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- carro9, on 11/02/2007, -3/+26You're telling me that I can watch pr0n on Ubuntu with no chance of spyware, viruses, or other crap? I'm totally sold on Ubuntu now!!
- Pheter, on 10/29/2007, -1/+14I'm a Windows user and with common sense and a good anti-virus/spyware software such as NOD32, Kaspersky or many of the free choices out there, spyware, viruses, Trojans, worms and other such crap is not an issue. I'm not saying it's a perfect OS, but for me viruses are not an issue while still browsing pr()n.
But hey, use whatever makes you happy. - bonesbrigade, on 11/02/2007, -0/+7Hmm, but a name like pornObuntu rolls off the tongue better! and F-Spot could be renamed to G-spot and Totem could be renamed to Scrotem!
On second thought, I am getting out of hand. I have become belligerent haven't I? - djlaunchpad, on 11/02/2007, -2/+9Windows fat & lazy. I hear you there for sure. I'm a MCDST & MCP in windows 2k & XP and I too can just clickity click, but Gutsy is a pretty fresh little OS. Good Article btw!! Once I get a little more familiar with Ubuntu myself, I'm going to start pitching it to my relatives who have 3d party hardware that I really dont want to support anymore.
- justinjstark, on 10/29/2007, -0/+6I think you touched something you shouldn't have.
- mrmacky, on 11/02/2007, -0/+5I really want to see what happens when Linux becomes mainstream, will it always be this virus-free? I think it'll be interesting to see how an open source OS (or any program) would do in an environment where it is mainstream.
- lukasmack, on 10/28/2007, -0/+4"He did not want to tell me that his computer was messed up again but I knew it after looking at his face."
Dugg - DeviateSeptum, on 10/29/2007, -1/+5I can see your point and I think your frustration is from people trying to preach to the converted. But a lot of people still don't get the open-source advantage so more evangelism is needed. But I agree there's a point of saturation that Digg might have passed.
- Travisx2, on 10/28/2007, -0/+4When did we start labeling porn on a PC as an infestation?
- Mysticum, on 10/28/2007, -0/+3I have used XP/SP2/AVG for years, and I've never had problems. I'm not a "fanboi" or anything, and I would love to switch to Linux if my games were available on that platform, but they're not, and XP works, so why would I switch? I know Microsoft are evil. My brother works for a large software distribution company here, and he tells me about the outrageous things Microsoft does on a corporate level. And yet, XP works for me, I only paid a one-time fee, and it runs all my games. Why should I switch again? I am just not seeing it. Sorry.
- bradleyland, on 11/02/2007, -0/+3The point is that by switching to Ubuntu you don't _need_ all that extra garbage on your PC. Anti-virus software slows down your PC. Every file you want to open must first be scanned and examined for malware. It sucks, and I don't miss it.
- glinsvad, on 10/29/2007, -0/+3sudo apt-get install ubuntu-calendar
- mckooiker, on 10/28/2007, -1/+4I'd like to hear some stories the other way around: people that switch from Linux to Windows, but those people are not easy to find ;)
- marklarznexyne, on 10/29/2007, -0/+2Something similar happened to me in edgy eft, I think it was in edgy eft anyway it doesn't matter, when using both apt and aptitude. I was switching from apt-* to aptitude. In the end aptitude crapped itself and thought it was a good idea to remove a bunch of packets I needed. Stayed with apt exclusively from then on and no problems like that.
So if you are using aptitude stick with aptitude, if you use apt-get use just that. - inksmithy, on 10/29/2007, -3/+5hmm....pornbuntu. Now THERE is an idea!
- PricklySponge, on 11/02/2007, -1/+3It is mind blowing
- inactive, on 11/02/2007, -0/+2Actually. they ARE east to find, its just they don't see the need to climb atop the nearest lamp post and shout the fact to the whole world!
- bruenig, on 11/02/2007, -0/+2No it is an inherent flaw with meta-packages as groups. You need a package management system that can handle package groupings in such a way that all the packages in the groups are registered as being explicitly installed. That way when you remove one, they don't all get removed as dependencies. Because apt doesn't have a package grouping mechanism built in, unlike other superior packaging frameworks like pacman, meta-packages are used in which a fake package is loaded down with dependencies that aren't really dependencies. They are registered as being dependencies though and removal is attempted when any aspect of the meta-package is removed because the database thinks that breaks everything else.
- brwright, on 11/02/2007, -4/+6Umm, I'm pretty sure if you formatted the HDD and installed Linux or Windows the porn and viruses would be gone. Also, the porn and virus problems are both self inflicted. Ridiculous fanboy article.
