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Good article, Jeremy
I'm currently setting up our company network on Linux and will likely be bumping into some of those Samba issues. Complicated by having a mixed OS environment on the client side.

Yeah, that's going to be fun.

Nice that Google has taken an interest in Samba, that'll raise the barn in a hurry.
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Good article, Jeremy  Chad_z | 07/18/08
Perfect Case in point  Duke E. Love | 07/18/08
OK - here it is  Freebird54 | 07/18/08
No gold star for you  Duke E. Love | 07/18/08
Not a single OS  seanferd | 07/18/08
Unbeleavible  Duke E. Love | 07/18/08
I'm sorry, I lost the track there.  DannyO_0x98 | 07/18/08
Um, no insult intended.  seanferd | 08/09/08
Re: Not a single OS  Vinny_z | 12/09/08
Here's the command, Einstein  Chad_z | 07/18/08
Here is the command for XAMPP Douche bag  Duke E. Love | 07/18/08
No...  Duke E. Love | 07/18/08
A gold star!  elderlybloke | 08/08/08
I just did exactly that this am  Chad_z | 07/18/08
Not a fire wall issue  Duke E. Love | 07/18/08
The new Linux Mantra: It Just Works  Duke E. Love | 07/18/08
Actually...That is the mantra  robertandrade@... | 07/19/08
WTF?  Duke E. Love | 07/19/08
Is this "ye" in disguise? (nt)  n0neXn0ne | 07/20/08
Disturbing  Duke E. Love | 07/21/08
Just a thought...  PinkFloydYoshi | 12/09/08
Spot on. Always a pleasure to read (nt)  BanjoPaterson | 07/18/08
Jeremy, how *ironic* you would post this HERE.....  xuniL_z | 07/20/08
No worries.  BanjoPaterson | 07/20/08
Windows haters on ZDNet? What are you talking about?  fr0thy2 | 07/31/08
Proof: To hate Linux you must know Linux.  kozmcrae | 07/18/08
Trust me mate  Kaiwai | 07/18/08
Can you name any?  TripleII | 07/18/08
Easy  Kaiwai | 07/18/08
This happens, may not mean all.  TripleII | 07/18/08
Not only that, but . . .  JLHenry | 07/20/08
i never could understand the fierce advocacy  xuniL_z | 07/20/08
Marching to victory  elderlybloke | 08/08/08
TripleII.....are you serious?  xuniL_z | 07/20/08
Never, not one, ever. Working for 18 years now.  TripleII | 07/20/08
Well I've been using Linux for just over 7 years  tracy anne | 07/18/08
Please be more specific.  xuniL_z | 07/20/08
Opposite experience  daboochmeister | 07/21/08
Hard to say  xuniL_z | 07/21/08
RE;Trust me (You)  n0neXn0ne | 07/18/08
unbelievable.  xuniL_z | 07/21/08
Sorry to disappoint you... sad  Solid Water | 07/18/08
How to tell if a Linux user is in the "honeymoon phase"  toadlife | 07/19/08
It's all true  sorpigal | 07/21/08
a bit odd that  RogerDaryl | 07/20/08
Re: Trust me mate  Vinny_z | 12/09/08
Spot on  sorpigal | 07/21/08
Proof: zdnet shows you can.....  xuniL_z | 07/22/08
Of course it can be done  frgough | 07/18/08
And of course there is money involved  Michael Kelly | 07/18/08
That is nonsense!  hamobu | 07/18/08
I'm well aware  Michael Kelly | 07/18/08
generalizations are not defficiencies.  hamobu | 07/18/08
The reason I am putting in a bias filter  Michael Kelly | 07/18/08
Nobody is asking you to name every defficiency but...  hamobu | 07/18/08
I agree  Michael Kelly | 07/18/08
The update issue shows there is no such thing as "unpolished"  hamobu | 07/18/08
Much clearer, that.  seanferd | 07/18/08
Actually  seanferd | 07/18/08
RE:I'm well aware too  n0neXn0ne | 07/18/08
I don't find it hypocritical  Michael Kelly | 07/18/08
RE. .. maybe?  n0neXn0ne | 07/18/08
RE. .. maybe?  Michael Kelly | 07/18/08
