That being said . . . your comments are well-taken.

tomazzi wrote:First of all, the title of this topic is entirely inappropriate: It should be something like: "What is Debian and some other GNU/Linux distros becoming?"
I do understand why many people are calling GNU/Linux as just Linux - this is a shortcut, simplification, which is just easier to pronounce.
However, most of newbies and trolls do not understand where the GNU part is coming from, so I think that it should be (again) clarified in this topic.
GNU is the Operating System which we are all using. This project was settled long before Linux kernel have even started to exist. Although Linus is so proud of his work, and he's making selfish claims about how he and his work is important today, the truth is, that his kernel was a piece of crap in the beginning, and the only reason why it is used so widely today, is that it have been choosen by GNU developers as a default kernel.
Thanks to that, thousants of developers and enthusiasts have started to improve and develop that crappy kernel, and only thanks to that Linux is now what it is ( the most successful software in the world, but not thanks to Linus Torvalds )
So, if someone is negatively speaking of "gnuism" in regard to GNU project, which have settled the rules and is backing the free/open sotware world with a lawyers support, GPL and lots of great software (like gcc, ssh, binutils, etc), then for me he's just an uneducated moron, or just a troll.
Just don't forget about GNU, when You say Linux
Another thing is, that Linux is not becoming anythig else than it already is: it's just GNU/Linux distros, infiltrated by former an present RedHat employes, who are trying hard to make the world dependant on RedHat. They are just getting paid for doing this - at least this looks like the most probable reason...
Regards.
tomazzi wrote:schnuller wrote:Whenever i use Windows i either take a pirated version or just use the official one for 3 months. I don't even bother to install antiVirus, and never had no problems. XP wasn't unstable for me neither.
At lest few things should be explained here:
1. Congratulations: publicly available, pirated copies of winblows are not *free* - they are just including or are prepared for troyans. And You, because of believing in a second-hand or "mastered" versions of winblows are just a naive victim - again: congratulations... (windows MX f.e. is a great example of how to blow up users' arse)
2. Windows is relatively stable as long, as You don't try to install programs on it .... that will kill its performance, becausae it's not prepared to launch any programsbut also due to a to a simple fact:
Every single program for winblows contains malware, add-ons for your browser, antivirus software (usually that utter crap called McAffee) and yet more crap.
So, congratulations - You have found Your favourite OS - I have to spend a lot more time to have one ...
PS.schnuller wrote:I like the look and feel of Win7 way more than any environment i know when using Linux, btw.
Did You know that pre-SP1 win7 have used win95/98 icons for hardware manager? whoa...
schnuller wrote:I fail to see the relation between what you quoted and what you posted.
It seem to be completely different subjects (the quote is about Windows, you seem to speak about FOSS or Linux).
What keeps companies from using it? I don't know. One reason might be the endless change. In a very short time i had to relearn: the bootloader, kde, gnome, the init system, firefox all the time, and quite some other stuff i forgot.
But in the end it is their problem, not mine. And not yours.
Flemur wrote: Linux sound/imaging/video apps are its worst feature; they really suck compared to windows (3rd party, including free) apps, unless your desired result is tossing keyboard thru monitor.
mean_dean wrote:Flemur wrote: Linux sound/imaging/video apps are its worst feature; they really suck compared to windows (3rd party, including free) apps, unless your desired result is tossing keyboard thru monitor.
Oddly enough when I use windows I use the same apps as I do on linux.
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