- Mysticum, on 10/28/2007, -0/+2Yes, ok, we get it, Linux rocks. We've known this for years, but until it becomes a viable GAMING platform, few home-users other than casual Internet surfers or super-nerd coders will touch it.
- gudnbluts, on 11/02/2007, -0/+2It's a lot more difficult to propagate a virus under Linux, as the user has to explicitly give it permission to execute. Any exe can run on a Windows system without the user (or another application) having to do anything more than launch it.
- baalzebub, on 10/28/2007, -1/+2any Linux distro would do that, just more SpamBuntu for diggers...
- inactive, on 11/02/2007, -1/+2You'll be waiting a long time for Linux on the desktop to become mainstream. Digg is not representative of the "main stream" crowd, no matter how much the zealots want you to believe so.
- Gerikes, on 10/28/2007, -0/+1Been using Linux on and off for about 8 years now. Ran Gentoo for awhile, finally went back to Debian. Tried out the newest Ubuntu, and could not even get to the installation screen, just a black screen. Luckily, I was persistant enough to go through the text-only screen. But, since it goes to graphical screen logins on new installation, I had the same black-screen problem. Worked it through a night, doing recovery console to fix up the xorg.conf file, finally got it working. Well, everything but my dual-screen setup.
Then I gave up when gnome kept crashing every time I clicked the "shut down" button, hard-rebooted into my year-old windows partition that I haven't had issues with through it's entire tenure, and continued getting my work done in an efficient manner. Others have other experiences, I've had mine, so I'm still sticking to Windows XP until I can find a stable Linux distro that doesn't make me edit config files in text mode. Ubuntu's a good start so far, but it ain't perfect. - inactive, on 10/28/2007, -0/+1Hey, I've got some stories... Pretty much every time I try to install Linux on my system and end up having issues with various drivers, and I get tired of wrestling with the OS to get my hardware recognized, and then I give up and go back to Windows out of frustration.
Really, I've got nothing against Linux, and I've got nothing against the whole philosophy behind it, I think it's great... It just never seems to work out for me. - inactive, on 11/02/2007, -1/+2That's basically my setup... Unfortunately, it wasn't too helpful when one of my sisters decided to install Limewire and now my computer's infected with some stupid adware/virus program that I have as of yet been completely unable to remove.
- inactive, on 11/02/2007, -1/+2Well linux users do. Their idea of porn are pics of Torvalds!
- MrSprout, on 10/28/2007, -1/+2Looking at it from on top of the fence, as good as Ubuntu is, it's just not "there" for me yet (anyone agree?). Still, the improvements in each release are promising.
- andycr512, on 11/02/2007, -0/+1A little of both. One, him, for letting his sister have admin rights, and two, Windows XP, for encouraging you (and in fact many programs wouldn't work otherwise) to use an administrator account for everything.
- Azimuth1, on 10/28/2007, -0/+1I like the drop shadows on the screenshots.
- sleeknerve, on 10/28/2007, -0/+1Wow...there is your stereotypical mac user right there "windowz has viruses! and spyware!!" I have been using windows XP since it came out and not once have gotten a Virus or a BSOD or spyware or anything, you have to be retarted to get stuff like that
- motters, on 10/28/2007, -0/+1I've also been recommending GNU/Linux to friends and relations. When they see some of the fancy desktop effects they say "why can't Windows do that?". The more popular versions of linux are now easy to install and use.
- inactive, on 10/28/2007, -0/+1The BIG improvement would be getting major software houses to support the platform, but thats simply not going to happen any time soon.
In the same way that OSX gets lackluster support because software houses don't have the spare cash lying about to service and support a niche OS like OSX, they think exactly the same about linux, and are even less likely to support its even lower market share! There is currently no money in linux! - 2shae, on 11/02/2007, -2/+3Yeah we all get it now...Ubuntu is the greatest OS is the world.
Why does there have to be an "Ubuntu is great" article on the Digg frontpage every single day? - bonesbrigade, on 10/28/2007, -0/+1I am a super nerd coder that games... wheres MY niche OS? I guess XP?
- inactive, on 10/29/2007, -0/+1So who's at fault? The OS, or you for allowing your sisters to have admin rights to your pc?
- devinx, on 10/29/2007, -0/+1Stupid flash games work on Linux just as well as XP, and in my experience those are what most people play. Any real gamer worth their salt would have a couple consoles to play the big titles on.
- bonesbrigade, on 10/29/2007, -0/+1Oh, so you're telling me I can play HL2:DM, UT:2004, Counterstrike: Source, Team Fortress 2 (with servers of 16-32 people), Swat 4, Command and Conquer 3. and Civ 4 on a console AND with mods and custom maps AND with a mouse and keyboard (and a mouse with overclocked USB port to boot!).
