Why linux sucks and you are weetawded for using it

[kyleshome]

One linux user here.

The lack of games is =(, but I can play starcraft just fine with the right wine tweaks. So I'm happy.

[Nitto]

Yeah Linux is tricky with games. But Linux is much nicer than a Mac. You should try to find a PC emulator for games.

[n0.obAtroN]

There seems to be some doubt in people's mind as to if linux is the best sh*t out there. So, I wrote this quick article, Enjoy:

The wonderfull thing that makes linux linux is the fact that it is open source. Almost all aplications on linux are also open source. The really big advantages to this is:

#1. YOU can see + modify the code

#2. No secrets. Because it is open source there are alot of people out there looking at the source. This means no virus's, trojans, or just plain ****ty software.

#3. No Bugs. Ever found a bug in a open source application? Since their are so many people using the same application it is most likely they found the bug also. Now one of them (if not the developer) is going to fix the bug and submit a patch for it. Wonderful thing about open source. If it doesnt get fixed, fix it yourself or submit the bug to a developer.

#4. Open source developers dont have to factor in the buisness Sh*t. They dont have deadlines, so they take their time and make the code work very well. They have to use the application, so again they make it work well. They dont have to consider in the costs. Microsoft has to say "Will it cost more money to fix it, or to just leave it". By the way, most of the time it is: "just leave it".

#5. FREE. FREE. FREE. FREE. FREE.

#6. Extremely customizable. Extreme Eye Candy. Check out this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4Fbk52Mk1w

#7. Runs on ANYTHING. Hell, they got linux for the psp, ipod, ps2, ps3, gamecube, PDA's, etc. If you have something that linux cant support, ask yourself this question "Is that a potatoe chip, or a processor chip?"

#8. Extremely fast and portable. The happy spot for Windows Vista is 4 gigs of ram and a 2.4+ GHz dual core processor and a 256 mb graphics card. Now that is a pretty hefty computer, a mighty expensive on too. That is what you have to buy to be able to get the basic "Aero Effects" like transparent windows. With linux I can get transparency, burning windows, 3D desktop, and a sh*tload more to run on a 1.8 GHz single core + 512 mb of ram + 64 mb graphics card. I dunno about you, but thats a hell of a difference to me.

#9. No applications. Well lets just say this: There are 159,750 open source projects on sourceforge.net alone. Yah, let me tell you, theres ABSOLUTELY NO SOFTWARE FOR LINUX.

#10. Thanks to the wonderfull wine (http://www.winehq.org/) project linux can run almost ALL windows applications. You dont hear Microsoft boasting about windows being able to run mac or linux software.

#11. Games? Wheres the Games? here dumbass:
First Person Shooter:
--> Nexuiz: http://alientrap.org/nexuiz/
--> Cube 1/Sauerbraten (Cube 2): http://cubeengine.com/
--> Open Alien Arena 2007: http://cor.planetquake.gamespy.com/arena/
--> Tremulous: http://www.tremulous.net/

Real Time Strategy
--> Stargus: stargus.sf.net
--> Stratagus/BOS Wars: http://www.boswars.org/
--> Glest: http://www.glest.org/
--> Warzone2100: http://wz2100.net/
Those are just the few I could find in 5 minutes. There are a total of 13,958 open source games on sourceforge.net alone.

#12. Secure. over 70% of the US Government pc's run linux. Why? becuase its secure. SELinux (http://www.nsa.gov/selinux/) is a modified kernal (which most distros have now) To make it extremely secure. It was made by the NSA, National Security Agency.

#13. Ever got a virus? hell, I get them all the time. Uttorrent, Limewire, and hacks that have been hacked. In the year 2000 there were over 50,000 known and ACTIVE viruses for Microsoft Windows. Linux: 15 non-active viruses. In 2005 there were a reported 103,000 viruses for windows, linux: a total of 52. Ever tried coding a virus for linux? If you ever do (which I have), within the first day you will be saying this: "Damn. F*ck this. Too damn secure and to hard to code a virus for it, I give up"

#14. War. War. War. Vi vs Emacs. Gentoo vs Debian. No dumbass. Since their are so many applications its just a matter of finding which one you like and voicing your oppinion. Compitition is good in the open source world, gives the users a simple choice and the developers a motive. Its not only linux, If you really want to get critical: Microsoft vs Novell, EAGames vs Blizzard, Norton vs Mcaffee vs Avira vs Panda vs who know what else.

So maybe Windows is a good thing, maybe it is: Without windows hundreds of people would be out of jobs at both novell and microsoft. Antivirus and security companies like Symantec, Avira, Mcaffee would all go out of buisness. Hundreds of people unemloyed in the call centers in India.

So there is one good thing windows has done: Givin your dady his job....

^^ may linux and open source rule the world!

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Lastly, Bizzard favorites on linux:

[rellikmok]

Everything has its place, or it wouldn't exist.

[n0.obAtroN]

Originally Posted by rellikmok

Everything has its place, or it wouldn't exist.

Like I said, its a big economic gain, even if people are wasting their money.

[TheUndermind]

Lest Hear It For Crystal XP!!!!

[dragonnas]

Originally Posted by n0.obAtroN

#9. No applications. Well lets just say this: There are 159,750 open source projects on sourceforge.net alone. Yah, let me tell you, theres ABSOLUTELY NO SOFTWARE FOR LINUX.

