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Sep 8th, 2009

Re: Why I Hate Linux

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Is that a joke? I did a google images search and found this and that. Doesn't look very simple to me. Looks like something between a Mac and Unix.

Here's the wiki-page on sarcasm

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Ancient Dragon actually made a very valid point. When things don't work in Linux it feels like you're banging your head against a brick wall. It's been my main OS for almost 10 years, but there are still things here and there that make me go absolutely crazy.

It's funny though because I recently had the same exact experience as AD. I wanted to do some C++ programming in Linux and had a hard time choosing between gtkmm and wxwidgets because I knew nothing about them. I installed the dev packages and I couldn't get even a basic hello world program to compile in either. It literally took HOURS to figure out what libraries were missing. In Windows when you install a program it comes with everything you need. I could have probably compiled the same hello world program in 10 minutes in Windows using the same wxwidgets or gtkmm libraries. So there's no need to get defensive Linux users. There are things in Linux which are great and there are things in Linux that absolutely and completely suck. That's just the way it is.

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So there's no need to get defensive Linux users. There are things in Linux which are great and there are things in Linux that absolutely and completely suck. That's just the way it is.

I totally agree with this statement. It's just some people don't realize this statement holds true for any OS.

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So there's no need to get defensive Linux users. There are things in Linux which are great and there are things in Linux that absolutely and completely suck. That's just the way it is.

I agree on the command line side of things but when using the GUI, it is just as easy as windows especially if you have Ubuntu which feels like Windows. The thing that makes Ubuntu easy is that part of the GUI for installing programs. Now that's handy and automatically selects required modules.

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I get Windows Anxiety whenever I have to use it. Don't know where everything is!

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I expected such talk from a newbie whose only knowledge is most likely windows packages. From an expereinced poster like you and more so a very good programmer who understands the computer inside out using Linux should be relatively easy!!!

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I expected such talk from a newbie whose only knowledge is most likely windows packages. From an expereinced poster like you and more so a very good programmer who understands the computer inside out using Linux should be relatively easy!!!

I guess that's what books and the internet are for. I read a lot of that to know where everything is. But yes, at first Ubuntu can be scary if you haven't done your research but the same applies to windows. The difference, more people know windows inside out so it is easier to just ask the person beside you about Windows than it is to read a manual about Linux.

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Re: Why I Hate Linux

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I expected such talk from a newbie whose only knowledge is most likely windows packages. From an experienced poster like you and more so a very good programmer who understands the computer inside out using Linux should be relatively easy!!!

You do realise AD was attempting to use Fedora, NOT Ubuntu?? It was not AD who threw Ubuntu into the discussion... but if you had actually read the thread all the way through, you would actually know that! And being a programmer does not automatically qualify someone as an easy cross-over for Linux, as much of the code-base and techniques are different.

So his comments didn't fit your expectations... boo-hoo for you! - get over yourself!

What many of you guys forget, is that this thread was birthed as a RANT - you all seem to be taking it as if someone insulted your mother! This is the world wide web, and even more applicable, a FORUM. People are free to voice their opinions without being others being offended because it doesn't happen to align with your own ideals.

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Re: Why I Hate Linux

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You do realise AD was attempting to use Fedora, NOT Ubuntu?? It was not AD who threw Ubuntu into the discussion...

No. It was me.

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From an expereinced poster like you and more so a very good programmer who understands the computer inside out using Linux should be relatively easy!!!

I didn't say that Linux was impossible to understand, but a lot of things are made unnecessarily difficult. If all linux programmers stuck there heads together, it might become a very userfriendly OS. But because every programmer makes his/her own little piece, the communication between the different parts of linux is below-standard. Which results in a lack of user-friendliness.

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You really have to be in the zone to work with linux. Once there, it's hard to use microsoft again.

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