"I will have to inform our Westboro Church of Linux leader Chris Penn that this guy needs to be excommunicated."
Indeed... I really get annoyed when people bitch about Linux. First, these people almost always complain about something that does not matter, IMO, and are usually bitching about something that is not Linux (the kernel). The noob complaints are usually about some user-space application that has too many options and needs to be re-themed so that it matches their 1337 wallpaper. Many times you get a bitch-a-thon from some jaded Window$ admin who's first failed Linux experience has lead them to discover that Linux sucks and that FOSS software is a GIANT fail. MOST of the time it does not make sense to blame "Linux" for your problems. It is your/my/our operating system. If you do not like Linux, or any other FOSS application, change it. It is not like there are 5 Linux desktop apps for every task you can imagine. There is no consensus on how a Linux Desktop should look/act and it will probably stay this way. This article is a perfect example of someone complaining about all the wrong things. For example, 'poor skype or flash support' is something to tell the makers of skype and flash about. Flash and skype are not pieces of hardware but if they were this complaint would still be stupid. Bottom-line, If skype and flash are not working for you then skype and flash are the problem. 'Poor quality of desktop apps?' Whatever, this is silly and subjective FUD. Open/Libreoffice/kile/gedit works great and in most cases my desktop apps work 10x better than anything made just for Window$/OSX. Just buy a Mac if you can't handle the learning curve. Chris... On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Dino K <socalli...@cloudcomp.info> wrote: > I will have to inform our Westboro Church of Linux leader Chris Penn that > this guy needs to be excommunicated. > > On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 11:35 AM, Ragi Burhum <r...@burhum.com> wrote: >> >> >> http://batsov.com/Linux/Windows/Rant/2011/06/11/linux-desktop-experience-killing-linux-on-the-desktop.html >> Pre-emptive quotes: >> - "Fanatics are dangerous. They cannot see past their beliefs, they cannot >> be reasoned with. The Linux community is full of them - zealots that never >> see any problems with Linux and feel that the entire world is on a quest to >> discredit their (mine) beloved OS. They won’t ever get this post, but >> hopefully YOU will." >> - "While I’m still using Linux (usually Ubuntu, sometimes Fedora) >> everywhere (at work and at home), I do agree with a lot of points in this >> article; there are a lot of things that could be improved, and there are a >> lot of frustrations that Windows users don’t have. Saying so is not FUD, it >> is a simple truth. If someone who clearly likes a lot of things in Linux >> decides to switch to something else, that really is a bad thing, and an >> indication that there are real problems." >> _______________________________________________ >> LinuxUsers mailing list >> LinuxUsers@socallinux.org >> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >> > > > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > LinuxUsers@socallinux.org > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > > -- "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." -Roger Penrose _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list LinuxUsers@socallinux.org http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