Perception & understanding?  LazLong | 07/18/08
Polish is subjective, and a matter of awareness, perception & marketing  hamobu | 07/18/08
Give Mandriva a try  tracy anne | 07/18/08
Linux development is discussion driven  hamobu | 07/18/08
Hit or miss?  Anton Philidor | 07/18/08
Well look at the market  hamobu | 07/18/08
Knowing what they want.  Anton Philidor | 07/18/08
Maybe you are right, but...  hamobu | 07/18/08
RE: Maybe you are right, but...  gdstark13 | 07/18/08
Good potential  hamobu | 07/18/08
What, you want ASUS to copy the Commodore VIC-20?  Update victim | 07/18/08
Impressions of a brand  Anton Philidor | 07/18/08
Apple has no real advantage.  hamobu | 07/18/08
You're agreeing.  Anton Philidor | 07/18/08
I guess we do agree.  hamobu | 07/18/08
Thanks Anton  jns_45K@... | 07/22/08
How carefully were the testers chosen? This does make a difference. (NT)  Update victim | 07/18/08
I think there was more then one study over a period of time.  hamobu | 07/18/08
Yes, HIT or MISS  Update victim | 07/18/08
Defeats the purpose...  Anton Philidor | 07/18/08
Sadly he's right about marketing studies  TtfnJohn | 07/18/08
Well  DannyO_0x98 | 07/18/08
Not a good thing  sorpigal | 07/21/08
Agree completely. I wish the teams would...  clfitz | 07/18/08
Surprising?  Anton Philidor | 07/18/08
RE: Tough love: Linux needs more haters  tiagovieira | 07/18/08
Ok  eMJayy | 07/21/08
Broadening the response  Anton Philidor | 07/18/08
RE: Tough love: Linux needs more haters  Loverock Davidson | 07/18/08
Another wonderful post LD  Kaiwai | 07/18/08
Just curious, but  clfitz | 07/18/08
Curiosity killed the cat  Loverock Davidson | 07/18/08
So In Other Words  itanalyst2@... | 07/18/08
Cut and Paste is too hard for you?????  B.O.F.H. | 07/19/08
Wow Loverock, Thanks For Proving Our Point  itanalyst2@... | 07/18/08
Linux Fanboy alert  whitetigersx | 07/20/08
Here we go again ... sheesh  n0neXn0ne | 07/20/08
Example...  whitetigersx | 07/20/08
The rule of thumb...  n0neXn0ne | 07/20/08
Thanks  whitetigersx | 07/20/08
Please elaborate..?  xuniL_z | 07/20/08
@ xuniL_z -- maybe it's the milk on your breath  n0neXn0ne | 07/20/08
It's very simple what I want  xuniL_z | 07/20/08
RE:Example .... here is a perfect one  n0neXn0ne | 07/20/08
Semantics  whitetigersx | 07/20/08
Don't mess with the Zealots. They think they're Einstein for using Linux...  transposeIT | 07/24/08
Completely agree  micks_tricks | 07/28/08
Of course we lack the mental capacity, Oh Savior!  micks_tricks | 07/28/08
Oh if only there were a hassle....  storm14k | 07/18/08
Why  elderlybloke | 08/08/08
Fatal Error?  andycher | 07/18/08
About Elie Wiesel  hamobu | 07/18/08
Aren't we making a mountain out of a mole hill?  SteveMak | 07/18/08
No  Duke E. Love | 07/18/08
re: No, Oh, here we go again  n0neXn0ne | 07/18/08
It's a linux story.  TripleII | 07/18/08
Because I love LAMP  Duke E. Love | 07/18/08
Do you love WAMP? or you just trolling?  n0neXn0ne | 07/18/08
Not today  Duke E. Love | 07/18/08
tRu dAt  n0neXn0ne | 07/18/08
CentOS worked for me.  storm14k | 07/18/08
Centos is my Distro of choice  Duke E. Love | 07/18/08
Inbounds in infrastructure  beoz | 07/18/08
The Source of this information?  elderlybloke | 08/08/08
marketing realities  gdstark13 | 07/18/08
Marketing is important.  hamobu | 07/18/08
Desktop Linux share is 0.8%...  Anton Philidor | 07/18/08
The days of large market gains are gone with the 90's  hamobu | 07/18/08
