Posted by sYnOnYx look into WINE it may help your full conversion from windows. Believe me , If I could I would drop windows completley. |
Posted by Beryl Why? |
Posted by sYnOnYx Too many problems , linux is WAAAAAY faster start and load up times. Plus its so easy to get spyware through windows even with the proper protection. |
Posted by sYnOnYx I cannot stand vista, maybe thats why I still choose XP as my windows OS. |
Ill leave this simple, currently I dont have any windows issues. And im familiar with linux. I guess its more of a personal prefrence than anything. I could come up with tons of reasons I like linux better. Check out the ubuntu forums and those guys will list why they like linux better. |
But having the ability to download any music or vids I want without worrying about viruses or scanning every file. I take it you dont heavily download music or videos do you? |
your coming ff as a XP fan boy. |
Posted by Beryl 1) What problems? 2) I can't imagine why startup times would be an important factor when choosing an OS (I mean, if Windows XP took 2 minutes to boot I would still rather use it than Vista because the OS itself is nicer. |
3) I've never been infected with spyware or a virus although I do not run anti-virus or anti-spyware software. As long as the user is aware of the risks and how to use the system, then the system is 99% safe. |
Especially when that same person would have even less experience on a Linux system; would have less anti-virus and anti-spyware resources as well as a MUCH smaller community dedicated to detecting new malware in the first place; would not have a strong outgoing application-layer firewall so that they could be visually presented with a warning to block outgoing connections from spyware as they appeared; would not likely know how to detect suspicious activity, handle backup/restore functions, detect rootkits, or how to verify the integrity of their upstream update servers. I mean, yes, there are many reasons to use Linux, but I can't see the applicability of the last two and perhaps your Windows problems can be easily solved? |
Posted by sandaili Beryl - I am running the latest version of Ubuntu x64 and my firewall was enabled by default. AFAIK that is how it is in every Ubuntu install. The application level would be SELinux. That is enabled by default in Fedora 9, as well as the firewall. However SELinux hinders me more than it helps so I remove it. L |
Posted by sandaili ...but it's free, if you do. That's the point of linux. You don't need to shell out money for them... |
Posted by MutantMandias You also don't need to go through life without killing a bunch of hookers. |
Posted by MutantMandias I didn't compare anything. I was giving some general advice passed on to me by my mom. But, no, the vast majority of Windows users (excluding China and some other places where there is essentially economic warfare against the US) pay for the software they use. |
Posted by MutantMandias So, a "realistic" Windows user (realistic meaning "expressing an awareness of things as they really are") would be one who pays for their software, and buys the software they need, in the same way that they buy only the kind of car that they need, or as big a house as they need, as opposed to going out and stealing a Ferrari or a mansion, simply because there is one out there that they can get their hands on. |
Posted by MutantMandias Yes, stealing software is rampant... |
Posted by MutantMandias ... but it is not what everyone does, and if you have chosen to convince yourself that you are just a sheeple you goes along with what everyone else does... |
Posted by MutantMandias ...and you think that your soul is not foul... |
Posted by MutantMandias ...then, not only are you dishonest... |
Posted by MutantMandias ...but you are also stupid. |
Posted by Watson516 One last thing. I am not dishonest or stupid. Fuck you. |
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