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 Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 2:23 pm
I am just curious why YOU use Linux. Is there one thing that sticks out for you? I run Linux for Compiz-Fusion's eyecandy. But out of curiosity is it one thing that you love about it, or is it a bunch of things?
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Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 5:13 am
hmm yea good question I run it because after reinstalling windows 200 times in one year or even more, has lost count after 190, I said ******** you M$ I need a bether OS and I tryed before linux but couldnt make my self to work in it to diffrent to hard at first but than I sued Kubuntu for a month and I sow that isnt that hard and so on and than I went back to Gentoo so that is why I mostly use Linux I dont have windows on my machine any more and will not install it EVER just not happy whit windows.
but there are other stuff liek programing and web server and viruses and spyware and so on that made me change it 2 razz
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Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 5:56 am
I use linux because:
1: Because I can.
2: It is Reliable.
3: I am in total control of it. IT only does what I want and nothing else.
4: Because it allows me to learn new stuff that has to do with administration of Computers.
5: Because I am Comfortable on it. It just feels like home to me.
6: Performance. It just feels more responsive then windows. Transcoding video also seems faster.
7: Did I mention that I can?
8: I Dislike Microsoft's business ethics so I will not support them by purchasing their software. Also I believe in freedom in most software(I believe some software should be closed due to it being more art like. Ex: Games.) I believe it most should be free as in beer and free as in speech.
9: Its easier to fix/setup stuff due to it not hiding crap on me and allowing me to fix stuff without reinstalling.
10: Most Everything on it is free. I need not purchase programs to make my computer usable.
11: Did I mention Cause I can?
I think that covers most of my reasons lol.
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Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 12:05 pm
I wanted to feel like the computer I was using was a real computer.
Also, college campuses can be a ******** of bad computer hygiene. I didn't want to inadvertently be a part of the problem, and I didn't want a Mac, so.
And finally, I like to support institutions with whose ethics I can agree. Like someone else said, I don't care much for M$'s business practices (or Apple's either, really...'s why I have a Creative Zen and not an iPod), so I want to avoid their stuff as much as possible.
And yeah, because I can. =P
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Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 9:03 am
I run Linux for many reasons
1. Its free
2. Open source!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
3. Better support
4. Safer
5. Faster
6. (As said before) It is reliable
7. Better Eye candy
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Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 3:54 pm
Because M$ sucks bawls. I've been using Linux since I was 14. That's exactly half my life now. Right now I'm installing Linux on my NDS Lite (view my journal).
xd
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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 8:39 am
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Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 5:03 pm
Why I use linux...
1) I work for an IT section now, and I HATE fixing windows.
2)I love the idea of paying nothing.
3)I love the fact that when it works, it works well.
4)XFCE is the BEST desktop ever, hands down. Mostly becuase you can customize it so much
5)No Spyware/Adware, and little to no viral infections out there.
6)Fun, I mean I spend more time doing new stuff on linux then fixing old stuff on windows.
7)EASY server set up.
cool Every time I log in it doesn't feel like bill gates is rapeing my butthole mad
9)Looks cooler then mac
10)Steve Jobs sucks.
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Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 10:05 am
rewtz cool Every time I log in it doesn't feel like bill gates is rapeing my butthole mad Yea I know it feels great doesn't it
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Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 5:23 pm
rewtz 1) I work for an IT section now, and I HATE fixing windows. You have a piss poor IT department if all you do is fix Windows. Windows NT is quite robust, if setup and maintained properly. Then again, that goes for any operating system. Back to the topic at hand. I use Linux as a firewall. IPCop for those of you that'd like to know.
