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Please stay away from GNU/Linux. Don't say I haven't warned you!

Linux is gaining momentum and people are starting to switch over to this computer operating system. I have been using GNU/Linux for years and would like to warn you about it. My consciousness wouldn't allow me not to speak out about the OS. Linux is a free operating system that anyone can download and use.

Imagine, you don't have to pay a penny to get Linux to run on your computer. I know what you are thinking, is this another of those recession inventions? It will trick you into using it for a while for free and then pop up a window and ask for your credit card... But no. Linux is not like the other operating systems you normally use. It is much more evil. Not only it is for free, but it is also completely legal to download and distribute to as many people as you want. Now, when was the last time you downloaded something legally? I know, it is impossible to even think about it. Every time a security update pops up, you can actually download it without the fear that your illegal version of a program will stop functioning afterwards. Where the hell is the fun in that?!?

Do you remember the thrill of looking for cracks all over the internet, and many of them often came in a combo with a nice virus that gave you something to do for the next few days? How dare Linux take that away from people? Most of the stuff with Linux works right out of the box. The popular distributions out there are very easy to install and you are ready to surf the web, edit pictures, burn cd/dvds and many other features right away. It will take time till you get used to not dishing out your hard earn cash for a simple upgrade or mediocre application. Your free word processor will not expire after 3 months of use and after saving your files in a format that nothing else can open. I miss entering the numbers of my credit card into the system every other day. I know them by heart and it pains me that I am unable to utilize this knowledge. All of this because of Linux. It has thousands of free quality applications that range from great games to audio/video editing and other professional software. This just makes you feel cheated. However, Linux has been listening to us and trying to fix this problem. With the application called Wine you can still use your expensive Windows software. Once you install it, you will be able to play all your favorite games and run other applications that you paid for so gladly in the past. But that is about the only thing that is fun about Linux. Everything else is so boring, legal and free. Hopefully one day I can get over it. I still haven't figured out what to do with the extra money I saved...

The worst thing of all is that I have lost most of my friends, namely Mike, Chris and Rob from the software store. They used to call me twice a week, ask how I was and tell me about the new software they just got. I shouldn't say that, but they would also offer me discounts if I bought several at the time. However, when they called last time, I told them that I got GNU/Linux. They were outraged. I haven't heard from them since. Linux destroys the most precious of friendships you build throughout the years. I miss you my best friends. Please, call me back sometimes.

GNU/Linux is also very customizable. That means you can change it any way you want. You are not locked in to proprietary software. It is about having freedom and no one company is dictating the rules to you. Install whatever you want, how you want and change things the way you want. No rules and no restrictions. I don't think I can handle so much freedom. I never had to make decisions for myself before.

Linux also looks really cool. If you though Mac's were great than you will be amazed at Linux. Just install Compiz Fusion and you will be able to have amazing eyecandy. This application will give you a 3D cube, wobbly windows, expo, widget layer, 3D windows, shift switcher and many other cool effects that will make your Windows and Mac OS friends jealous. You can install any themes and icon sets you want. The only limit is your creativity. The good thing about this is that you can make Linux look like Windows and Mac OS so your friends still think you are cool as them.

Please stay away from GNU/Linux because it is a computer revolution. It is slowly changing the computer industry in major ways. Even Google is creating their own operating system that will be based on the Linux kernel. What are they thinking? Linux for the masses? Oh no! How are we going to get used to not paying hundreds of dollars for an OS. We would have to change our way of thinking and I don't think majority people are ready for that. We cannot allow this to happen. I have been using GNU/Linux for years and I still can't get used to such a great operating system. I am happy with it and the great software that I am using.

Please take my warning seriously! GNU/Linux is awefull and I hope you stay away from it. It is better to pay high prices for an OS that you do not like and the company will dicatate to you what you can or cannor do with it, what software you can install and treat you like a criminal. If you do not take my warning seriously and will install GNU/Linux I hope that you are ready for what is to follow. Don't say I haven't warned you. Think hard about switching to GNU/Linux.

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Comments (15)

techiem2 ·
Stated many of the issues in a humorous way. It got 12 comments before someone posted a FUD one (which is a pretty funny one)!

Quoting: Anyway, it has a long way to go, and it does not seem to be actually moving forward at all.


hahahaha. (you'll have to read it yourself for the rest of the comment)
qcimushroom ·
At least one comment is on the money
Quoting:Everything true, except the title :)
Jimmyfj ·
Reading your great article I must admit that more than one of the many FUD statements came to mind. Funny how MS fanboys always seem to want to pick the fight rather than the dialog. Then again: Maybe that's what comes with being brain-washed by "The Firm".

Unenlightened, greedy, "me-and-ONLY-me" ignorants in the MS camp doesn't know any better I suppose.

