thinkthick.blogspot.com — Linux fans (myself included) love to argue to Windows users how much better the Linuxes are than Microsoft Windows. Now don't get me wrong, I am not posting this to disprove that Linuxes, BDS's, or any of the *nixes are better than Windows, they really are. However (and there's always a however) we tend to be very selective on what we tell you
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whataboutdaveJul 9, 2007
Linux exposes the full potential of computers and reminds people that their machines are scary and complicated.What can I say? I like horror movies.
darwin81Jul 9, 2007
Well most of the dock apps are still in alpha and beta. Once they are somewhat stable it'll be as easyd sudo apt-get install kiba-dock. For kiba-dock try Trevino's eyecandy repo (Google it).
darwin81Jul 10, 2007
I had to read your comment 4 times before I understood it.
jonforthewinJul 10, 2007
If you need to build it from source and that's trouble for you that means you are NOT a developer you should not be using it in the first place.
zabouthJul 10, 2007
bulls**t building for source is not some leet skill its not that hard to do and linux noobs should not be scared to try it. I was compiling for source before i new what it all meant i just new you did ./configure make make install.
hobophobeJul 12, 2007
Here's my retort. Feel free to debate these with me.1. The default drivers would be good enough for everyone if the graphics and other hardware makers would release decent drivers or decent specifications for their products.2. It's your hard drive. It's up to you how you want to utilize the space on it. Any modern installation should make sane and thorough suggestions, but ultimately it's your responsibility to know what you want your partitions to be. There are plenty of people on mailing lists, on forums, on wikis, on IRC, and so on that are willing to help if you don't understand or aren't sure what your best choice is.3. For most uses you do not need the command line. For the cases where you do need it there are man pages, there are --help flags, and the aforementioned help resources. For advanced use or some undocumented features the command line is great, but in a ton of cases you can also use a configuration file to achieve the same ends with less intimidation.4. The compositing/accelerated GUI technologies are not yet fully matured. Give it some time and it will be.5. See #1.6. Chances are better than not that if you're aware of a piece of software existing someone else that uses your distro has successfully installed it. Check the project's documentation and your distro's resources (wikis, forums, mailing lists) for details.7. This is often by design. Apple would stand to profit from iTunes on linux and yet they ignore it completely. Game makers can make solid linux games but balk generally because they don't think the market is large enough. That said, technologies like wine are getting better and better about closing the gap. See also wine-doors for a GUI for wine.8. There are defaults for a reason. The saying goes, 'if it ain't broke don't fix it.' Unless you have a need or a desire to change from the default let it stay default. If you have the need or want then you have the motivation to find out the best alternative for you. There are plenty of people who will chime in about their favorite 'x' (where x is any setting, hardware, or software) for linux.9. Depending on your networking situation you would want a firewall if you were connecting a ham sandwich to the internet. There are GUI-configurations for firewalls for linux.10. linux does NOT assume you are intelligent. That's why you HAVE to raise your privileges to do things that have the potential to disrupt your system. You can delete every stitch of your home directory and still boot up fine (albeit a bit grumpy). If you need to run a program or edit a file as the superuser there is a reason for that and you should consider that when making any and all changes.