http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.pcmech.com/article/even-when-linux-fans-win-they-lose Comments & Reviews of http://www.pcmech.com/article/even-when-linux-fans-win-they-lose/ on StumbleUpon en-us Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:42:02 -0800 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:37:40 -0800 http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.pcmech.com/article/even-when-linux-fans-win-they-lose http://cdn.stumble-upon.com/images/logo_su_36x36.png Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:12:13 -0700 http://korin43.stumbleupon.com/review/33521969/ Korin43 - Just because a certain segment of the population is loud doesn't mean there's a lot of them.]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.pcmech.com/article/even-when-linux-fans-win-they-lose Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:29:49 -0700 http://iggdawg.stumbleupon.com/review/32050441/ iggdawg - Ubuntu is a great linux distro. In my experience, anyone that is serious about a server uses BSD anyways. I adopted Ubuntu as a windows replacement, since BSD will do it (and I was running it as a desktop at the time), but Ubuntu does it with much more sexiness. I still wont use linux for a server for various reasons that are out of the scope of my character limit, but it absolutely rocks as a desktop. Any "hardcore" linux elitist that cheapens this is shortsighted. Linux is great as a server, but it has its limitations for things other than out-of-the-box hobbyist LAMP type applications. Subtracting from one of its strengths as a consumer product is stupidity.]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.pcmech.com/article/even-when-linux-fans-win-they-lose Sun, 16 Nov 2008 04:51:40 -0800 http://rumplesmigskin.stumbleupon.com/review/27528948/ rumplesmigskin - Linux users do not represent linux users as a whole. Edit: What the fuck. I stumble this again?]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.pcmech.com/article/even-when-linux-fans-win-they-lose Wed, 29 Oct 2008 07:05:32 -0700 http://neotiger.stumbleupon.com/review/26947252/ neotiger - Fanboys and elitists exist everywhere for every little thing in the world, and OSes attract the ones with the most free time to vent their vitriol. I, for one, couldn't care less whether you use Windows, OS X or any breed, fork or distro of the very loose UNIX family. As long as you use your computer for something useful, do what you like! Oh, and as long as I don't have to fix it for you later.]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.pcmech.com/article/even-when-linux-fans-win-they-lose Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:26:11 -0700 http://nitwit88.stumbleupon.com/review/26696264/ nitwit88 - Very good point in this article. I started with Ubuntu, tried Knoppix, Freespire (my most hated for its CNR - I hit install, go to a site, download what it wants me to double click it and now I'm back where I started. I quit using Freespire within half an hour of its installation), and even Gentoo for a short while (not as short as Freespire). I ended up liking Ubuntu better. I plan on trying Mandriva and Fedora later, but for now I'm good. Point is it's a matter of preference.]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.pcmech.com/article/even-when-linux-fans-win-they-lose Fri, 10 Oct 2008 02:52:36 -0700 http://kevinryanmooney.stumbleupon.com/review/26305520/ kevinryanmooney - As I was reading this, I could already anticipate the responses on the comment page.

For one thing - yes - it's a bit ironic that he's railing against elitism, and simultaneously using the *nix term (ostensibly because it's obscure, not because what he's talking about actually applies to the unix-like OS metaset. We can even forget the incorrect definition of "*nix" as "unix or linux", ignoring posix, irix, etc., many of which are not even free, and therefore don't make sense in the context of this article. It's about linux, so say "linux". But I ramble.)

The issue is a little complex in that people who run mr. Torvald's kernel are in several factions. One camp is hardcore coders whose parents played "find the tetrahedron" with them when they were 2, who were compiling their own slackware kernels in 1996 and who write perl scripts that look like line noise. Ubuntu looks stupid to them. Another camp are crunchy OS evangelist hippies who think that FOSS is an instrument for social change, and who want to see MS lose as much market share as possible. Ubuntu looks great to them.

There's a little bit of overlap in this Venn diagram, but not as much as one would like, because to be in the intersection, you have to actually get over your fucking self and show some emotional maturity exceeding jr. high levels.

The crux of the issue is this: if you are ub3r L1nUxh4x0r, of course you're going to make fun of beginners, but it's not like a n00b distro is going to actually adversely affect your term-heavy highly-configured debian install. Because distros are code forks, and you can work on your own little piece. That's the whole fucking point. The beauty of the OS you love so dearly is its flexibility, which means that it can be good for what you need, and good for what others need too. So don't be a buttchin. Your snobbery isn't impressing any girls; trust me on that one.

And what can the Stallman cheerleaders do about the gnu/linux naming issue? They can just shut up, please-and-thank-you. Is that level of semantics really what you want to argue about? Really? When you run your own highly successful distro, you can call it whatever you want, like "dOct0r el1t3's GNU/Linux/X-Windows/Apache/xfce s00perdistr0" which is TOTALLY WAY more fair.]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.pcmech.com/article/even-when-linux-fans-win-they-lose Sun, 05 Oct 2008 07:31:02 -0700 http://bigleon.stumbleupon.com/review/26131030/ BigLeon - Yes, looking at any group of people with only one thing in common (their choice of OS) you will find douches. This is applicable to most fields. Disregarding that the foundation for this article was poorly founded, you come off as a retard for saying *nix every goddamn time. Say it once to establish the fact that you know what a wildcard is and be done with it and let us all bask in your omnipotent glory.]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.pcmech.com/article/even-when-linux-fans-win-they-lose