Having been a satisfied Linux-user for almost three years know I can assure you that GNU/Linux IS NOT ready for the every-day-Joe. Every-day-Joe doesn't KNOW GNU/Linux. I can say that having wasted 15 years of fighting with DOS/Windows. My only regret in that sense is that I didn't try out GNU/Linux much sooner than I did. Then again: I should have stayed away from Linux. But it's too late now. Being addicted to stability, usability and rock-solid applications. I admit: My brains have been damaged by all the nice and wonderful stuff I found in Ubuntu Linux.
softwarejanitor ·
@Jimmyfj Windows isn't ready for the "every-day-joe" either. FWIW, I've tried relatively computer illiterate people on Linux who didn't have much exposure to Windows either, and they did about as well learning Linux as people who are new to Windows. Windows is different, but in my opinion not really easier overall. Certain things may be easier, but others are actually harder. And certainly Linux of today is much easier than Windows was just a few versions ago. How did the Windows users of those days ever get by?
gus3 ·
@Jimmyfj:

Ken Starks (aka "helios") would disagree with you. And he has the direct experience to back up his statements.
softwarejanitor ·
@gus3 It isn't just Ken. A lot of us who have "turned on" people to Linux have had similar experiences. People who aren't already used to dealing with Windows's quirks usually find learning Linux first not to be a problem. And often people who learn another OS first tend to find Windows to be confusing and not very easy to use.
bigg ·
My mother would disagree with the statement that Windows is easy for anyone to use. Handling computer security is just too difficult for her. Linux is a piece of cake - any bonehead can select apps from the menu. And as for installing software, give her the name and she can install it with Synaptic.

The problem is that most Windows users are like my brother. They pay lots of money to 'fix' their problems after they can no longer be ignored. My mother is smart enough to realize that she should not use an OS that is insecure if she has trouble with even the simple antivirus software tasks.
jdixon ·
Folks, I believe Jimmyfj is being sarcastic.
techiem2 ·
Quoting:How did the Windows users of those days ever get by?


A friend and I were actually talking about that a bit recently Back when I was really getting into computers (i.e. when I actually got my first on in '93) I pretty much HAD to learn how things worked. This of course was Dos/Win31. You had to learn how to install windows programs. You had to learn how to install and use dos programs. You had to learn how to use dos without windows for some programs (especially games at that time). You had to monitor your disk space carefully. You had to learn to load sound drivers, cd drivers, etc. from the system files before starting Windows. etc., etc.

At that time reinstalling windows was just a normal part of life when you managed to screw it up badly enough. Working in Dos was the norm.

Getting internet working? That was a job in itself.

Now? It seems most people don't want to even learn to plug in an ethernet cord themselves..... Are people just lazier now? Less motivated? Was I an unusual case for the time? Maybe some of you um...more experienced...members can enlighten me.

softwarejanitor ·
@jdixon Isn't that what Mr Hess said?

@techiem2 How quickly Windows users forget what millions of Windows users had to put up with prior to XP. Windows 3.1 to ME all had most if not all the issues your friend mentioned.
jdixon ·
> Isn't that what Mr Hess said?

I believe so, yes. He also said Matt Hartley "sounds like a cool guy", so I take what he says with a grain of salt.
jezuch ·
Quoting:You had to learn how to install windows programs.


I remember the time I learned about the new big thing: uninstallers!

Quoting:You had to learn to load sound drivers, cd drivers, etc. from the system files before starting Windows.


config.sys an autoexec.bat - still got the blues...
techiem2 ·
@softwarejanitor actually those were issues I was mentioning. hehe.

So apparently I wasn't just an oddball case since I'm a geek. :P

Oooh yeah uninstallers! Those were hot stuff. They'd scan your system and try to find all the .ini and .dll files and such the program scattered around your system. The really nice ones would monitor installs as well so they could (supposedly) uninstall more reliably.

And nothing like spending hours tweaking your autoexec.bat and config.sys to get it just right so you could actually play that DOS game that needed the CD driver and sound driver loaded....
softwarejanitor ·
@techiem2 I remember people I worked with back then spending hours with "high memory" loaders and other wacky utilities to try to get network and CD-ROM drivers loaded and still have enough memory left to try to run applications like the Windows version of AutoCAD. It was a real mess. But nobody back then said that Windows wasn't ready for the average user except Mac users... And I remember thinking at the time that Linux distros of those days, crude as some of them were compared to what we have now, weren't really any more difficult than MS-DOS and Windows.
theboomboomcars ·
Ahh, yes, trying to get the proper drivers loaded and still have enough memory left to run the game. It was really annoying when the game required more than 600K. Nothing like have 16MB of ram and running out of memory because you only had 590K High? memory available.

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