how good linux is

From: B (bl_at_h.net)
Date: 04/26/05 

Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 23:14:19 +0200

Do you know why linux is definitely not the best OS?
Check this www.spatula.net/proc/linux/index.src

Out of curiosity, I have installed two linux distributions, in the past :
red-hat and mandrake. I spent some time discovering what that linux hype was
all about, what the GUI was like, what "cool" options KDE (or any other
desktop manager) had to offer, the general look-and-feel of those so-called
better alternatives to windows.

Well, getting past the thrills of installation, my experience went down to
disappointment and frustration. Things so trivial as changing the screen
resolution seemed deeply obscure, and the help system downright cryptic.
Plus I got a strange feeling that beyond those windows-like
bells-and-whistles, the linux OS uncovers its real nature and betrays its
unixish origins : an unfriendly piece of software with obscure rules and a
complex architecture, with little or no general consistency (like a
patchwork). Linux is aimed at the geek, the "leet"-wannabe, all those people
who are so childishly narrow-minded and intolerant that they can't stand the
name of microsoft, and they can't admit windows is doing a great job as a
family desktop OS.

So I switched back to windows. Everything is so smooth, under windows. No
need to be a technical expert or an IT engineer to get the system work the
way you want.

Unlike *nix fanatics, I don't mean to boast about any sort of
computer-related knowledge. Let it only be said that I'd not define myself
as a lambda user. I know DOS 6.22, batch coding, and I know my way into the
registry. I've also installed FreeBSD on another hard-drive, so as to get a
taste of what was aside from the microsoft world.

Well from all that experience, I can tell you I love Windows.

Recently I was in need of a good word processor, for professional use. I
decided to make my own review of what was available, and downloaded the
following products:
602PCsuite, abi-word, easy-office, and, inevitably, open-office.

I found them to suffer from either a crippled interface, a plague of bugs
(especially abi-word), or an unprofessional look (some apps are apparently
configured for use in a 1024*768 screen resolution...). Plus I noticed some
of them don't uninstall properly (602 PC suite leaves unwanted
file-associations in the registry).

So I bought MS-Word. Yes, that's right, unlike most of those who trash
windows, I took the trouble of *buying* Word. None of my MS software is a
pirated copy. If you guys hate microsoft so much then ditch windows, office,
IE, etc... and go away! It's not as if anybody wanted to force you to use
something against your will.

As to security, I don't understand all that fuss around MS products. As an
avid web-user, I (think that I) have taken the appropriate steps to ensure
my system is secured enough, and I have never had any sort of trouble in
years. Have all those people kvetching about windows security really taken
the trouble of reviewing the tools and options available before laying the
blame on microsoft? A restrictive configuration of the internet zone in IE
(disable anything that is not marked as "safe", set other options to
"prompt"), the association of Outlook with the restricted-sites zone, the
acquisition of a firewall, an antivirus and an antispyware sound good to me.
Keep your system up-to-date, and, since the SMT protocol allows anybody to
impersonate an innocent e-mail user, never trust e-mail attachments, even if
they appear to come from a friend of yours.

The bottom line : that hate campaign against microsoft makes me sick.
Keep thinking you are intellectually superior and that "windoze lusers" are
pathetic wimps that need to get a life, it makes your "culture" sound
immature and unwelcoming.
As to me, I will definitely not waste a cent on any linux/unix/sun related
software... and you know money is the name of the game.

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