RE: The days of large market gains are gone with the 90's  gdstark13 | 07/18/08
Firefox took a few years  hamobu | 07/18/08
RE: Firefox took a few years  gdstark13 | 07/18/08
Firefox 15% over about 5 years is good but...  hamobu | 07/18/08
A quetionable number  TtfnJohn | 07/18/08
TtfnJohn... are you and n0neXn0ne one in the same.  xuniL_z | 07/22/08
Please  elderlybloke | 08/08/08
Obstacles...  BFD | 07/18/08
RE: Obstacles...  gdstark13 | 07/18/08
This is a common argument...  BFD | 07/18/08
The clearest view  Freebird54 | 07/18/08
FireFox lessons.  Anton Philidor | 07/18/08
I love the backhanded compliments.  TripleII | 07/18/08
Your firefox example proves you wrong  hamobu | 07/18/08
It proves I'm right actually...  BFD | 07/18/08
Need to refine your talking point.  TripleII | 07/18/08
Application installation hate  Uncle Caleb | 07/18/08
I like installing apps in Linux  hamobu | 07/18/08
It won't work  Kaiwai | 07/18/08
Not a problem for Open Source apps  hamobu | 07/18/08
His problem is PEBKAC  n0neXn0ne | 07/18/08
Not a problem for closed source either ...  MisterMiester | 07/18/08
RE: Not a problem for Open Source apps`  Kaiwai | 07/18/08
So Package Maintainers are now irrelevant?  MisterMiester | 07/18/08
You are not really contradicting me.  hamobu | 07/18/08
It won't work  Uncle Caleb | 07/18/08
I change fairly regularly  TtfnJohn | 07/18/08
I doesn't work now  TtfnJohn | 07/18/08
Linux can be a living nightmare  Duke E. Love | 07/18/08
I don't use 'make install' for applications  MisterMiester | 07/18/08
Ahhhh  Duke E. Love | 07/18/08
Of course both 'just work' ...  MisterMiester | 07/18/08
"Have you every tried 'make uninstall'?  tracy anne | 07/18/08
Not an 'application installation' issue ...  MisterMiester | 07/18/08
Why would we want to do that?  chemist109 | 07/18/08
You're right...  whitetigersx | 07/20/08
Nothing to do with love  Kaiwai | 07/18/08
What are your Linux distros of hate?  Solid Water | 07/18/08
He wanted to be a bigshot Linux developer  tracy anne | 07/18/08
and you....  whitetigersx | 07/20/08
Swallow your venom...  n0neXn0ne | 07/20/08
venom?  whitetigersx | 07/21/08
What's Luv got to do with it?  n0neXn0ne | 07/18/08
The best operating system nobody uses.  Anton Philidor | 07/18/08
RE:..nobody... ?  n0neXn0ne | 07/18/08
"I'm not going to buy a mass market product."  Anton Philidor | 07/18/08
TCO or ROI ? (nt)  n0neXn0ne | 07/18/08
Admiral Farragut would say Damn the TCOs...  Anton Philidor | 07/18/08
Depending on location of "Market Data" ...  MisterMiester | 07/18/08
Wrong again, Anton, but I'm not surprised  TtfnJohn | 07/18/08
Better way of putting it  John L. Ries | 07/18/08
Good comment, but....  n0neXn0ne | 07/18/08
Keep trying, Linux  jpr75_z | 07/18/08
Can to give concrete examples?  hamobu | 07/18/08
Example  JustAnAboveAverageJoe | 07/18/08
RE:Sample  n0neXn0ne | 07/18/08
Did your doctor tell you that?  JustAnAboveAverageJoe | 07/18/08
LOL ...  n0neXn0ne | 07/18/08
Re: LOL  JustAnAboveAverageJoe | 07/18/08
Hardware problems for every OS.  hamobu | 07/18/08
Same old tired excuse. And thats the point of the Blog!  JustAnAboveAverageJoe | 07/18/08
Again you are going to have issues with every OS  hamobu | 07/18/08
Re: Again you are going to have issues with every OS  JustAnAboveAverageJoe | 07/18/08
Not all criticism is equal  hamobu | 07/18/08
Well what do you expect?  MisterMiester | 07/18/08
No Anger, Just frustration.  JustAnAboveAverageJoe | 07/18/08
Then stick with Windows.  TripleII | 07/18/08
