The Unreasonable Stance: All About Linux 2008 edition: Linux sucks
- March 27th, 2008
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Welcome to the Unreasonable Stance, where our own Devin Coldewey takes the minority opinion on a tech matter and defends it with convenient data, spun numbers, fanboyism, and insults until he proves, without a doubt, that those that disagree with him are filthy mouth-breathers.
Why are we having a whole week dedicated to this runty OS? You’d think this ridiculous open-source movement was supposed to be the future of computing. Well, it’s time someone took a stand and let the world know what everyone is afraid of saying: Linux sucks. It sucks bad.
I can’t think of a single reason to prefer this motley conglomeration of oddly-named, half-functional applications over an established, warrantee-backed, proven and solid operating system like Windows XP, or Vista.
Let’s be fair, though, and check out the reasons people like these various Linuxes. Surely one of the big draws has to be how free they and their software are. Great! Of course, you can pick up XP for a song these days, or why not Windows 98SE or ME? They work just fine and I see ‘em in bargain bins all the time. Money saved by switching to Linux: $2.99! And the software? True, Photoshop costs hundreds of dollars. But you’re almost certainly going to be getting that cost covered by work, because you don’t really need Photoshop for day-to-day stuff. That’s what Paint is for. And even if you do need to use it at home, you’re probably rich enough to afford it.
Oh, but the wealth of programs available for Linux-based systems! So they say, but how many of them are MIDI composers with command-line interfaces? That wipes out about 40% of the apps available right there, and what about text editors — they make up a solid third of the library right there. The list of everyday, usable applications is no longer than Windows’, and even then there’s the issue of installing them. Nobody wants to spend all their time compiling things or work out exactly which libraries and repositories they need to have access to. Are you crazy? Here’s how it works: go to download.com, type in “cd burner program,” and get whatever’s got the editor’s choice award because those guys know their stuff. Or, failing that, I’ve heard there’s a bay somewhere that has lots of software just floating around.
The whole open source thing bugs me, too. These people are hocking their shady programs, probably built up lego-style from stolen Windows code, and hoping someone will download it and show it to Google or Facebook developers so they can get a job. And if not, there’s always that “donate” button. How can people be so greedy?
Linux sucks for games. What have you got available to Linux systems? Oh, Tux Racer. And don’t forget about America’s Army! Of course, there’s that program Wine, but first there’s the whole hassle of getting it configured right, and then you have to ask yourself, “Did I spend $300 on a new Radeon so I could emulate the latest games?” The answer, my friend, is no. And that’s okay.
So configurable! All those options, right out there in the open. All you have to do is “sudo rub-tummy-pat-head ramalamadingdong -j -5 -343 +$^^ (gno)” and you’re set. The console is straightforward and powerful. Don’t you just love it when this is the interface for your OS:
I hear a lot of servers are switching over to Linux, whatever that means. Whatever helps you sleep at night, guys. I personally would sleep better knowing an enormous corporation is standing behind each one of my boxes like a guardian angel, ready to help me out with well-trained staff in call centers throughout India. As for requests per second and all that technical stuff, I’m going to make an educated guess that that’s mainly to do with the hardware and what’s running on it just changes the error message when it fails.
I wouldn’t recommend Linux to my worst enemy. And as you can imagine I don’t like that guy very much. It’s a jumbled mess of heterogeneous, larval-stage software and overspecialized toys for coders, and there’s less fun to be had on it than OS X. Why do people use it? For the same reason people grow mustaches: chicks dig it.
Thank you Devin for your article.
This is how unreasonable your stance is:
http://www.hdgreetings.com/ForYou.aspx?id=17wuhzqr 5p2l49947
You are so misinformed my son … I feel bad for you …
Go see the world and talk to people. You may learn something …
Sorry, link with space removed:
http://www.hdgreetings.com/ForYou.aspx?id=17wuhzqr5p2l49947
Hehe, this for is pre-April-fools right?
You really offer no compelling argument.
I am not a coder, not a geek, just a user. Microsft does not stand behind their software, so dont think you would be better off with it.
An Windows is free too. You tell me one person that has purchased a retail copy of any MS product….. like MS office.
And Who the heck buys photoshop??
The Windows world breeds piracy.
At least with opensource, you LEGALLY get to have the software for no cost.
My friend, it is you that sucks.
Free crapy software is not better. Don’t you compare Gimp with Photoshop.
I actually Like Gimp much more thatn photoshop!
I cannot use photoshop…. it kind of sucks for me.
Just as if a photoshop guy tried gimp.
Really GIMP is BETTER than Photoshop for ME!
