Comments on: Is Linux EVER going to make it to the desktop?

By: TechLahore 200 « Tech Lahore

TechLahore 200 « Tech Lahore — Thu, 07 May 2009 01:48:17 +0000

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By: techlahore

techlahore — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 13:13:48 +0000

Thank you for reading and commenting, SA. This article was written about 9 months ago. I will probably give an everyday Linux system another shot before the 1-year anniversary of this piece and chime in with my latest views.

By: SA

SA — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:31:52 +0000

I knew after reading this article that we would see a LOT of feedback. The articles that put Linux in a bad light seem to generate a LOT of comments from the Linux community. I have to chime in as well. I’ve used Linux for over 12 years and had mixed luck on a couple of occasions with sound, and with X11. But in all honesty, the problem was easily found on Google and resolved within minutes, and was due to an el cheapo sound card. If you are using common built systems from HP, Dell, Gateway, etc, your luck will be greater since more of the Linux community is probably using the same hardware, and fixes will be released quickly. I’ve had countless installs work without a hitch. I know that mileage will vary, but once a Linux machine is up and running it will continue to do so. It’s a “set and forget” type of OS. Where Windows is completely the opposite and requires much attention and maintenance. So which do I choose? Linux, without a doubt. I use it for my personal business and at home, and I couldn’t be happier. I can focus on using my computers for what they were meant for, rather than wasting time by troubleshooting them all of the time. Plus, I get great performance compared to bloated Microsoft products like Vista and Office 2007. And, I use Fedora 10 Linux, which has all of the software I could ever want which made replacing Windows even easier. So I suggest for those that have not given Linux a try to do so. I think you will be pleasantly surprised.

By: Not A God

Not A God — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 19:18:08 +0000

I have been using linux for about 15 years now and I have never had an issue with sound, video, or other apps that run in linux. I have had a number of pc’s in my house all but three of them where self built pc’s. The only ones I have ever found an issue with are the one’s that you buy in a store all pc’s that are self built run linux like a dream. as for sound cards creative cards work the best, for video ati or nvidia work very well, heck i still have my voodoo 5 5500 running on one of my linux boxes now and it runs like it always has stable. I have used it for playing music, video’s, games, i have plugged in camera’s external drives flash drives you name it i’ve done it. The way i see it is like this, if your a ture computer geek it does not matter what OS is in front of you or what it has in apps, its how you get it to do what you want when you want no matter what it has always been that way and always will.

Later March 06, 2k9

By: techlahore

techlahore — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:34:02 +0000

I was not aware that only idiots and jackasses used Linux. Thanks for the clarification.

By: the writer is an jackass

the writer is an jackass — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:27:34 +0000

i’m just wondering how the writer has used linux for so long and still disliking it. either he is a idiot or a jackass …;)

By: Vrooom

Vrooom — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:29:25 +0000

I see your complaint about Firefox taking up 56% of your CPU but that’s an application issue, not an OS level problem. I understand that application make up a large part of the user experience but your experience must be pretty good since you’re system’s been up and running for over 31 days. Tell me how would your other PCs look after a month of of uptime.

By: Hardware

Hardware — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 21:25:21 +0000

http://www.google.com/intl/en/corporate/culture.html

Look under Equipment. Nearly all Google workstation/office PC’s run Linux.

I should tell you, I had all the problems you had with Linux on my Gateway MX6453.

It was just hardware. Did you have a Radeon ATI card by any chance?

I would agree that Mac/Windows users do have the advantage of the ‘it will pr0bably work’ thing,
but many software titles are slowly being ported, _not_ with WINE.

By: techlahore

techlahore — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:44:08 +0000

Thomas, thank you for your very helpful post. Maybe it is video-card driver related… Next time I do an install, I’ll try to pay special attention to the card I use and investigate how well Linux supports it.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:11:07 +0000

Command in my post should have read as follows:

#ps -u (username) | grep (program name)
#kill -9 (PID)
- or -
#killall -9 (program name)