#11. Games? Wheres the Games? here dumbass:
First Person Shooter:
--> Nexuiz: Nexuiz
--> Cube 1/Sauerbraten (Cube 2): Cube Engine Games
--> Open Alien Arena 2007: CodeRED - Alien Arena
--> Tremulous: T R E M U L O U S :: NEWS

Real Time Strategy
--> Stargus: stargus.sf.net
--> Stratagus/BOS Wars: Bos Wars
--> Glest: Glest, A free 3d RTS (real time strategy) project, Proyecto libre de estrategia en tiempo real (RTS) :.
--> Warzone2100: Home | Warzone 2100 Resurrection Project
Those are just the few I could find in 5 minutes. There are a total of 13,958 open source games on sourceforge.net alone.

13,958 games that noone's ever heard of. Where's Halo, bitch?

[CrazyGerbilEater]

where xp and crystal meth meet up

[Perma]

Sorry to bump this, but I'm installing Ubuntu on my laptop. Is the video that Noobatron showed a plugin for it?

[Polie13]

Originally Posted by Perma

Sorry to bump this, but I'm installing Ubuntu on my laptop. Is the video that Noobatron showed a plugin for it?

Most things for one linux distro comes for another one so it's pretty safe to assume

[exzapel]

Originally Posted by shadder49

Well, you’ve seen a lot of posts on this site about Linux and Free and Open Source Software on this very site. Mostly all of it has been pro-Linux. So here, to balance the scales, is the other side of the story!

1. No Games! Or at least, not many games to speak of. No, I don’t mean running an emulator to support Windows games. No, I don’t mean the emulators for arcade and Nintendo. I want to play, not emulate. Native, platform games, made for it and working with it. No, I don’t mean some text-mode rogue thing or the nerdy little puzzle games that come with Gnome and KDE. When will Linux decide to pay more attention to the FUN side? There are projects for Linux that allow you to run Windows applications, although this isn't a 100% compatibility, it's more than functional.
2. Chasing Windows. Seriously, it’s nice that most distros went from all the command and console stuff to a full desktop-capable system like Macs and Windows. Now it needs to find its own look. Too many distros out there are trying to be a perfect clone of Windows XP; if I want XP, I know where to find it. Get Linux over its insecurity complex and have it make up its own “look and feel” already! Developers only go by their user's needs and requests, which happens to be a windows-like interface. That, and command line is Linux' "true" interface, it is in no way chasing Windows.
3. All the hardware is supported - except mine. Can I get this digital camera working? 800 drivers for digital cameras - nope mine isn’t on the list. What about this wireless card? Dozens of brands supported - whoops, I bought the wrong one! I’m tired of playing hardware bingo - either I’m very unlucky at it, or there’s still some big holes to fill. Blame this on the hardware manufacturers, they simply ignore Linux when making drivers, which is unfortunate, but in no way the fault of the Linux developers.
4. Problems coming up to a desktop. At least detect good default settings for a monitor and video card, and then give me an easy way to fix the size and color depth if I need to. Many, many distros do this, so the ones that don’t and either haul off and boot me to a plaid striped letterbox screen or leave me at a console trying to guess what my monitor’s vertical refresh rate is are even guiltier by comparison. It’s all open source, so the distros that get it wrong can just borrow from the ones that get it right, right? This statement is just plain ignorant. Not all (very few) distros are designed for the normal end-user who would have a problem with the functionality right after the installation, and the ones that do ake great care in ensuring that hey have the maximum out-of-the-box functionality.
5. Inner-Linux flame wars. KDE vs. Gnome! Emacs vs. vi! Ubuntu vs. Mandriva! All of these are fought just as feverishly as if they…. cost money. Hey, you’re giving it all away for free, so who cares what anybody uses? You're retarded. Everyone's always going to have flame wars and debaes about what's best, free or not. Not to mention that one distro isn't good for everyone, so they're going to defend the one that is good for them when others attack it. Hell, we even have flame wars here about which hack is best, even though said hacks are free (usually).
   
6. FOSS Purity. OK, I loaded a closed-source driver onto my system so my video card will work. Do I have to be nailed to a wall for it? Yes, I know open source is the One True Way - and if all the drivers are open one day, that will make me very happy. In the mean time, I care about what works first. Ditto the haggling over licenses - there’s forty of them, most of them differ in one or two details, and thinking about legal stuff gives the user side of me a headache. Since when is the law ever simple?
7. Obsession over taking over from Windows. When is the year of Linux on the desktop? Who cares? Look, again, you’re giving it away for free, so if you take over 98% of Microsoft’s market share, you are ahead exactly how far? This is a problem on part of the users, not the developers, sure, some developers do want to take Windows down a notch, but this isn't a problem with just Linux, as much as every other operating system that isn't Windows.
8. Linux devotees are too serious. Because you can’t post a list like this and not have a bunch of them come flame you. Lighten up. Your system’s fine. We love you. You’re big enough now to take your beating along with the other platforms Everything I just said is from my perspective as a Windows user, and don't you think YOU'RE the one being a little too serious?

Retard.

[saren]

Originally Posted by Perma

Sorry to bump this, but I'm installing Ubuntu on my laptop. Is the video that Noobatron showed a plugin for it?

Linux on a laptop?.....Why?

[Perma]

Because it's ridiculously faster than the Microsoft bloatware that the laptop came with. There's also nothing important on my laptop, so it makes it a good lab rat for different operating systems.

[saren]

Originally Posted by Perma

Because it's ridiculously faster than the Microsoft bloatware that the laptop came with. There's also nothing important on my laptop, so it makes it a good lab rat for different operating systems.

You must not have a lean version of XP running.

In any case, just surprising, since a laptop is meant to do portable work. Not really linux's thing.