Just FYI  chemist109 | 07/18/08
You might try it again.  JustAnAboveAverageJoe | 07/18/08
Linux Is Still Just For Geeks  jmanderino@... | 07/18/08
try Ubuntu  shis-ka-bob | 07/18/08
Thanks for the offer  jmanderino@... | 07/18/08
Really good points.  JeremyAllison | 07/18/08
That FUD point is getting old.  TripleII | 07/18/08
Just so I understand  jmanderino@... | 07/18/08
Why would I do something silly like that, Windows doesn't.  TripleII | 07/18/08
Site is only reaping what it has sown, TripleII  xuniL_z | 07/22/08
This is not even funny...  Solid Water | 07/18/08
How do we know it isn't Mike Cox's rep?  TripleII | 07/18/08
Linux is not Unix...or Windows...  progon | 07/18/08
I agree with you  hamobu | 07/18/08
Irrelevant  sorpigal | 07/21/08
Great article Jeremy!  Scrat | 07/18/08
RE: Tough love: Linux needs more haters  servumtuum@... | 07/18/08
Yes.  TripleII | 07/18/08
re: YES, and the fact of the matter is ...  n0neXn0ne | 07/18/08
disagree  whitetigersx | 07/20/08
RE: I ... mount ... stuff  n0neXn0ne | 07/20/08
Couple thoughts.  TripleII | 07/20/08
mounts and such  whitetigersx | 07/21/08
There are several ways...  LazLong | 07/21/08
Sorry no "Bing-Bong", but ...  MisterMiester | 07/18/08
yes linux can do that...  mrdt | 07/18/08
every device I plug-in I get a pop-up window asking me what to do with it.  tracy anne | 07/18/08
Every device I plug in...etc.  servumtuum@... | 07/19/08
RE: Tough love: Linux needs more haters  Sirgwain | 07/18/08
RE:...more | less haters  n0neXn0ne | 07/18/08
Yah, but like most family violence...  mikifinaz1@... | 07/18/08
RE: Tough love: Linux needs more LOVERS  lwcary | 07/18/08
and Linux wins "hands-down."  tracy anne | 07/18/08
Never is a strong word  whitetigersx | 07/20/08
I always thought it was badly done satire  tracy anne | 07/18/08
Every OS needs haters  beoz | 07/18/08
RE:...haters, Here we go again  n0neXn0ne | 07/18/08
I believe Bill Gates really loves Linux, and wants it to succeed.  softwareFlunky | 07/18/08
RE: Tough love: Linux needs more haters  Williepr | 07/19/08
MAN, you missed my point... happy  Solid Water | 07/19/08
So...  whitetigersx | 07/20/08
Re Linux / windows / Other OS Use  sysop-dr | 07/19/08
RE: Tough love: Linux needs more haters  wburden@... | 07/19/08
RE: Tough love: Linux needs more haters  robertandrade@... | 07/19/08
RE: Tough love: Linux needs more haters  Duke E. Love | 07/19/08
Tough Love To "Fix" Linux  skris88@... | 07/19/08
Elie: The morals of a butcher  zeke123 | 07/20/08
RE: Tough love: Linux needs more haters  MrViklund | 07/20/08
Linux needs a good hard look at itself  tonymcs@... | 07/20/08
10.0 (nt)  n0neXn0ne | 07/20/08
Replay ...  n0neXn0ne | 07/20/08
Tony, you had me until almost the end.  TripleII | 07/20/08
RE: Tough love: Linux needs more haters  jasonwheeler | 07/20/08
RE: Tough love: Linux needs more haters  micks_tricks | 07/28/08
RE: Tough love: Linux needs more haters  brahmadomtao@... | 08/08/08
Jeremy- HATS OFF! Great outlook!!!  brahmadomtao@... | 08/08/08
RE: Tough love: Linux needs more haters  elderlybloke | 08/08/08
RE: Tough love: Linux needs more haters  TaZMAns | 08/15/08
RE: Tough love: Linux needs more haters  Vinny_z | 12/09/08
eh?  magallanes | 12/09/08
Good article....  JoeMama_z | 12/09/08
RE: Tough love: Linux needs more haters  bluefox83 | 12/10/08
RE: Tough love: Linux needs more haters  frew4 | 09/28/09

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