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  • #16
    Originally posted by Cloud9
    All new operating systems are for geeks. When MS-DOS first came out, it was definitely for geeks. It'll catch on. You just watch!
    no it wasn't

    it was built for IBM which was selling a line of CONSUMER computers called the IBM PC and the IBM PC jr.
    We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. - Abraham Lincoln

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    • #17
      Originally posted by Tassadar5000


      "Please enter primary kernel here. If you have not compiled a kernel, please contact your manufacturer" versus "Click here for Yahoo! Mail! Click here for Morrowind! Click here for...."

      I wonder which of those two most people will go for
      Unix-based OSes are becoming more and more mainstream and more and more easier to use everyday (just like Windows, only at a faster rate).
      HAVE A DAY.
      <--- Quote by Former U.S. President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
      "And there will be strange events in the skies--signs in the sun, moon, and stars. And down here on earth the nations will be in turmoil, perplexed by the roaring seas and strange tides. The courage of many people will falter because of the fearful fate they see coming upon the earth, because the stability of the very heavens will be broken up. Then everyone will see the Son of Man arrive on the clouds with power and great glory. So when all these things begin to happen, stand straight and look up, for your salvation is near!" --Luke 21:25-28
      For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the call of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, all the Christians who have died will rise from their graves. Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and remain with him forever. --1 Thessalonians 4:16-17

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      • #18
        Originally posted by Ted Striker


        no it wasn't

        it was built for IBM which was selling a line of CONSUMER computers called the IBM PC and the IBM PC jr.
        Back then, computers themselves were not even mainstream. Hardly anyone owned one. At least until Windows 3.1 was released.
        HAVE A DAY.
        <--- Quote by Former U.S. President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
        "And there will be strange events in the skies--signs in the sun, moon, and stars. And down here on earth the nations will be in turmoil, perplexed by the roaring seas and strange tides. The courage of many people will falter because of the fearful fate they see coming upon the earth, because the stability of the very heavens will be broken up. Then everyone will see the Son of Man arrive on the clouds with power and great glory. So when all these things begin to happen, stand straight and look up, for your salvation is near!" --Luke 21:25-28
        For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the call of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, all the Christians who have died will rise from their graves. Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and remain with him forever. --1 Thessalonians 4:16-17

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        • #19
          no they're not

          I have yet to see any improvements since Gnome and KDE were released

          The only one that actually counts is MacOSX

          (which was built by a for-profit company for consumers by the way)
          We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. - Abraham Lincoln

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          • #20
            Originally posted by Ted Striker
            no they're not

            I have yet to see any improvements since Gnome and KDE were released

            The only one that actually counts is MacOSX

            (which was built by a for-profit company for consumers by the way)
            Try Lindows (KDE). Try Ximian Desktop (Gnome). You might change your mind.
            HAVE A DAY.
            <--- Quote by Former U.S. President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
            "And there will be strange events in the skies--signs in the sun, moon, and stars. And down here on earth the nations will be in turmoil, perplexed by the roaring seas and strange tides. The courage of many people will falter because of the fearful fate they see coming upon the earth, because the stability of the very heavens will be broken up. Then everyone will see the Son of Man arrive on the clouds with power and great glory. So when all these things begin to happen, stand straight and look up, for your salvation is near!" --Luke 21:25-28
            For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the call of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, all the Christians who have died will rise from their graves. Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and remain with him forever. --1 Thessalonians 4:16-17

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            • #21
              Tried 'em both

              Different flavors of mediocrity
              We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. - Abraham Lincoln

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              • #22
                How come the Lindows site tries to install Gator on my computer? Are they that desparate?!
                We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. - Abraham Lincoln

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                • #23
                  Originally posted by Ted Striker
                  Tried 'em both

                  Different flavors of mediocrity
                  Compare the improvements in Linux and Windows for the last 5 years and you'll see what I mean. Or are you just too stuck up to admit it, just so you can support your point of view?
                  HAVE A DAY.
                  <--- Quote by Former U.S. President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
                  "And there will be strange events in the skies--signs in the sun, moon, and stars. And down here on earth the nations will be in turmoil, perplexed by the roaring seas and strange tides. The courage of many people will falter because of the fearful fate they see coming upon the earth, because the stability of the very heavens will be broken up. Then everyone will see the Son of Man arrive on the clouds with power and great glory. So when all these things begin to happen, stand straight and look up, for your salvation is near!" --Luke 21:25-28
                  For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the call of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, all the Christians who have died will rise from their graves. Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and remain with him forever. --1 Thessalonians 4:16-17

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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by Ted Striker
                    How come the Lindows site tries to install Gator on my computer? Are they that desparate?!
                    Excuses. Excuses.