The gimp is a piece of crap, terrible interface, terrible controls. Photoshop is better in everyway possible, because you know it was made by people who weren’t a bunch of 60’s throwbacks.
I thought this was the “Unreasonable” stance? I don’t see anything unreasonable here….
Wow, that was the most ridiculous article I’ve read in a LONG time. It was kind of funny actually. The author was making such a fool of himself.
Poor Devin . . . Biggs is gonna beat you up next time he sees YOU on the playground!
Also, nicely done. I do so enjoy TUS for the wealth of learned comments left behind.
Ugg… I want my time back from reading this tripe. If it was done in the vain of satire, then I must honestly say it was executed quite poorly. If it was serious, well then all I can say is I really hope this isn’t your day job.
What an angry article. If you don’t like Linux, don’t use it. I prefer Linux to MS, yet I see no reason to bash (no pun intended) MS or MS users.
After
“established, warrantee-backed, proven and solid operating system like Windows XP, or Vista.”
I stopped riding.
well, get the horse back in the barn, manuel. she’s all sweated up!
Maybe American satire is dead.
“But you’re almost certainly going to be getting that cost covered by work, because you don’t really need Photoshop for day-to-day stuff. That’s what Paint is for.”
No, Paint is not for ANYTHING except the garbage can, numb head.
Oh, and this one:
“So configurable! All those options, right out there in the open. All you have to do is “sudo rub-tummy-pat-head ramalamadingdong -j -5 -343 +$^^ (gno)” and you’re set.”
To someone that’s new with Windows, “C:\Program Files” can be just as confusing as “sudo apt-get install mplayer”. You have to LEARN the operating system. How much time did you spend giving Linux a shot? “Well, I spent two seconds and haven’t learned about using it, so it sucks!”
And new MS Windows Server 2008 is based on MICROSOFT POWERSHELL.
Congratulations, dude!
One final comment:
“I personally would sleep better knowing an enormous corporation is standing behind each one of my boxes like a guardian angel, ready to help me out with well-trained staff in call centers throughout India.”
GUARDIAN ANGEL? Microsoft? Why don’t you ask your GUARDIAN ANGEL why don’t they write an operating system that uses memory efficiently and doesn’t crash every minute-and-a-half unless you have 5x the memory needed for Linux in order to make room for the bloat of Windows?
I just… I mean… OMG. Really.
I use windows, ubuntu linux and mac os x.
Ubuntu is by far my favorite and has come a long way to ensure it is user friendly compared with other distributions!
Onto Microsoft, there are only about two microsoft products on the market which do not have a suitable alternative (free or otherwise), as for internet explorer that breaks most of the web standards along with the fact Microsoft only just started development up on IE after a 6 year break!
Admittely there is some open source software out there which is a cheap imitation of proprietry software, however there are a lot of decent apps open source apps out there including eclipse which has the backing of some big companies such as IBM and Adobe!
Open source software isn’t created by some second rate programmer but includes some of the big computing companies in the world!
I know it’s flame-bait, but I’m just a sucker for a good troll, especially when it’s concerning a topic so near and dear to my heart and keyboard. That’s right, I’m a hardcore Linux User, born and bred. For almost a decade now, I’ve been using some form of Linux on a multitude of computer systems from cellphones, PDA’s, dekstops, servers, appliances, etc.
I’ll be the first to admit that the various distros of Linux all have their drawbacks and advantages. I will also proudly state that even the worst Linux distro is better than the best offering of any Commercial Desktop platform.
Nuff said.
You need to do one of two things…..
1. Come out from under that rock that your hiding under and get educated about the real world.
or
2. Go back under that rock and stay there.
first: …lego-style… - i’ll thank you to DRINK!
second: …my worst enemy. And as you can imagine I don’t like that guy very much…. - go ahead, tell ‘em it’s me, you practically said it anyway
third: …sudo rub-tummy-pat-head ramalamadingdong -j -5 -343 +$^^ (gno)… - roflmao, nice.
firstfunniest thing i’ve read all day…This article is absolutely ridiculous. Devin Coldewey is totally out of his minds. How much did you drink last night at the party Devin Coldewey? Go get life and learn something more about FOSS. You seem to be an absolute Jack Ass. Go to hell if you are not sure of facts before you write such stupid articles you Moron.
He says “warrantee-backed, proven and solid operating system like Windows XP, or Vista.” I am sure this Jack ass is drunk.
http://www.hdgreetings.com/ForYou.aspx?id=17wuhzqr5p2l49947 that link from above fixed
hehe, loved it