On Sunday, June 21, 2015 at 6:44:20 PM UTC-5, Slimer wrote:
On 2015-06-21 7:22 PM, Snit wrote:
On 6/21/15, 2:27 PM, in article ,
"Tomas" wrote:

This one is hilarious. It's on a Linux centric site, written by a
Linux zealot yet because he tells the truth about Linux, admirable,
it really turns into a "why on earth would I want to run Linux" post.
Only he doesn't get it.
Like I said, hilarious.


http://news.softpedia.com/news/Is-It...our-Main-Compu
ter-Operating-System-484750.shtml
http://tinyurl.com/p5yn75s

This part is
hysterical!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!

A couple of hours a day and after a few months?
Is he ****ing kidding?
Most people don't last a day with Linux after trying it.
Linux is that bad.

"The truth is that, at first, it will be hard, and you will encounter
many issues. Prepare to search the Internet for many tutorials, join
forums of the Linux distribution you're migrating to and ask
questions on how to do various things. My suggestion is to install
Linux on a different computer, or use a dual-boot setup - though many
will encounter issues with that - and access it from time to time,
1-2 hours per day, and after a few months, you will know if you can
really make the switch."

Would be great if the "advocates" could find places where Linux actually
benefits their productivity, efficiency, or error-reduction.

But they can't.

Here, I'll take a stab at advocating Linux. I'll take the perspective of
my teenage self.

"As an unemployed teenager, I can't afford to buy myself decent computer
equipment. As a result, I am forced to use a 386 SX-16 with 2MB of RAM I
bought for about 200$ (1994) with a 40MB hard disk. Such poverty means
that I can't afford to pay for DOS or Windows either, much less a word
processor. Enter Linux which is available free of charge and allows me
to put an operating system on my otherwise useless computer. It also
provides me with access to a decent word processor which allows me to do
my school essays as well as type up some of the stories I came up with."

--
Oh man, you mean you couldn't get a pirated copy of the Windows OS? Teenaged computer user my butt. My experience with computers goes back to those leviathans that took up whole floors of buildings and used paper punch cards. Back in 1994 me and my brother were salvaging older PC's and putting together something we could use because we didn't have thousands of dollars to buy a new one. Not only that but we had a pirated copy of just about everything Microsoft produced. I had a hacked 386SX-20 with a small blower aimed at the motherboard in the case without a cover. I remembered how I drooled over the newer 386DX machines. Me and my pals shared pirated software but we didn't sell any like some people did. Darnit! Computers used to be fun! ^_^

[8~{} Uncle Hacker Monster