Frank said:
Liar...
I have never, ever, had one single
Liar...
and very rarely need to reboot after
Biggest lie of all!
Hey little man. stop the lying, ok?
Frank
Hi,
I'm another guy named Frank B. and I'd like to chime in for a reality check.
I've got Ubuntu dual booting on 2 computers with XP and Vista.
And I've got Mandriva Spring One on an older laptop. And what's my reality
check?
BOTH SIDES ARE CORRECT. I use LINUX & VISTA & XP AND I LIKE THEM ALL. Yes
Vista is bloated and sluggish etc etc ,.....but it also is geared to run
Major applications that Linux right now can only dream of. (Yes, you do have
to have recent Vista-compatible versions...but wait and let's see Linux's
situation......)
Sure there are Wine, CrossOver, VMware etc etc,...but I've found something
through direct experience: These are great for tinkering with programs like
Dreamweaver MX, Photoshop and Flash. But do you have Real Dependability with
them ? In short, No.
This is what I've encountered:
- PS 7.0 runs great on wine - it also "Kicks" me out of the program randomly
from time to time with no warning. (But hey, no freezes !!)
- DW MX worked great for a while; then it began, every time I wanted to
access my remote site, to 'encounter a fatal error'. So "DW mx must now
terminate".
(Btw, a clue: this is like having no program at all. And FYI, I've seen
other 2-year-old posts on this exact same topic that have No replies as
yet...I've emailed CrossOver and have not received a valid reply to this
concern. I've also tried reinstalling CrossOver and DW mx)
- I've spent hours and hours scouring through forums and googling to find
answers about configuring hardware. At one point, I Finally got my Canon
scanner configured. How? By visiting a FRENCH UBUNTU SITE and using their
English-based code. (Yep, that JUST WORKED !! RIGHT??)
- It took over a week to research and figure out how to manage a jumpy
cursor/keyboard problem on my laptop.
- I have a ATI X-1650 Radeon card which is very recent technology. Will
Beryl and Compiz work with them?? NO. It is not supported for accelerated
graphics in Ubuntu. Hummmmmm.
All this may imply that I hate Linux. Not so - actually, I LOVE it. But I'm
tired of all the lies these trolls are spreading. Why are these trolls here?
Maybe so you won't see what Ubuntu forums are like. I encourage these guys
to hang out on Ubuntu forums and help beginners there, rather than troll
here. You'll do much more to "convert" people that way than you will
spreading lies on this forum.
And yes, maybe your experience with Ubuntu is all smooth. That's a reply
game many use in Linux: "Well, mine works fine." But you know what? That's
what you're hearing here on Vista. Many have indeed had very smooth
experiences.
So go help beginners in Linux on those forums. Get A Life.
Frank B.