A story about Linux

[Gargoyle Sentry]

I'm mostly a Windows user but fire up Linux on occasion just for the
hell of it and not because I need it. What pisses me off though is that
every time I boot up Linux there are about 50 - 100 updates that I need
to download and install and the effing Ubuntu server was giving me a
crappy 17 - 50kb/s max. Took a least an hour to update. When I do
updates via Microsoft server I get about 1024kb/s. As they say, "you get
what you pay for".

 

[webster72n]

I'm mostly a Windows user but fire up Linux on occasion just for the hell
of it and not because I need it. What pisses me off though is that every
time I boot up Linux there are about 50 - 100 updates that I need to
download and install and the effing Ubuntu server was giving me a crappy
17 - 50kb/s max. Took a least an hour to update. When I do updates via
Microsoft server I get about 1024kb/s. As they say, "you get what you pay
for".

As Bill Gates would say: "Why even bother?"

Harry.

 

[ray]

I'm mostly a Windows user but fire up Linux on occasion just for the
hell of it and not because I need it. What pisses me off though is that
every time I boot up Linux there are about 50 - 100 updates that I need
to download and install and the effing Ubuntu server was giving me a
crappy 17 - 50kb/s max. Took a least an hour to update. When I do
updates via Microsoft server I get about 1024kb/s. As they say, "you get
what you pay for".

There are several Linux distributions. You can certainly pay for one if
you want.

 

[STAN STARINSKI]

In this case you pay nothing for Lee Nux.
So like you said... you get crappy service because people running Lee Nux
project are enthusiasts, hobbyists.
I'd rather pay a rather small amount of $100-300 per SEVRAL YEARS (!) for
Windows and know that I got a commercial product backed by one of the
world's most successful companie s- Microsoft.

Microsoft bashers are driven by the following:
"adolescent" type of feeling 'cool" when you're against large corporations,
you're "unlike the dumb masses", it's the same feeling that drives Punks to
be what they are.
Lee Nux is great for many applications, mostly stripped down portables, home
appliances, etc but for serious desktop business it's Windows.

But don't get me wrong. The above pro-Windows sentiment will NOT stop me
from blasting Microsoft when they do something annoying, of which Vista is a
prime example.
This OS is inferior to WinXP.
It is why hordes of people can't wait for Windows7.
I'll get Win7 OEM from zipzoomfly.com on October 22.

 

[STAN STARINSKI]

One thing is unclear is why Lee Nux trolls are posting on a Windows Support
Newsgroup

 

[Gargoyle Sentry]

There are several Linux distributions. You can certainly pay for one if
you want.

True, I paid $49.99 CAD for Mandrake way back in 2001 and then paid
another $49.99 for the next version hoping it would fix issues with the
previous version and it didn't. Live and learn.

 

[Gargoyle Sentry]

In this case you pay nothing for Lee Nux.

Thaat was my point, you pay what it is worth - nothing.

 

[Gargoyle Sentry]

One thing is unclear is why Lee Nux trolls are posting on a Windows
Support Newsgroup

Counterpoint to the Windows trolls in here.

BTW, this pertains to your previous post, I own a copy of Vista and it
is not that far removed from Win7 if you get a file called TweakUAC to
make UAC less annoying. I'm using Win7 now but would still be fine if
all I had was Vista. Your claim that Vista is worse than XP is just not
true.

 

[Alias]

I'm mostly a Windows user but fire up Linux on occasion just for the
hell of it and not because I need it. What pisses me off though is that
every time I boot up Linux there are about 50 - 100 updates that I need
to download and install and the effing Ubuntu server was giving me a
crappy 17 - 50kb/s max. Took a least an hour to update. When I do
updates via Microsoft server I get about 1024kb/s. As they say, "you get
what you pay for".

And the reason you're lying is?

Alias

 

[brummyfan]

And the reason you're lying is?

Alias

Windows7 is more like a revamped Vista and I like Vista very much after SP2,
it's a complete OS and very pleasant to work with. Ubuntu seems to be OK but
the fonts are aweful and you need to adjust them every site one visits, they
are not interested in users' opinion at all, only answer will be "well, it's
Free".

 

[Alias]

Windows7 is more like a revamped Vista and I like Vista very much after SP2,
it's a complete OS and very pleasant to work with. Ubuntu seems to be OK but
the fonts are aweful and you need to adjust them every site one visits, they
are not interested in users' opinion at all, only answer will be "well, it's
Free".

Install msttcorefonts from Synaptic. Install Opera for better fonts than
Firefox.

Next?

Alias

 

[brummyfan]

Install msttcorefonts from Synaptic. Install Opera for better fonts than
Firefox.

Next?

Alias

Yes mate, I have tried all that, I do not want to install Opera as it makes
it even worse in Ubuntu but in Windows it works fine. I am going to give a
try with Lunascape5 in 9.10. Thanks.

 

[Alias]

Yes mate, I have tried all that, I do not want to install Opera

Then you didn't try all that.

as it makes
it even worse in Ubuntu but in Windows it works fine. I am going to give a
try with Lunascape5 in 9.10. Thanks.

Really? Lunascape is available for Linux? Not according to their web site.

Alias

 

[STAN STARINSKI]

I don't want to keep installing patches until I am 70.
Thanks but no thanks for LeeNux

 

[MARTHA STARINSKI]

And Windows doesn't have patches? Man, you're clueless.

Alias

But windows patches are easy to install. Ubuntu is all over the place with
crap that you don't need. It's a cluster ****.

 

[Alias]

But windows patches are easy to install.

No, they are not.

More lies:

Ubuntu is all over the place with

 

[MARTHA STARINSKI]

No, they are not.

More lies:

Ubuntu is all over the place with

You must never have updated Windows. It's easy. Oh, you use Ubuntu. You
must have been confused. For 99.99999% of the population running Windows
update is easy.

 

[ray]

True, I paid $49.99 CAD for Mandrake way back in 2001 and then paid
another $49.99 for the next version hoping it would fix issues with the
previous version and it didn't. Live and learn.

I paid for a boxed set of SuSE several years ago and it did everything I
asked. Haven't found that to be necessary recently, though.

 

[Alias]

You must never have updated Windows. It's easy.

Right. I've been waiting on an update from Windows Updates for over a
month. Auto Update just doesn't download it.

Oh, you use Ubuntu. You

must have been confused. For 99.99999% of the population running Windows
update is easy.

No, you're confused and can only hurl your shit at everyone in this
newsgroup.

Alias

 

[Muad'Dib]

I'm mostly a Windows user but fire up Linux on occasion just for the
hell of it and not because I need it. What pisses me off though is that
every time I boot up Linux there are about 50 - 100 updates that I need
to download and install and the effing Ubuntu server was giving me a
crappy 17 - 50kb/s max. Took a least an hour to update. When I do
updates via Microsoft server I get about 1024kb/s. As they say, "you get
what you pay for".

So "on occasion" is once every 3-6 months or what? I log on everyday and
only occasionally are there more than a few updates, but not EVERY day.
One needs to remember that not only are there security updates, but
any/all programs installed are updated as well when needed, something
Windows DOESN'T do. Furthermore, when even POSSIBLE threats are
recognized in Linux they are addressed right away, something Windows is
universally criticized for being slow about. It can take weeks, months,
and in some instances even YEARS for MS to fix a vulnerability. I don't
know what your connection is, or what server you have your updates set
to, but my experience here in the US for update downloads is quite
different than yours. Even large updates are speedy here.

State ALL the facts when complaining about any OS/Software, well, unless
you truly are clueless, then you have an excuse.. Sort-of..

G'day