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i like more linux because he is free

vaurdan wrote:i like more linux because he is free

It`s not just free ,it`s secure and stable.

Linux is De Facto better then Windows.. Stable, FREE, and it has all the drivers you will need in your life.. Anyway, i use XP

I think Linux is less popular than Windows for a few reasons:

1. It's much more difficult for a newbie to learn. Even Ubuntu Linux has a steeper learning curve than Windows XP, esp. to someone who's been raised on Windows his or her whole life.

2. There are very few real games available for Linux. You can count the number of A-list titles ported to Linux on one hand.

3. Linux's main advantage--its "open-source"ness, doesn't really mean anything to your average Joe.

I guess the reason why LInux never have had the real breakthrough is because of the fact that it is still very geeky to use, that's why all those pop-people use Windows, cause everyone else does
And as mentioned, if games were ported to linux by the developers, then it would help ALOT, because it is probaly one of those things wich scare new users (aaahhhhh my games!! Can't play, going in coma.... beeeeeeeeeeeeeep)
Theres alot of those people unable to live without there precious Counter Strike wich btw. runs perfectly in Wine, so does WoW

But still, you have to think when using Linux probaly the main problem

vaurdan wrote:i like more linux because he is free

yes me too, and thats way it is opensource you may configure everything you need .

tommassino wrote:

vaurdan wrote:i like more linux because he is free

yes me too, and thats way it is opensource you may configure everything you need .

I like it for the same reason

I agree that using linux does require some learning. This is partially due to the fact that most people are seasoned Windows users.

The most problems I see with new users is with permissions. A family member would mount a drive in his/her account, then switch out for another family member, who would not be able to access it. The user with no or limited knowledge of using the shell would restart the computer as a solution to the problem - a frustrating problem. Despite the friendly looking GNOME interface, errors pop up which new users can solve.

This problem sounds quite simple to solve with seasoned linux users. So the user would come on to IRC or some support forums with such a question... This would draw the wrath of the seasoned users who believe the user did not RTFM.
Usually:
1. Answer to question can be found on google
2. It's in the FAQ

But this does not entail the right for seasoned linux users to attack the new users although they feel:
1. like they are repeating themselves
2. annoyed by the user's "stupidity"
(Not because they ate something wrong, got fired, etc.)

The seasoned linux user, if he/she does not want to answer the question, they could simply and kindly google for the imformation and give the user the link. No time wasted, and everyody's happy...

shadowlabs wrote:No. but because sadly, most linux users are asshats. According to THIS guy

Interesting read.

Seriously... I haven't met any Linux snobs. Actually, it's ironic, since a lot of Windows users bash me for using Linux. They don't even have a reason for doing it; there are just a lot of assholes (pardon my English) who are pro-Windows because it has all the games and all the support of hardware vendors, and because just about everything is compatible with it.

I try to bring a lot of people to Linux. Actually, since I began using Linux, I've probably seen about 5 people convert, since they saw how easily I adapted. I help as many people as I can, but sometimes it's impossible when the person doesn't understand much about computers in general. In those cases, I don't have the time to help them, since, a lot of times, they are not patient people.

However, the case that that person describes is something that I have never seen before. Most replies on forums to Linux questions are nice and try to answer the question (at least the Ubuntu forums).

Yeah man, this sucks, unfortunatly as we all know, windows take the advantage because of it's power, because of it's money. As you know, there are different types of operative systems, and I know people, who thinks windows is the only one.
Plus people think linux isn't powerfull, and hard to manage.