Re: PROOF: Windows makes you stupid

From: P.T. Breuer (ptb_at_oboe.it.uc3m.es)
Date: 02/04/04 

Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2004 09:10:19 GMT

In comp.os.linux.misc Kadaitcha Man <nospam@rainx.cjb.net> wrote:
> Whilst the kernel is stable, the GUI is more unstable than any version

What gui? You use the gui you want touse. Mine is perfectly stable, and
has been for ten years.

> of windows I've ever seen... and I'm not joking. The only difference is,

You are joking, because you are wrong.

> everything fucking locks instead of GPF'ing.

No, it doesn't lock. If you get a lock out of X windows, you have a
hardware problem - driver, or badly configured driver.

> Duplicate workgroups showing up in the network.

??? What's a "workgroup"? Is that some windows thing?

> Mozilla choking on .swf files.

What's a "swf"? A swapfile? I have a couple, but only in cache ...
looks binary. Must be some windows thing.

> Mozilla choking on its self.

Mozilla is perfectly stable, and anyway, who cares? A browser is only a
browser! I use it about once a week!

> No real, half-decent disk imaging solution unless I pay big cash.

Eh? What's wrong with "cp"? Are you unaware that you don't need
windows silly stuff to copy disks?

> No support for video in unless I figure out why the hell certain .h and

What's video "in"? You mean pass a tv signal in through your graphics
card? I thought one needed a video capture card for that. No wonder
you have video hardware problems!

> .o files are missing.

They're "missing" because you didn't put them there! You are trying to
compile something and you're incompetent at it. Stop. Desist. Accept
personal responsability for your incompetence, and talk to the author if
you want to join with him in compiling his work!

> No support for my RAID gear unless I work out how to compile the kernel,

Your "RAID gear" is a software raid with a proprietary driver only
available in a kernel pre-compiled by the manufacturer. Throw it out.
It doesn't need "support" since it doesn't do anything!

> or compile modules for it.

No - it's not something you need to "learn", any more than you need to
"learn" to open doors. And compiling the kernel is the most natural
act.

> Software that simply does not work properly... Ximian Evolution being an
> outstanding example.

Never heard of it. What is it?

> I installed a web based backup server,

Eh? Why? Don't be silly! That's daft, flimsy and nuts. Use tar. There's
no trick, nothing to learm. It's normal. Don't do weird things.

> but always get a mesaage saying
> that the connection to localhost was refused, no matter if I'm root or

Of course.

> not. And I have no local firewall because I sit behind a NAT.

So? Are you too dense to realise that the server is not running or is
not enabled or connections from yoru own machine are not enabled to it?
Where's the difficulty? Mental?

> Numerous instances of not being able to start the KDE text editor
> becuase it apparently cannot be found.

See! If it cannot be found, then it is not there.

> Numerous instances of applications failing to start and giving me a
> watch icon.

I don't have a watch. What's wrong with that, anyway! They SHOULD give
you a watch icon when they fail to start! The idea is that you go and
look and see what they are complaining about. You, I imagine.

Remaining stupidity snipped - for my health.

Peter