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Hey guys, I wonder what do you non-linuxer hate from linux, please tell me whatever reason you have to hate linux ..

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I don't get it,
why would anybody hate linux?

some people may not know/enjoy using it, and may therefore use windows.
but i can't honestly find a reason to hate it.

p.s.: i like linux, and wish that one day i'd actually be very good at it.

I don`t think that anyone has a reason to hate this OS, linux is great, I think so anyway.

The only reason a person may hate it, is though ignorance of it.

I hate command line...


/ducks
</sarcasm>

I believe there are more Windows haters, than linux OS haters.

Rommaster wrote:Posted in wrong forum, next time watch carefully before posting any new topics.

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I'm sorry for this, maybe I should use my glass. He..he

Before I say this, I will preface it with the fact that I am an avid gentoo linux user, have about four years of experience with Linux, enjoy the CLI because of the power it grants, and love FOSS

However, there are some things that I do know have prevented my friends from adopting Linux:

-the obvious, Windows is already on their computer and they are afraid of trying to change to Linux and use a new OS
-the CLI is frightening
-installation of software can be dependency hell, especially if you don't know what you are doing
-application naming is often strange. e.g. mozilla, sodipodi, xmms, xine, evolution, gimp, gnome, X, blender, etc
-choice is sometimes too broad, and users don't know which application to use, or perhaps part one program does something he wants, and then he needs to use another program entirely for the next part
-DRIVERS. even now, I myself am rather annoyed that my video card is not supported under linux for hardware acceleration via DRI
-installing fonts is often confusing for first time users
-the idea of a "root" may be confusing
-permissions def. take some getting used to
-wireless support may be lacking
-config files can be hard to understand if you are not computer-oriented
-possibly legacy file format support issues, although that has gotten much better, I think

Mostly it is a matter of learning to overcome some of these hurtles, and living with others (the video card driver issue). But these are what I could see preventing people from using Linux.

There are times when I hate Linux (not often, but occasionally) because it's such a BITCH when it comes to things like:
-wireless networking
-installing on older laptops
-compiling things from source

Rommaster wrote:I believe there are more Windows haters, than linux OS haters.

Thats true :)

Well, i fall in love with linux before i ever saw it :)
Now, i use linux like a primary OS, but, thats not mean that i hate Win, i just think that *nix is more interesting and can offer more things to me.

Rommaster wrote:I believe there are more Windows haters, than linux OS haters.

that's what they want you to think. There are way more people that hate Linux, primarily because they can't install it properly.
Also there are too many people who are perfectly satisfied with Windows, seeing how Windows serves all their purposes, but they still say they hate it and try to install Linux even though they absolutely don't need it. When they finally make it, they decide it's best to advertise it, so they go to that counter site and put the ridiculous sig on the forums... Fuck that. I've seen thousands of people trying to install Linux, just so they could say they're using Linux. I've seen even more people who are gonna say they are using Linux, even though they've never seen it in their life.

It's cool to hate Windows, and it's cool to love *nix. That's just the way it is. IMHO, out of 100 people who use Linux, 4 actually use it for something they can do in Windows.

Of course, you're missing the security aspect..
And the fact windows has the uncanny ability to crash whenever you're doing anything important.

Other than that, who cares if people do that just for the sake of it? Let them, and try to restrain yourself when you see yet another kid saying they're using linux when they obviously have windows
It's their choice to think they'll be the dogs' danglies after installing linux (altough having trouble using it..)

I hate the fact that suse doesn't support SATA hardrives.

i think bill gates hates linux..