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"Hi, I'm Linux. Lots of stuff will almost work, but not quite, and that's all part of the fun. I can sometimes do WPA but frankly it's going to be easier on bot
by m0nty 18y ago
"Hi, I'm Linux. Lots of stuff will almost work, but not quite, and that's all part of the fun. I can sometimes do WPA but frankly it's going to be easier on both of us if you use WEP. I like to pretend I'm easy-to-use, but you need to be picky about which hardware you run me on - or I might not work. I can auto-update software, but sometimes we'll take a trip to dependency hell which will take hours to recover from - think of it as a form of intense mental workout. I've got a bunch of programs which will almost do what you want, but it won't be long before you're missing your old favourites like Office and Photoshop. There are lots of competing versions of me, and sometimes you'll get dragged into meaningless debates about which is best."
I use Linux every day, but sometimes I get a bit jaded about this kind of thing.
- briancooley 18y agoWow. If my wife were an operating system, this would be her description. Except for the part about missing your old favourites. I think. Maybe I should make a video based on your comment...
- m0nty 18y agoIt's not meant to be a nasty comment (I've been using Linux since 1994) but I've never liked using Linux as a desktop system. Personally I think there's more entertainment to be had from spoofing all these "Hi, I'm [brand name]" videos than actually making serious ones :)
- briancooley 18y agoI didn't take it too be nasty. Sometimes things that are challenging are the most satisfying. I certainly wouldn't want a dumbed-down version, even if enabled me to avoid the occasional frustration.
- nailer 18y ago'I use Linux every day, but sometimes I get a bit jaded about this kind of thing.' Perhaps you should be pickier about your hardware, and select a laptop that ships with your OS. I have no issues with WPA or suspend, ever. Ubuntu, as a large and major distro with many package sources, doesn't really get dependency hell either.
- m0nty 18y ago"you need to be picky about which hardware you run me on - or I might not work" ... "Perhaps you should be pickier about your hardware" ;-)
- nailer 18y agoDo the Mac and Windows guys say that at present? If not, I don't see any reason why the Linux guy would.
- m0nty 18y ago"Do the Mac and Windows guys say that at present?" You seem to be suffering from a sense-of-humour failure. No, the Mac and Windows guys don't say it. But in my ironic alternative universe, the Mac guy would say something like: "Hi, I'm the new Mac. I have just one button. Anywhere. Do not try and move the cursor. That's impossible. Instead ... only try to realize the truth." And the Windows guy would say: "Hi, I'm a PC. Vista makes me all shiny, which we think is much more important than running with your legacy hardware. Or your favourite software. Or with less than 10Gb of RAM. Good luck with any of that!" But seriously, why take seriously something which was only ever intended to be a flippant remark?
- mountain_man 18y agomeh, I bought a desktop that shipped with ubuntu. Changing users makes it crash. My keyboard didn't work. Flash works about 80% of the time. On my thinkpad, which I installed myself, suspend only works if I disabled the nvidea drivers. It really isn't great yet.