How the regular Windows user sees Linux

This post contains excessive swearing, along with frequent use of juvenile emoticons in an attempt to convey its poor argument. Aside from being inappropriate for a general audience, it has nothing useful to add. It is a flame, and can only provoke more flaming. Proper moderation is needed.

I count only a couple of curse words in the text of the article (nothing I thought was enough to decline it), all the rest are from the comments underneath it. I cannot control what people say about an article on other websites.

A few is still some that are there. How many above the age of 18, who have completed above secondary school education would write something like this? The point remains that this is a useless rant typical of a 13 year old. Can this be deleted?

Yes, it can. But I other than the fact that you do not like any cursing what-so-ever, I see no reason to remove it. I will need something other than you not liking it, for me to consider it.

Well, I got seasick looking at the site. It's juvenile garbage...not "news" under any sense, not a thoughtful, incisive article, really nothing more than a website meant to incite a flamewar. I don't find it offensive, just stupid...and I personally don't think it's something LXer needs to be associated with. Scott, I'll not blame you for keeping it up...but I wouldn't cry to see it taken down. I think calling it a "rant typical of a 13 year old" is quite kind and far too forgiving.

Just my O, yo.

I'd have to say I agree, this has no merit, it's just an offensive Weenie-Dos fanboy rant. That's three strikes. What puts it over the top is he expects someone to admit "winxp is good". No one I know would say that, not even people who have never seen an alternative OS. Not even our .net developers who think they're doing "web" development.

I vote to yank it.

> it's just an offensive Weenie-Dos fanboy rant.

Well, that's sort of the point, isn't it. It's an opposing viewpoint. Yeah, it's a very poorly written, obnoxious opposing viewpoint, but...

Linux/FOSS gets better by improving on the things it doesn't do well. You find out what it doesn't do well by listening to your critics. The fact that he's not a very good one is somewhat beside the point.

The art work is great!

@jdixon: I didn't say delete the article lightly. The fact that I could find no merit in the rant is what put it over the top. Can you point to any specific points in the article that qualify as criticism that merits listening to? To be honest I couldn't find any, but I'll admit that I didn't read all of it.

Is it on par with "L1NUX 15 T3H 5UX0R5"?

gus3,

Its not quite that clever

> Can you point to any specific points in the article that qualify as criticism that merits listening to?

No. But the fact that neither you nor I can doesn't mean no one will.

questioner, The web site title should have been enough to keep you from clicking. Deviant Art is a send-up, except for the art part. It is where script-kiddies go when they grow old. But the art is great, really great. The article, not so much.

I agree, but I am using an RSS feed. I don't get the link location. I still think that this shouldn't be linked to, it validates the article.

Not bad if you consider as humor, but the title of the piece should be

How a Microsoft brain washed Windows user sees Linux or How a totally brain dead Windows user sees Linux

Damn....I was going to say that....sort of .

Please, let's not insult normal windows users by claiming they are obnoxious kids.

I imagine most "regular" Windows users have no idea that anything else besides Mac OS exists.

Lots of fiber in the diet and Linux users can be regular also.

I spoke to someone today who had no idea what Mac OSX was. She was only vaguely aware of Macs. When I mentioned the company that made iPods the fog lifted slightly!

Most "regular" Windows users, in my experience, are only too pleased to discover that there is something besides Windows (other Mac, which they regard as too expensive).

It might help to point out that Linux is the adopted bastard step-cousin of the Unix tradition, from which Mac OSX now derives.

"If it's good enough for Steve Jobs, it's good enough for you."

*shudder*