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- mahadiga, on 10/12/2008, -0/+1Open source = Competition
Closed source = Collusion - angrykeyboarder, on 10/12/2008, -0/+1In response to the specific article:
>1. Free Software makes your life simpler and more efficient
>"...For people who don’t give a ***** and just want to use computers, it means
>that their life is easier."
How so?
>"1.1 Free Software means centralized distribution
>Since free software can be freely distributed, ubunthu [sic] has repositories...."
So does every other major distro. Why are you singling out Ubuntu?
> You don’t need to go to every single homepage of each program, it’s available
> directly on the desktop, no hassle.
For Windows and Mac users there are sites like Donwload.com, tucows.com, macupdate.com annd *numerous* others. One site for all kinds of free programs (and shareware and trialware..)
>"1.4 Free software means install/uninstall works
>Because software is centralized and distributed in a coherent form, installing
> and uninstalling programs is a standardized process. You can install and
> uninstall programs all you want, because, again, it works like it’s supposed to.
> Uninstalling software in windows fails all the time, leaves a bunch of register >keys [sic], temporary files, folders, all kinds of weird untraceable trails. This
> does not happen in linux [sic].
Ever taken a gander at /tmp or gconf?
Oh yeah and I've had a number of broken packages that won't uninstall (or install for that matter - and yes - and in fact they came from an Ubuntu *stable* repository).
>3. Better organization
>A windows user is aaccustomed to the start menu and accessing programs using the
> “All programs” menu. You wouldn’t question such a thing because it’s been around
> for ages, but the start menu sucks. When you have a 3 page long “all programs”
> menu finding something is brutally confusing, you just don’t notice it because
> your acostumed [sic] .
Have you ever installed a bunch of GNOME and KDE apps in Ubuntu? The menus become a disaster.
I guess you've not used KDE eh?
And I guess you've never seen the Start Menu in Windows Vista. It's a vast improvement over previous versions of Windows (and certainly better than the GNOME menu.
> Gnome’s menu are uglier, in a sense, but the division in
> applications/places/system is brilliant. It ends ups even replacing the whole
> concept of “My Computer”. Once you start using it, you see the difference.
I beg your pardon, what about the "Computer" icon in GNOME's "places" menu? It also appears by default on many distro's GNOME (and to a lesser extent, KDE) desktops.
>No one uses anti-virus software in linux. Ever.
*****! Ever heard of ClamAV? Many Linux users still deal with files that came from Windows users. Some of them are infected with a Windows virus or Trojan and then shared with other Windows users. ClamAV detects many of these thereby preventing a Linux user from spreading them to other Windowson - angrykeyboarder, on 10/12/2008, -0/+1Not really... see below.
- frontporsche, on 10/11/2008, -0/+1why-use-Linux articles are usually lame, but this one was good.
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