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Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 11:59 am
Morden rewtz 1) I work for an IT section now, and I HATE fixing windows. You have a piss poor IT department if all you do is fix Windows. Windows NT is quite robust, if setup and maintained properly. Then again, that goes for any operating system. Back to the topic at hand. I use Linux as a firewall. IPCop for those of you that'd like to know. Well when I say windows problems, I mean windows and program comflicts that just pop out of no weres. We run this annoying Novell ZEN works on top of windows to push apps and updates, it also causes conflicts... We are still useing windows 2000! lol I think our xp upgrade is coming soon because they have be beta testing it with all the apps we use when I have down time.... Anyohw I mostly hate outlook. WHY IN GODS NAME DO PEOPLE THINK THAT OuTLOOK PST FILES ARE THE BEST PLACE TO SAVE THINGS!?!?!!!!!!!! lol Nothing I hate more then a broken 2 gig pst file.
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Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 1:17 pm
rewtz Well when I say windows problems, I mean windows and program comflicts that just pop out of no weres. We run this annoying Novell ZEN works on top of windows to push apps and updates, it also causes conflicts... We are still useing windows 2000! lol I think our xp upgrade is coming soon because they have be beta testing it with all the apps we use when I have down time.... Anyohw I mostly hate outlook. WHY IN GODS NAME DO PEOPLE THINK THAT OuTLOOK PST FILES ARE THE BEST PLACE TO SAVE THINGS!?!?!!!!!!!! lol Nothing I hate more then a broken 2 gig pst file. I hear that one... Then again most of those problems aren't OS related but user related... And honestly, where would you suggest users store their mail? If you're using Outlook, you're probably using Exchange, and you know full well that every user having a 2 gig inbox on exchange isn't something that's fun. Outlook doesn't allow for non-mounted PSTs for archives, or an Auto-Archive option that creates new ones by date - then, searching them all would be a b***h... Hate to say it but large PSTs aren't the user's fault if the company has email retention requirements. Outlook simply doesn't accommodate any other options to make them more manageable for the average user.
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Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 6:50 am
PhaseBurn rewtz Well when I say windows problems, I mean windows and program comflicts that just pop out of no weres. We run this annoying Novell ZEN works on top of windows to push apps and updates, it also causes conflicts... We are still useing windows 2000! lol I think our xp upgrade is coming soon because they have be beta testing it with all the apps we use when I have down time.... Anyohw I mostly hate outlook. WHY IN GODS NAME DO PEOPLE THINK THAT OuTLOOK PST FILES ARE THE BEST PLACE TO SAVE THINGS!?!?!!!!!!!! lol Nothing I hate more then a broken 2 gig pst file. I hear that one... Then again most of those problems aren't OS related but user related... And honestly, where would you suggest users store their mail? If you're using Outlook, you're probably using Exchange, and you know full well that every user having a 2 gig inbox on exchange isn't something that's fun. Outlook doesn't allow for non-mounted PSTs for archives, or an Auto-Archive option that creates new ones by date - then, searching them all would be a b***h... Hate to say it but large PSTs aren't the user's fault if the company has email retention requirements. Outlook simply doesn't accommodate any other options to make them more manageable for the average user. I totally get why people use pst files to back up mail, but when people are dumb in the way they do backups is what mostly makes me mad. We explain to them "please make a back up pst for your mail, but only mail that is imporant, or needed for your job, if you are finding your pst getting to big please break the pst files up for year or month pending on how much mail you get/need." like no one does that, so I get a call from a frantic user with a corrupted 2 gig pst.... lets just say I am not happy for the 2-3 hours I have to spend trying to archive out old mail from the bad pst.
