Linux kicks aSs.

[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:

[Otaku]

We are aware of this. Also, the games you posted are jokes.

[n0.obAtroN]

Originally Posted by Otaku

We are aware of this. Also, the games you posted are jokes.

Well, then perhaps you are familiar w/ Doom3/Quake4 which both run on linux? ;)

[Otaku]

o noes id software, run

[n0.obAtroN]

Originally Posted by Otaku

o noes id software, run

lol, Check out the update.

[Polie13]

I wub Linux.
Linux is your best friend.
All bow before the great power of Linux.

['bat]

haha that calculator says '1337'

thats incredibly gay, dude.

that said, ive been wanting to linux up my old laptop,
maybe someday ill get around to it.

also: when you emulated those games like sc and wow, they dont have to run in window mode, do they?

that fire plugin looks amazingly useless. -.-

[n0.obAtroN]

Originally Posted by USMCFirebat

haha that calculator says '1337'

thats incredibly gay, dude.

that said, ive been wanting to linux up my old laptop,
maybe someday ill get around to it.

also: when you emulated those games like sc and wow, they dont have to run in window mode, do they?

that fire plugin looks amazingly useless. -.-

No, they dont have to run windowed, just had to have the picks windowed or it would not proven that they where taken on a linux desktop.

[LordRaiden]

Warzone 2100 was awesome, played it on PlayStation 1 =D

[n0.obAtroN]

Originally Posted by LordRaiden

Warzone 2100 was awesome, played it on PlayStation 1 =D

I enjoy it alot too

[Super]

Windows XP professional sp2 is just as good. Maybe it's not as customizable, but it's a lot easier to use, the software available for it is much better, the games available for it are much better, and it's just as stable. I've yet to get a single virus or any spyware since I've formatted my comp with xp pro half a year ago.

It basically just comes down to preference. XP for me is much more practical.

[Otaku]

If I played games a lot less, I might use Linux. Maybe if every game I own would run well on Linux, I would switch.

[n0.obAtroN]

Have you ever used Ubuntu? Its alot easier than XP, I guarantee it. You can also run all your windows applications on linux thanks to wine/cedega.

[Super]

Originally Posted by n0.obAtroN

Have you ever used Ubuntu?

Yes

Its alot easier than XP, I guarantee it.

No, it's not. It took me several days to get ubuntu the way I wanted it. It took me an hour to get xp the way I wanted it.

You can also run all your windows applications on linux thanks to wine/cedega.

If you're going to run windows applications, why not just run them on what they're meant to be run on -- windows?