ANY gamer worth his salt would know that a statement like the one you just made is fraudulent and ridiculous. I award you no points and may god have mercy on your soul. - andycr512, on 11/02/2007, -0/+1Yeah, and they would just come back. Note that this isn't the first time he's had to clean up after him.
- fusama, on 11/02/2007, -2/+2Which in Ubuntu would be anything requiring a terminal.
- devinx, on 10/28/2007, -0/+0You're complaining because you switched to a completely different platform and you don't know how to do stuff on it yet? Not knowing how to play a movie is not the fault of drivers and it looks like you're just parroting what everyone else says when you say that.
- devinx, on 10/28/2007, -0/+0Which is why most people get those.
- marklarznexyne, on 10/29/2007, -1/+1Something similar happened to me in edgy eft when using both apt and aptitude. I was switching from apt-* to aptitude. In the end aptitude crapped itself and thought it was a good idea to remove a bunch of packets I needed. Stayed with apt exclusively from then on and I have had no problems like that.
So if you are using aptitude stick with aptitude, if you use apt-get use just that. - inactive, on 11/02/2007, -3/+3Windows xp sp2, firefox, and avg free. No spyware or viruses. Have that basic setup on all my family members computers and no issues in ages.
- HyperionHK, on 10/29/2007, -0/+0No, what I am saying is that making the switch to Ubuntu is not nearly as easy as most of these articles that are popping up make it sound. Most of these kinds of articles make it sound like Ubuntu "just works" with everything. But it's not that simple at all. I had to try about 4 different video players before one installed the proper things to play DVDs. Even then I still run into a whole host of wonky playback issues that never cropped up in Windows. Drivers are still another issue that is completely unrelated to the DVD playback issue. Of course there is a learning curve for learning a new OS and how it works, but I'm just saying that for the average person to make the switch to Linux, it's no where near user-friendly enough for anyone but tech savvy people to work with right now.
- logtar, on 10/29/2007, -0/+0The article says nothing about Pr0n at all, and half of the people commenting here did not even read it. LOL
- logtar, on 10/31/2007, -0/+0Why does everything have to be polarized. I did not demonize Windowns at all, I just pointed out how easy it was to get a computer working for minimal tasks. DVD playback is a pain even in Windows, you almost always have to install a package to reproduce and as security increases to prevent pirating so do codecs, etc... you still have to download stuff with windows or pay for a software that does it for you.. or worse crack a software that you are supposed to pay for.
Windows is great, as I am sure OSX will be... Ubuntu is free and becoming a real alternative for some users, if it is not for you yet, DON'T use it... nobody is preaching here, or being a fanboy... I did not repeat the hype, I tried it and talked about it. - HyperionHK, on 10/28/2007, -1/+0As someone who has recently switched from Windows Vista to Ubuntu, it's not nearly as easy as articles like this make it seem to be. Sure, the actual install was great and easy, I was able to browse the web and chat on MSN with Pidgin from the Live CD while it does it's thing. Unfortunately once I actually started doing real stuff I keep running into problem after problem. My mouse can't easily disable the touchpad on my laptop when I plug it in like in Windows. I can't get my games to run, tried wine and cedega and still can't. I had to edit the xorg file to get my proper resolution on my screen. My sound occassionally cuts out until I reboot. Trying to get DVDs to play was a pain in the ass until someone finally pointed me to VLC.
Ubuntu is a great OS, and there are lots of things I like about it. I'm gonna stick with it since I feel it will be worthwhile in the end for me to get more Linux experience as I am a compsci major. But it's still a long way off from being as easy to use and convenient as Windows. Even Vista has been pretty great IMO. It's done everything I've needed it to do in the last few months with far far fewer problems than Linux has given me so far.
Hopefully as Linux continues to improve, and driver support improves, it can really become a replacement to Windows, but IMO it's not there yet. - MrTea, on 10/28/2007, -2/+1bruenig: I didn't rtfm or do any research and this is what happend: http://pastebin.ca/653424 BAAAAAWWWWWW
fix'd - izzybr, on 10/28/2007, -8/+6I use Linux and I like what Canonical has done with Ubuntu and for the Linux community, but these stories every damn day about Linux vs. windows or '10 ways Ubuntu is better than something' are getting a litttttle ridiculous
And seriously, there isn't going to be a large migration away from windows until there is solid game support and driver support (almost there) for Linux from day one of the releases. There, I've said it. Can we get on with everything now?? -
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