Today in History: Linux Turns 20 Today—And Shut Up, Yes, It Still Matters
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Windows > Linux
[QUOTE=Wootman;31948359]Windows > Linux[/QUOTE]
Depends what you want to do, generally for desktop or workstation use Windows is the best option but for servers.. linux > windows
If Wine supported DX11 I'd be all over using it as a desktop os.
I would get linux, but I don't have enough space on my Hard drive
too much giraffe midget goat anal porn.
I'd use Linux if Ubuntu would start up already. I didn't even do anything except get sound to work and update my display drivers.
[QUOTE=doonbugie2;31948401]Depends what you want to do, generally for desktop or workstation use Windows is the best option but for servers.. linux > windows
If Wine supported DX11 I'd be all over using it as a desktop os.[/QUOTE]
If Ubuntu would run programs that aren't on the exact same partition as it, then I would be partially all over using it as a desktop OS. Tried starting Steam on my D partition (Storage, my Linux partition is F or E or something), and it just gave me an error about how it's too paranoid to run programs because programs can be viruses.
What's different about Linux all I've ever seen on computers is Windows
rip linux
uh i mean happy birthday~~~~
Linux and XP's birthdays.
Whoop-de-doo.
the 'puters at my high school had linux. I liked them.
I use Linux when I fuck up Windows enough. It's handy.
[QUOTE=salty peanut v2;31948821]What's different about Linux all I've ever seen on computers is Windows[/QUOTE]
That's probably not true, you must've seen Mac OSX around one of these days?
Anyway, Linux is actually just a kernel, and colloquially refers to the family of operating systems using the Linux kernel. Comparing Linux to say, Windows 7, is a little pointless because one is a kernel and the other is a fully-fledged OS.
(edit: I guess I should make it clear that Mac OSX is not based on Linux, by the way)
Windows PC for gaming and Linux laptop for everything else. Hell, even my phone runs Linux.
Linux ftw!
[img]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xLXjWbvLzuI/TCxdD6j4IkI/AAAAAAAAAGg/3xzqeYsPL1c/s1600/birthdaycake.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=jA_cOp;31949005]That's probably not true, you must've seen Mac OSX around one of these days?
Anyway, Linux is actually just a kernel, and colloquially refers to the family of operating systems using the Linux kernel. Comparing Linux to say, Windows 7, is a little pointless because one is a kernel and the other is a fully-fledged OS.
(edit: I guess I should make it clear that Mac OSX is not based on Linux, by the way)[/QUOTE]
so.....
what's the difference
[QUOTE=salty peanut v2;31949075]so.....
what's the difference[/QUOTE]
The day I met you I knew I wanted to be inside of you
I've never used Linux, but happy birthday OS brother.
Why do such threads always turn out in "bored" people starting to flame about Linux. :v:
[QUOTE=Jacinth;31948952]when I fuck up Windows enough.[/QUOTE]
Impossible if you know what you are doing.
[QUOTE=ITokez;31949374]The day I met you I knew I wanted to be inside of you[/QUOTE]
I don't know what's going on anymore
[QUOTE=salty peanut v2;31951381]I don't know what's going on anymore[/QUOTE]
we should make love right here on the table
Happy birthday you overfed penguin of the OS world
[QUOTE=SoaringScout;31948546]I'd use Linux if Ubuntu would start up already. I didn't even do anything except get sound to work and update my display drivers.
If Ubuntu would run programs that aren't on the exact same partition as it, then I would be partially all over using it as a desktop OS. Tried starting Steam on my D partition (Storage, my Linux partition is F or E or something), and it just gave me an error about how it's too paranoid to run programs because programs can be viruses.[/QUOTE]
On my laptop which uses Ubuntu, I've never encountered anything of the sort. Maybe you described the error wrong or something-which is a possibility considering you're a linux illiterate.
[QUOTE=Pretiacruento;31946400]You're missing out.[/QUOTE]
I used Puppy Linux to rescue files off a partially damaged hard drive and I was so surprised at how everything just worked after I booted it up. No drivers, it seemed to just know what everything did. Got to the point where I almost didn't want to re-install Windows, but I had to.
[QUOTE=salty peanut v2;31949075]so.....
what's the difference[/QUOTE]
This is Linux: (Unless you're using a distro with a GUI, like Ubuntu or Mint)
[img]http://www.asashi.net/images/pitux3_full.png[/img]
And this is Windows:
[img]http://www.stefanlindblom.nu/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Windows7_stor001.jpg[/img]
And as an added bonus, this is Ubuntu:
[img]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__BDHXEkkIAs/TR4yzbTGD0I/AAAAAAAAAXQ/bOohZ323hZI/s1600/Ubuntu+11.04.png[/img]
[QUOTE=Loures;31950972]Why do such threads always turn out in "bored" people starting to flame about Linux. :v:[/QUOTE]
Usually just a bunch of mouth-breathing neckbeards are the ones doing the trolling. Disregard 'em.
Happy birthday Linux. Too bad it's dead on desktops and is more popular on embedded devices and phones/tablets as Android and webOS (albeit heavily modified).
They should use Linux distros more often on public PC's and such, like this school library XP PC I'm typing on. It just [I]better[/I] have all the apps needed, no way in hell can you expect any reasonable person to use the terminal, people just don't want to use that, and most people never even knew non-GUI OS's ever existed.
[QUOTE=The Baconator;31954114]Happy birthday Linux. Too bad it's dead on desktops and is more popular on embedded devices and phones/tablets as Android and webOS (albeit heavily modified).[/QUOTE]
I don't see any evidence for Linux on the desktop being a thing of the past. If anything, Linux on the desktop was really obscure until a few years ago, but now you wouldn't necessarily be considered a hard-core Linux geek if you've heard about something like Ubuntu. I'm not claiming Linux is popular on desktops, but if it was "dead" that implies it was more popular in the past, which definitively isn't true.
i don't know about you folks who dislike linux but I, like everyone else who likes it, understands it was never meant for desktops
Linus coded an open-source and free alternative to Minix because he had no money as a college student. It wan't supposed to be a desktop OS, it's a open-source Unix alternative. This website runs on some Linux server because that's how Linux works - it's got support for several concurrent sessions. It's got a much more in-depth user and group security setup than Windows and I guarantee most enterprise level software development businesses use Linux servers because of how powerful of a server platform it is.
So shut up with "WAHHH IT'S A TERRIBLE DESKTOP OS" because A, if you're basing your opinion off of your two-hour usage of Ubuntu 9.04 when that came out a long time ago, you're an idiot, and B, it's a lot more powerful than Windows.
Of course, if you try using an saw to trim your hair, it won't work, so you're going to think it sucks. But if you use it what it's intended for, it's really great.
Please note that there is a difference between Ubuntu, a distribution, and Linux itself.
Happy birthday Linux. :)
My hard drive got corrupted last year and didn't have my vista install disc. I ended up installing Linux.
although I missed playing my game and some of the programs I ran were kinda shakey (because I have no idea how to work Linux) I enjoyed it. I always thought if I had a little laptop I'd install linux on it just for some easy media server and sharing or whatnot.
I like linux. even though I know close to nothing about it.
I've used Linux, overall it was great but I'm just too used to Windows.
My mom said surfing the web on the Linux computer is way faster. Not sure if I can prove that.
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