Netbook returns blamed on Linux 'teething problems'

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How many times will I have to put linux users in their place?

Ah jeez... this is getting tiring. If you linux users would just accept that no one wants your OS we could both save a lot of time. But to correct you like I always have to....

What are you talking about? Sales of Linux based machines are going up for first time in history.

And they are being returned at quadruple the rate!

Shop? Pff! Canonical isn't a shop! XP has been around since 2003, I was using Slackware linux in the 90's... I've been a windows and linux user for more than 10 years, each one has it's benefits... and Linux has come a LONG way since then, specially SuSe, Ubuntu and Archlinux... Now: "Linux is Dying"? Where on earth did you get THAT fact from? Au contraire; Show me evidence, show me textual facts and I'll believe you, because sale rates just prove the opposite.

So linux has been around long before XP and still no one uses it. Proves my point pretty well. It is dying, go back the the quadruple return rate statement.

Tell that to any Ubuntu user... Install time is faster than XP (I did mine in 10-15 minutes, XP takes 30-45). Comes preinstalled with open office, quite a few useful apps, wireless drivers, everything. USB Memory devices work just as in XP: Plug and play... Configure? That's optional. Maintain? It has software updates, just like in windows XP. Auto update works since it is installed... You dont have to "turn it on" like in Windows, plus, there is no annoying Windows Genuine Advantage programs auto-downloaded.

I have told that to ubuntu users many many times. But linux does not install faster than XP. You left out all the post configuration you have to do with it too while on XP you have a configured system right out of the box with apps that meet most people's neesd. They can't bundle apps because its compeitors had hissy fits when they did that and decided to throw a law suit at them.

PFF!! Obviously you are refering to 10 year old distributions right? You must not know the wonders of apt-get (or pacman in archlinux), aptitude, synaptic... etc... It's called centralised application/package location. All packages are stored in the same place, it's a "global" application add/remove system, much better than windows. Finding a certain application takes tons less time than in windows, plus, you don't have to go to the vendors website...oh! and might I say, application updates come through the same updating service... so it's really really practical!

No I'm talking about distributions now. Isn't having the source code one of the main perks of running linux as you fanboys always say? Now you are saying you don't want the source but precompoiled binaries like Windows has had for years? The repositories are not a trusted site so people don't use them. They are getting hacked every couple of months and then down for another couple of months. Configuring the system to use them is complicated. Which leads us back to the linux fanboy having to go back to the vendor's site for the source code.

OH my gosh, same issue... My wireless network was detected since I did the install, I was using ethernet since BASH (terminal) loaded and auto-detected DHCP settings. It took 5 seconds, and there was no mention of the word "configure". Playing one sound at a time? Are you on drugs? I've got sound working on flash, multiple instances at a time... I can play music through amarok or rythmbox, have a movieplayer instance running an AVI or an MP3, and be watching a youtube video at the same time, on multiple screens, with no slowdown rate.

I call BS on your statements. Linux is known to have network issues, incompatible cards and wireless. Many hours being spent on a terminal window reconfiguring. That is not what end users want to do. And yes, linux plays one sound at a time, play more than one and it queues it up so you have a never ending stream of sounds going if you are doing a lot of things at once.

Might I add, Linux (specially ubuntu and archlinux) have better built-in graphic rendering systems (gnome, kde) which preserve memory and use it wisely, compared to windows (even worse in vista). Linux programmers know how to best use computer resources, Windows should learn something about this! Instead of asking for more requirements every new version.

Wrong again. Thats not linux, that is X. But even then X, KDE, Gnome, don't really render that well. You want to believe it does, you hypnotized yourself to believe it does, but the sad truth is it doesn't.

And if you can't admit I am right about this, you must really have your head filled with hype. I dare you! Download ubuntu (from the main site), burn the ISO (easy cd creator? power iso?) stick it in your machine, and go on... try it out, maybe on a second partition, or another hard drive... just for the sake of it... You will only use up a few minutes, and you will learn how Linux has progressed since the time you seem to have used it last.

You are not right about this as I have proven. And I have downloaded linux and tried it, how do you know I think it sucks so bad with so many issues? Duh!

Posted by: Loverock Davidson   Posted on: 10/10/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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