Windows is a thing of the past!
Tony Manco
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| Hello, All:
|
| After more than 10 years of using Windows, from Windows 3.1, 95, 2000, ME,
| NT, Millennium, Server 2003, XP, and *finally* Vista, I herein declare
| that Windows is a thing of the past.
|
| I worked for +6 years as an on-site IT Support, and 100% of the troubled
| computers run Windows. Windows is a great operating system that gets the
| cycle of consumption going. A highly publicized, well-lubed bloated,
| conglomerate of absolute garbage. Spyware, malware, defragmentation,
| bloated registery, 1 missing DLL file brings down an entire Operating
| System, service calls, endless upgrades, more RAM, more powerful CPU's,
| high-end builds *just* to run Windows "smoothly" and "efficiently."
|
| I can't recall the number of times of daunting, expensive upgrades to get
| Windows itching a bit faster, or teh occasional formats, unexplained Blue
| Screens of Death, unreliable Microsoft technical support, and the list
| goes on! You can have the latest, most expensive AntiVirus and Firewall to
| protect precious Windows that comes crashing under its own weight.
|
| After years of agony and expensive upgrades, and "hotfixes" and Knowledge
| Base Articles about 0x000.....xF Errors, I am glad to have come to Linux
| Mint...
|
| Though I am a novice user (up to this moment), Linux Mint is way ahead of
| Windows, much more stable (though I had problems with bootloader grub),
| desktop effects that are literally stunning, rendering Windows Aero as
| dull as an Excel spreadsheet... And after running Virtual Box (Linux
| virtual machine), and stressing the system to the edge, the least to say
| is --- WOW!!! My Dual Core 8600 CPU seems to be more powerful that what I
| anticipated. (I can't image how will a Quad Core perform under Linux!)
|
| I never imagined an Operating System running my on-board sound, or
| wireless
| card on my notebook, or my bluetooth adapter, or automatically download my
| video card driver, or have an online software library that is highly
| accessible and easily searchable.... I never imaged an Operating System
| that doesn't require AntiVirus + FireWall + Registery Fixer + Constant
| Defragmentation to run concurrently just to keep Windows running smoothly,
| which never did!
|
| Linux the proof that the collective wisdom of the people, that truly an
| independent creative public can exercise a far greater impact than any
| major corporation... Indeed, elegance can only come from freedom of
| thought and boldness of action...
|
| For all those developers that worked tirelessly to thwart corporate
| defrauding of the people by selling them prepackaged junk to install on
| their computers.. For all those who made Linux Mint possible...
|
| Thank You...
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http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=32437
This one might hurt the Windows fanboys...
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DFS
> http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=32437
>
> This one might hurt the Windows fanboys...
Why? I wish I didn't have to pay MS to get a decent PC operating system and
office software.
Moshe Goldfarb
We all do.
And someday, when Linux becomes viable, we won't have to.
The freetards think we are against choice, freedom and free
software.
At least I am not, and I doubt anyone here is.
The problem is, Linux just isn't up to the tasks that *I* need.
My setup is totally applications based and in reality, I could
switch to the Mac and be up and running in a couple of hours
because all my applications are also offered for Mac.
This is just not so with Linux.
Rick
Your wish was granted sometime ago....
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Rick
> On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:28:15 -0400, DFS wrote:
>
>> Tony Manco wrote:
>>
>>> http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=32437
>>>
>>> This one might hurt the Windows fanboys...
>>
>>
>> Why? I wish I didn't have to pay MS to get a decent PC operating
>> system and office software.
>
> We all do.
> And someday, when Linux becomes viable, we won't have to.
Why do you use non-viable software? Why does you family?
>
> The freetards think we are against choice, freedom and free software.
> At least I am not, and I doubt anyone here is.
You bigots are against choice. You prove it every day.
>
> The problem is, Linux just isn't up to the tasks that *I* need.
Then why do you use it?
> My setup
> is totally applications based and in reality, I could switch to the Mac
> and be up and running in a couple of hours because all my applications
> are also offered for Mac.
>
> This is just not so with Linux.
So, if it's not right for you ... don't use it.
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Rick
DFS
You don't know what you're talking about, (p)Rick.
OO isn't even close to the level of sophistication necessary for the office
automation software I write for a living.
DFS
I write a lot of db-client (against Access, Oracle, SQL Server, Teradata)
and office automation (Access/Excel/Outlook) stuff.
OO is a silly pretender by comparison to MS Office. Anyone who says
different doesn't know what they're talking about.
Moshe Goldfarb
It's the same thing in the digital audio world.
Sure, Linux has some applications but using them is like
building a house with hand tools and no instructions vs power
tools and a set of blueprints.
Stan The Man
"DFS" <nospam@dfs_.com> wrote in message news:h8cj0v$rm6$1...@aioe.org...
What's lacking in Open Office that you need?
I haven't used it yet, but I was under the impression that Open Office was
very close to being a clone of MS Office.
Rick
> Rick wrote:
>> On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:28:15 -0400, DFS wrote:
>>
>>> Tony Manco wrote:
>>>
>>>> http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=32437
>>>>
>>>> This one might hurt the Windows fanboys...
>>>
>>>
>>> Why? I wish I didn't have to pay MS to get a decent PC operating
>>> system and office software.
>>
>> Your wish was granted sometime ago....
>
> You don't know what you're talking about, (p)Rick.
Yes, I do, kindergarten boy. BTW, when will you be turning 6?
>
> OO isn't even close to the level of sophistication necessary for the
> office automation software I write for a living.
Even if that's true, so what? You are not the world. Software doesn't
have to meet -your- every requirement to be considered decent by other
people.
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Rick
Rick
OO.o may be what you need --in this instance--, but that does not mean it
doesn't meet the needs of many office, business, and personal users.
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Rick
DFS
We weren't talking about the world, (p)Rick. I said "I", and you said "your
wish was granted" by Linux and OpenOffice. It wasn't.
You don't know what you're talking about. You almost never do.
Rick
> Rick wrote:
>> On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:19:29 -0400, DFS wrote:
>>
>>> Rick wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:28:15 -0400, DFS wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Tony Manco wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=32437
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This one might hurt the Windows fanboys...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Why? I wish I didn't have to pay MS to get a decent PC operating
>>>>> system and office software.
>>>>
>>>> Your wish was granted sometime ago....
>>>
>>> You don't know what you're talking about, (p)Rick.
>>
>> Yes, I do, kindergarten boy. BTW, when will you be turning 6?
>>
>>
>>> OO isn't even close to the level of sophistication necessary for the
>>> office automation software I write for a living.
>>
>> Even if that's true, so what? You are not the world. Software doesn't
>> have to meet -your- every requirement to be considered decent by other
>> people.
>
> We weren't talking about the world, (p)Rick.
Yes, we are, little boy.
> I said "I", and you said
> "your wish was granted" by Linux and OpenOffice. It wasn't.
Yes, it was. OpenOffice is at least decent software.
>
> You don't know what you're talking about. You almost never do.
I almost always do.
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Rick
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9/11/09 2:46 AM:
Decent.
Good word to describe OpenOffice. Well done.
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9/11/09 2:49 AM:
Meet the needs.
For some, yes.
Meet them well.
For a fewer number, yes.
Is an equal to MS Office.
Clearly no.
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Snit
9/11/09 2:19 PM:
OpenOffice: it's Decent.
They could use your endorsement in their marketing.
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