Linux is not only more stable. It is more stable on unstable hardware. When I have a workstation that simply cant run windows anymore. I usually can get 1 to 2 years more out of it by installing linux :D
On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 2:38 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]>wrote: > I think I classify this article as link bait and leave it at that. > Comparing one installation of Windows 8 with One installation of > Ubuntu and using that to extrapolate an outcome is seriously tenuous > at best. Throwing in the whole well if people compare desktops to > servers thing is just well wrong. I am pretty sure I can tell the > difference. IMHO my beta RC build of Ubuntu is more stable than my > fully up to date Windows build. Admittedly if I ran Windows on it's > own without installing a damn thing in Safe mode I'd bet it might have > some pretty impressive up-times. So not the point. > > On 9 September 2013 19:06, James S. K. Makumbi <[email protected]> wrote: > > John D Cook had this to say. > > > > “When people compare the stability of Linux and Windows, they may be > biased > > a couple ways. First, Linux is more often deployed on servers and Windows > > more often on desktops. So they may unintentionally be comparing Linux > > servers to Windows desktops. Second, they may be thinking that Linux > users’ > > computers are more stable than Windows users’ computers, which is > probably > > true. Linux users typically know more about computers than Windows users. > > They are more able to avoid problems and more able to fix them when they > > occur.” > > > > > > > > See full blog post on > > > http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2013/08/26/comparing-windows-and-linux-stability/ > > > > > > > > My question is are Linux users less IT savvy? Is Linux now more “mass > > market” (as in unwashed luddite masses)? In my day you had to know what > > stuff (tcpip, network interface, port number) meant before you used > Linux as > > opposed to windows. > > > > > > > > > > > > Sincerely > > > > > > > > James S. K. Makumbi > > > > 0790834364 > > > > 0712780817 > > > > Billable Ltd > > > > http://www.coderbits.com/jmakumbi > > > > http://ug.linkedin.com/in/jmakumbi > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > [email protected] > > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > > any way. > > > > -- > Simon Vass > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way. > -- Sanga M. Collins Network Engineering ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Google Voice: (954) 324-1365 E- fax: (435) 578 7411
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