Comments on: Linux keeps dying

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:02:28 +0000

The funny part of this whole thing is that almost nobody has pointed out the obvious fact that you can’t kill Linux, because Linux doesn’t depend on capturing market share. It is free for anybody to use for whatever they want, corporation or otherwise, and there will always be somebody out there that needs a free OS to use for their product or project. This also makes market share meaningless because most Linux installations are never sold.

Currently, about 60% of cellphones run some kind of Linux. About 80% of servers. An uncountable number of embedded applications like GPS receivers.

For those saying “there are too many distributions”, the fact is that at any one time, it’s easy to pick out the most successful desktop distribution: just look at a ranking. For the last 4 or 5 years Ubuntu has been virtually the most likely distribution to be worth trying.

Recently I did some side by side comparisons between Windows 7 and Ubuntu 9.10, and I’m finding that the quality of Ubuntu’s distribution and the available software is very much comparable to Windows 7…both are great OS’s for the desktop.

What it all comes down to is that Linux doesn’t need a big market share to compete. It isn’t tied to a single distributer and 5 or 10 or 20 years down the road when MS has screwed up for the last time and gone under, Linux will be there.

That’s why this article is stupid. Open source is immortal by its very nature. It can’t be driven out of business or out of the market. It doesn’t require shareholders or investors. It just requires a few people to use it and improve it for their own purposes.

By: remote control software

remote control software — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:45:33 +0000

I have used Linux and will continue to use Linux regardless of how easy to Windows 7 or future operating systems are to use. The reason for my loyalty to Linux is its dedication to the knowlegable computer user who takes joy in customizing his own programs, explaining his choices, and defending his viewpoint. Linux will never be expelled from the market because of people who think for themselves.

By: Frank

Frank — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:55:20 +0000

Blog about flamebait and watch your comments section fill with flaming.
I guess it helped your traffic though.

By: remote desktop software

remote desktop software — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:33:10 +0000

No surprise here. Linux never really stood a chance next to the competition of Apple and Microsoft. Linux can innovate all they like, but they will never be able to compete and steal a significant portion of the market share from either of the two leaders.

By: andreww

andreww — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:20:45 +0000

Spot on, it’s all about!

http://www.fsf.org

By: John

John — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 12:43:45 +0000

at least were sure you won’t be doing anything challenging in technology

Bye

By: yzarc

yzarc — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 09:56:40 +0000

I use Windows 7, it is new and it is not perfect and when they do get closer to perfecting it with updates, patches and service packs it still will not be perfect. But it is better than vista.

I also use GNU/Linux, not just one distribution but many. I use them on a laptop, desktop, mobile devices, networking hardware, portable media players, at home, in the car, at work (yes enterprise) any where I want. And it is also not perfect.

no OS will ever be perfect, it will only be temporarily better than anything else. My point is that whatever gets the job done for the particular job is the one I’m using.

it is almost ignorant to say that any OS is about to “die”, OSes take decades to completely fade away but new ones are made based on them and perfected.

The reason I believe that GNU/Linux will not die(at least not anytime soon) is because it is optionally free with no consequences but the lack of “support”. By support I mostly mean support by the hardware manufactures that will not write drivers for GNU/Linux, causing GNU/Linux users all around the globe to work together to write their own drivers.

Anyways, too many geeks use GNU/Linux. Windows is competing against an operating system that is open to the public and will always be free and available.

Lin-sux but Win-blows. Open your minds, explorer a little.

And remember:
-you can look but you can’t touch.
-you can touch but you can’t taste.
-you can taste but you can’t swallow

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:51:09 +0000

All of this arguing is stupid. I will keep using Linux, and other people will keep using whatever OS they use. I don’t care, Linux works fine for me, and it doesn’t matter to me who else uses it.

By: airlynx

airlynx — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:56:52 +0000

I don’t really give a flying crap if Windows rocks harder that Linux. I use Linux for the software available on it. Yeah, there’s a few things for both, and some of the best software for Linux is available for Windows, but the spirit of Open Source cannot be killed so easily. The only reason I’d consider kicking Linux to the curb is if Microsoft (or anyone really) had a magical operating system that supported Mac, Windows, and Unix software all at once and could be fine-tuned to the levels better than Linux. Hmm, not gonna happen, oh well.

By: Ken

Ken — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 04:22:26 +0000

For the MS fanboys: I work for large IT consulting firm and I’ve worked on about 12 projects for medium to large sized enterprise companies. I can guarantee you that the largest companies we’ve worked for are running UNIX or Linux as their server platforms (+ Oracle). Pull your head out!

By: ali öz

ali öz — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 14:58:51 +0000

linux is my dream.

By: capostat

capostat — Tue, 26 May 2009 12:42:35 +0000

Guess what, all you evil microsoft corporation supporters, gates stole ideas from the beginning, continued to steal everything that they didn’t make just put the microsoft label, and price tag on it. Now you idiots dare to claim that seven is this wonderful thing that microsoft came up with all by themselves, sorry wrong again, KDE 4 has been out for almost 2 years, and seven is more than clear rip off of that too. Oh did I mention that windows is a pig that eats up system resources, oh wow you claim seven doesn’t crash! Guess what LINUX has never crashed! I’m sorry but microsoft is the digital Mafia, stealing and strong arming is the business there in.

