>>24
Ha. Only argument against linux. If I told you my every gripe with linux it wouldn't fit in this thread.
If you even read my post I told you the pygame package didn't have a version number on it. I just assumed it would work with the version of python that came with the OS. I already knew what version anyhow if you were reading(which you obviously weren't). Stop protecting your shitty OS.
You don't use Linux for day-to-day desktop use, and you don't apply casual upgrades. You build a server to spec and occasionally rebuild it to integrate new features. Anyone who wants a smooth experience with constant adaptation and the ability to ignore all the little pieces should pay a vendor to take care of that for them.
Also, lol'd at Windows “[having] one place for programs”.
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Anonymous2009-08-07 0:40
How does I shot install?
Windows: Download install.exe, agree to TOS, next-next-next-next-next, done.
Linux: Download blah.tar.gz, extract, configure, make, make install, go to bed and hope it's done by morning.
Linux is like a bike in world of computer-controlled cars. Every other (non-unix) consumer OS has already automated the aspects of user interaction to provide robust, scalable, modern turnkey implementations of flexible, personalized, cutting-edge Internet-enabled e-business application product suite e-solution architectures that accelerate response to customer and real-world market demands and reliably adapt to evolving technology needs, seamlessly and efficiently integrating and synchronizing with their existing legacy infrastructure, enhancing the e-readiness capabilities of their e-commerce production environments across the enterprise while giving them a critical competitive advantage and taking them to the next level.
Why people shouldn't run Ubantu
Because it's based on Debian
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Anonymous2009-08-07 7:57
>>38
Debian is an ancient African saying that means "I want to run software which is obsolete and has lots of well-known bugs."
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Anonymous2009-08-07 8:00
I like Ubantu because it just works. Yes, I have heard of all kinds of problems. No, after two years of using it, I have encountered none of these problems. Doesn't work for you? Well, I don't give a flying Philadelphia fuck, go find another OS and be happy with it. I'm happy with Ubantu.