Re: Linux, over hyped by the Linux community, discuss.



kobold wrote:
Linux, buggy and unstable at the application layer, always in some half baked beta release even when it is declared stable, poor and often lacklustre hardware support, rarely supported and seldom back by big software developers and hardware manufactures, fine as a web server yet poor as a desktop OS, not quite as secure and immune to viruses and worms as many of the myths would have us believe, after all this time as a free OS still with a tiny market share even though many of the Linux community claim it to be far superior to the competition, the OS of choice for paranoid anti capitalist anti conformist geeks, the Linux community are often in complete denial with regards to the competition.

I have heard all these things said about the Linux OS and the people who use it. Is there any truth in these rumours?

Is anyone willing to discuss these allegations sensibly without just posting a load of abuse and completely one sided debate?

Why yes, i think that

*PLONK*
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  • Re: Linux, over hyped by the Linux community, discuss.
    ... lacklustre hardware support, rarely supported and seldom back by big ... poor as a desktop OS, not quite as secure and immune to viruses and worms ... OS still with a tiny market share even though many of the Linux community ... often in complete denial with regards to the competition. ...
    (alt.os.linux)
  • Re: Linux, over hyped by the Linux community, discuss.
    ... lacklustre hardware support, rarely supported and seldom back by big ... poor as a desktop OS, not quite as secure and immune to viruses and worms ... OS still with a tiny market share even though many of the Linux community ... often in complete denial with regards to the competition. ...
    (alt.os.linux)
  • Re: Linux, over hyped by the Linux community, discuss.
    ... lacklustre hardware support, rarely supported and seldom back by big ... software developers and hardware manufactures, fine as a web server yet ... poor as a desktop OS, not quite as secure and immune to viruses and worms ... OS still with a tiny market share even though many of the Linux community ...
    (alt.os.linux)
  • Re: Linux, over hyped by the Linux community, discuss.
    ... lacklustre hardware support, rarely supported and seldom back by big ... poor as a desktop OS, not quite as secure and immune to viruses and worms ... often in complete denial with regards to the competition. ... Is there any truth in these rumours? ...
    (alt.os.linux)
  • Re: Linux, over hyped by the Linux community, discuss.
    ... lacklustre hardware support, rarely supported and seldom back by big ... software developers and hardware manufactures, fine as a web server yet ... poor as a desktop OS, not quite as secure and immune to viruses and worms ... Since you indicated rumours, ...
    (alt.os.linux)