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Old 01-13-2008, 10:11 PM   #51 (permalink)
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Just to add a snippet to what tlarkin and others have already said...

Linux is not Windows. That's just how it is. It's not guaranteed to work on your hardware. In fact, I don't think I've ever seen a desktop perfect right off of installation. But it's getting there, and some people like myself have been lucky enough to have hardware that plays nice with most distros.

And it definitely doesn't work like Windows.

But for some, Linux is a better choice. For others, Windows is the way to go. But I don't think you can justify your conclusion just because it didn't work for you.
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Old 01-13-2008, 10:19 PM   #52 (permalink)
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You have to be in the right mindset if you want Linux. I use it for my research and it is okay. I would suggest just going with Windows if you are comfortable with that.
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Old 01-13-2008, 10:23 PM   #53 (permalink)
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The future is in Windows... or not? You can't do powerfull programming in Windows. Only Linux. But the future is in programming. My conclusion: If you don't realise the full might and possibility of linux, stick to Windows and shut up.
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Old 01-13-2008, 10:42 PM   #54 (permalink)
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eh? care to elaborate?
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Old 01-13-2008, 10:58 PM   #56 (permalink)
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Old 01-13-2008, 11:24 PM   #57 (permalink)
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Lol ok I admit I said a nonsense. It depends on programming languages you do *shy,embarassed* lol and Visual Basic is powerfull and is able to do on Windows. Again, *shy,embarassed* Just...Oh you missed my point people although I'm glad you all read what I say, my point is, that Linux purpose should not be forgotten...
Let's mention hacking lol, you must have some programming knowledge for that, and you can't hack as powerfull on Windows as on Linux
Hope you won't ask me to elaborate,
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Old 01-15-2008, 10:23 PM   #58 (permalink)
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Lol ok I admit I said a nonsense. It depends on programming languages you do *shy,embarassed* lol and Visual Basic is powerfull
visual basic isnt exactly the most powerful, uber useful and widely used programmign language now is it... could have found a better example.

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you can't hack as powerfull on Windows as on Linux
I dont even want to ask where that came from... since when could you grade an action such as hacking in different "power" levels?
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Old 01-15-2008, 10:32 PM   #59 (permalink)
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eh? care to elaborate?
I can elaborate a bit on the robustness of Linux/Unix to you, but by trade I am not a programmer so I can only scratch the surface.

*nix operating systems work with a series of robust scripting languages from python, to perl, to ruby, to shell, etc. These scripting languages have very powerful commands like grep for example. So, if you are developing a huge application with over 1 million lines of code and you want to pull out a certain section of code to view it or to modify it you can use scripting languages to accomplish this. Back to my first example, grep, is a very powerful tool. So, lets say you wanted to print out the code of a certain section of an app you are working on, and example could be done like this. That particular code in question has to do with paging resources.

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cat /path/to/code | grep "paging"
That would basically pull out all the code that would be tagged with "paging" on it and it makes it easier to find.

So, really when developing software your tools are more robust in the *nix side from my understanding. I mean even I write some pretty cool shell scripts for my machines at work and I have pretty much no programming experience at all. All the robust scripting tools really help your dev team share and evaluate code and you develop large applications. it is my understanding, and please correct me if I am wrong, that the windows side of development does not have such tools.
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Old 01-16-2008, 12:03 PM   #60 (permalink)
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linux is a good Os , if you use some computer research , but for daily used i think

it is crazy to have only one computer completely on linux and no dual boot with Xp .

Everything work with Xp , i personnaly have ubuntu/Xp , i like linux but for some stuff

like nokia pc suite to explore your phone or bluesoleil buetooth or video games , forget linux !!!!!!!
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