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Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 8:21 am
rewtz PhaseBurn rewtz Well when I say windows problems, I mean windows and program comflicts that just pop out of no weres. We run this annoying Novell ZEN works on top of windows to push apps and updates, it also causes conflicts... We are still useing windows 2000! lol I think our xp upgrade is coming soon because they have be beta testing it with all the apps we use when I have down time.... Anyohw I mostly hate outlook. WHY IN GODS NAME DO PEOPLE THINK THAT OuTLOOK PST FILES ARE THE BEST PLACE TO SAVE THINGS!?!?!!!!!!!! lol Nothing I hate more then a broken 2 gig pst file. I hear that one... Then again most of those problems aren't OS related but user related... And honestly, where would you suggest users store their mail? If you're using Outlook, you're probably using Exchange, and you know full well that every user having a 2 gig inbox on exchange isn't something that's fun. Outlook doesn't allow for non-mounted PSTs for archives, or an Auto-Archive option that creates new ones by date - then, searching them all would be a b***h... Hate to say it but large PSTs aren't the user's fault if the company has email retention requirements. Outlook simply doesn't accommodate any other options to make them more manageable for the average user. I totally get why people use pst files to back up mail, but when people are dumb in the way they do backups is what mostly makes me mad. We explain to them "please make a back up pst for your mail, but only mail that is imporant, or needed for your job, if you are finding your pst getting to big please break the pst files up for year or month pending on how much mail you get/need." like no one does that, so I get a call from a frantic user with a corrupted 2 gig pst.... lets just say I am not happy for the 2-3 hours I have to spend trying to archive out old mail from the bad pst. That sucks, of course things like that will happen, like Murphy's law stats "If s**t can happen, It will". Good news is that ZEN works is pretty much dead, I don't know how long it will take before its death will show up in the windows world, but openSUSE 10.2 is the last version of SuSE that will use ZEN works because it is just so shitty. Who wants to take 2 hours to try and install updates just to find that one hour and thirty minutes into the update ZMD took a crap in your PC and you update failed.
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Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 11:59 am
vendion rewtz PhaseBurn rewtz Well when I say windows problems, I mean windows and program comflicts that just pop out of no weres. We run this annoying Novell ZEN works on top of windows to push apps and updates, it also causes conflicts... We are still useing windows 2000! lol I think our xp upgrade is coming soon because they have be beta testing it with all the apps we use when I have down time.... Anyohw I mostly hate outlook. WHY IN GODS NAME DO PEOPLE THINK THAT OuTLOOK PST FILES ARE THE BEST PLACE TO SAVE THINGS!?!?!!!!!!!! lol Nothing I hate more then a broken 2 gig pst file. I hear that one... Then again most of those problems aren't OS related but user related... And honestly, where would you suggest users store their mail? If you're using Outlook, you're probably using Exchange, and you know full well that every user having a 2 gig inbox on exchange isn't something that's fun. Outlook doesn't allow for non-mounted PSTs for archives, or an Auto-Archive option that creates new ones by date - then, searching them all would be a b***h... Hate to say it but large PSTs aren't the user's fault if the company has email retention requirements. Outlook simply doesn't accommodate any other options to make them more manageable for the average user. I totally get why people use pst files to back up mail, but when people are dumb in the way they do backups is what mostly makes me mad. We explain to them "please make a back up pst for your mail, but only mail that is imporant, or needed for your job, if you are finding your pst getting to big please break the pst files up for year or month pending on how much mail you get/need." like no one does that, so I get a call from a frantic user with a corrupted 2 gig pst.... lets just say I am not happy for the 2-3 hours I have to spend trying to archive out old mail from the bad pst. That sucks, of course things like that will happen, like Murphy's law stats "If s**t can happen, It will". Good news is that ZEN works is pretty much dead, I don't know how long it will take before its death will show up in the windows world, but openSUSE 10.2 is the last version of SuSE that will use ZEN works because it is just so shitty. Who wants to take 2 hours to try and install updates just to find that one hour and thirty minutes into the update ZMD took a crap in your PC and you update failed. lol I don't think zenworks will ever leave our network I work for a gov office/indrustal workshop buliding, and we are still on 2000, just getting xp, I don't see them dumping Zenworks in my life time. I find zenworks is useful with getting apps to the people, updates are annoying, it make a boot up take forever, also their imaging took ******** blows too... Ghost is like way faster. -sigh- But I am the lowest of low there so not like I get any say in what goes on.
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