By: peace_frog

peace_frog — Mon, 04 May 2009 08:40:41 +0000

gates is gone but the giant remains. and i think with all his charity gates has shown us that he’s not that bad of a guy.
and yes linux is incompatible with a lot of software but has many freeware alternatives that will meet the average users specifications. the only reason things are so compatible with windows is because it holds the majority because of some past great operating systems, good businessman, and peoples unwillingness to change despite what has become, lets face it, a shadow of what windows once was. the businessmen rule microsoft therefore their primary focus is how to make the most money.
linux isnt for everyone but most people if introduced to some version of linux first would not be as willing to switch to windows
finally im glad you proceeded to call all linux users faggots because it really exposes you ignorance :)

By: peace_frog

peace_frog — Mon, 04 May 2009 08:26:01 +0000

just like to add that most of my comments were directed to the first page

By: peace_frog

peace_frog — Mon, 04 May 2009 08:22:46 +0000

no operating system is perfect. every distro of linux has its issues just like every operating sytem that comes from windows and mac. each has its own unique characteristics and each pushes the other to think about and implement something new. you windows fanboys better be thanking apple and linux for keeping windows from completely dominating the market share or else prices will go up and standards will go down. look at what happened after the browser wars ended. the same thing applies here. and to all the linux fanboys windows helps push developers to keeping things simple. the linux destop can be hard to learn and can be troublesome

also would just like to add that where there are malicious programmers there will be malicious viruses, trojans, and malware. the big reason mac and linux are safe is because their market share is so low its hardly worth the effort. 7 maybe protected from most previous viruses, malware, and trojans but it wont be immune to all

in conclusion agree to disagree, accept the others preferences, or my favorite shut the hell up!

By: xc1024

xc1024 — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:23:14 +0000

oh, sorry. didn’t read the second page. some of these comments ARE actually a bit insightful. anyway, biting each other won’t let you accomplish anything.

*gone*

By: xc1024

xc1024 — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:15:58 +0000

you know what? these comments are shame for both sides – linux people an windows people. plain pathetic. btw, ~Skill – it doesn’t support all the hw, i had to install guest additions on virtualbox to have the networking.

imo, discussions about linux not supporting some hw are just plain nonsense. all the drivers are written from scratch only because a bunch of lazy OEMs doesn’t want to get their asses dirty and support independent software.

By: Linux

Linux — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:40:25 +0000

Windows is for children (read: games) Linux is for grownups, it’s really that simple

By: Oliver Easterday

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 13:19:22 +0000

Windows, Mac OSX, Linux, OS2-Warp, BeOS, DOS flavors (don’t kid me on the last three entries. I know of folks that use them) they all have their strengths and barbs. Me, I am now 95% in the Linux environment (Ubuntu 8.04 LTS). I used Slackware in the mid-90’s as a graduate student as I needed a robust numerical platform to run and debug code on and Linux, despite its then rough edges, was the only system that could cut the mustard, and not set me back $10K.
Times for Linux have really changed and some of the modern distro’s are REALLY very good for the non-technical enduser; its easy to see in hindsight why Linux is getting a beachhead in netbooks. One thing that hurts Linux adoption from the casual user is the overwhelming choice of which distro, which to the non-technical user is equivalent to which OS not realizing there are common code libraries and kernel behind them all. More than anything I think this intimidating situation is what turns away the majority of potential Linux adopters.
Years later after much supporting of friends and coworkers home machines (”oh hey you can fix it…”) I got quite familiar with Windows. Its funny how a lot of these came back repeatedly, so after doing the research on the state of the art in Linux distro’s, I offered a choice pay me money and I deal with a windows fix to its state, knowing it may well come back in a year, or I’ll do it for free but give me a list of your “must” and “desired” computing tasks and I get to pick the OS. The latter they get Ubuntu or Debian and I’ll won’t have to see that box again. Furthermore its easy as pie with the package management scripts (or pointy clicky front ends if desired) one can put together, its really quite easy. Very little driver hunting, no CD swapping, almost automatic. Its not going to kill Mac or Windows, doubt, which is good as the more OS ecology out there the more ideas get generated and innovation occurs. Will Linux continue to make modest inroads on low-end Desktop the same way it has on “big-iron” and server side, and Apple has on the high-end desktop, it looks likely given that the big barrier to Linux adoption of picking-your-brain-to-figure-out-which-Distro is now done for you by the hardware OEM. I know I came back to Linux after 10 years with a 180-degree different motivation seeking ease-of-use and stability and the entry route for me was someone loaning me a laptop with a modern distro already pre-installed.

By: Excuse me

Excuse me — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 10:02:55 +0000

Why are you mentioning Gates. Gates has left and gone now Microsoft is going in a better direction.

So all the lolinux/freetards keep gloating about your incompatible POS OS

Oh no Wine lets all play Counter Strike yeeeey faggots.