5 Reasons Not To Use Linux

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  1. Anti-Trend

    Anti-Trend Nonconformist Geek

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    Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, Internet Senior Editor for the prevalent Ziff Davis, has written a brief editorial explaining why we should all avoid Linux and stick with the big M-S. Short, sweet, and worth the read.
     
  2. Exfoliate

    Exfoliate Geek Trainee

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    heh, that is a clever little article, nice one:good:
     
  3. ninja fetus

    ninja fetus I'm a thugged out gangsta

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    hah, there are no real reasons not to use linux. it's better in every way.


    unless you have some weird obsession with ati.
     
  4. Anti-Trend

    Anti-Trend Nonconformist Geek

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    I've gotten ATI cards working quite well in Linux, it's just a nightmare. Of course, it's more an ATI problem than a Linux one. But it's one of the things that held me back from migrating for a while. I eventually sold my ATI cards and moved on.
     
  5. pelvis_3

    pelvis_3 HWF Member For Life

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    hahahahaha, very funny, it's all so true!
     
  6. Nic

    Nic Sleepy Head

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    LMAO good article. I thought youd gone a bit loopy in the head then AT when I read the titlle
     
  7. Exfoliate

    Exfoliate Geek Trainee

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    yeah me too, I figured you were just getting both sides of the story at first or something.
     
  8. Sniper

    Sniper Administrator Staff Member

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    yes AT you sold the ATI card to me :) I better not have any problems! hehe

    I read that yesterday, its made we want to try out linux again. So I will do in the next few days.
     
  9. Addis

    Addis The King

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    I've lost my mandrake CDs and need to download the isos for 2005LE. Here we go...
     
  10. Matt555

    Matt555 iMod

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    ahh i gave mine to a friend, i like being able to say that and not have it be illegal, GO LINUX!! i may have to do a re-install as i screwed something up ~hides in corner embarrased~ i cant configure stuff so i thought rather than spend hours trying to find a way around it, re-install it.
     
  11. Anti-Trend

    Anti-Trend Nonconformist Geek

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    I broke my Linux installs dozens of times when I first got started by poking around as root with not the first clue of what I was doing. Now, I'm really confident that no matter what goes wrong, I can fix it easily. Of course, once you set up Linux, unless you actually get in & break it yourself (as root), nothing goes wrong. :) What I usually did to break it was trying to compile a new kernel and removing the old kernel before I'd tried the new one. :( Since I didn't really know what I was doing with the kernel compile, I'd have an unbootable system! Don't make the same mistake.
     
  12. Matt555

    Matt555 iMod

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    I wont, well i say i wont, i'll try not too....i'm an uber n00b when it comes to Linux so i'll have to see what comes out of it all...
     

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