                    Don't give me that. Lots of websites do that.
                    HAVE A DAY.
                    <--- Quote by Former U.S. President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
                    "And there will be strange events in the skies--signs in the sun, moon, and stars. And down here on earth the nations will be in turmoil, perplexed by the roaring seas and strange tides. The courage of many people will falter because of the fearful fate they see coming upon the earth, because the stability of the very heavens will be broken up. Then everyone will see the Son of Man arrive on the clouds with power and great glory. So when all these things begin to happen, stand straight and look up, for your salvation is near!" --Luke 21:25-28
                    For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the call of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, all the Christians who have died will rise from their graves. Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and remain with him forever. --1 Thessalonians 4:16-17

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                    • #25
                      If I'm comparing Windows 98 to Windows XP the difference is huge, and a vast improvement.

                      The X Server is a joke and compared to XP is unstable and very slow. I don't ever use the GUI on Linux because it's a complete waste of time.

                      Someone needs to rewrite X from scratch.
                      We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. - Abraham Lincoln

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                      • #26
                        Originally posted by Ted Striker
                        If I'm comparing Windows 98 to Windows XP the difference is huge, and a vast improvement.

                        The X Server is a joke and compared to XP is unstable and very slow. I don't ever use the GUI on Linux because it's a complete waste of time.

                        Someone needs to rewrite X from scratch.
                        See. I knew you were stuck up.
                        HAVE A DAY.
                        <--- Quote by Former U.S. President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
                        "And there will be strange events in the skies--signs in the sun, moon, and stars. And down here on earth the nations will be in turmoil, perplexed by the roaring seas and strange tides. The courage of many people will falter because of the fearful fate they see coming upon the earth, because the stability of the very heavens will be broken up. Then everyone will see the Son of Man arrive on the clouds with power and great glory. So when all these things begin to happen, stand straight and look up, for your salvation is near!" --Luke 21:25-28
                        For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the call of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, all the Christians who have died will rise from their graves. Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and remain with him forever. --1 Thessalonians 4:16-17

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                        • #27
                          Originally posted by Cloud9


                          Excuses. Excuses.

                          Don't give me that. Lots of websites do that.


                          "Lots of websites do that."



                          Only the BAD sites do that. How can I expect to take something seriously when they are trying to install spyware on my pc?

                          Tell me, do any of these do it?

                          1) www.ibm.com
                          2) www.microsoft.com
                          3) www.oracle.com
                          4) www.freebsd.org
                          5) www.cnn.com
                          We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. - Abraham Lincoln

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                          • #28
                            Originally posted by Cloud9


                            See. I knew you were stuck up.
                            Do you even know how X works?
                            We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. - Abraham Lincoln

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                            • #29
                              I see Windows and Unix as aimed at different markets - the Microsoft vision is every desktop/personal PC running Windows, and the Unix vision is portable code.

                              Neither of these visions bears too much resemblence to reality, although the Windows one is much closer to it. And I'm no great fan of MS.

                              I doubt any version of Unix in their present forms will top MS - but I've been very wrong about how computers will evolve, so I'm not going to go further than the last point;

                              OS's in 20 years or so will bear little if any resemblence to what is currently commercially available.
                              Some cry `Allah O Akbar` in the street. And some carry Allah in their heart.
                              "The CIA does nothing, says nothing, allows nothing, unless its own interests are served. They are the biggest assembly of liars and theives this country ever put under one roof and they are an abomination" Deputy COS (Intel) US Army 1981-84

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                              • #30
                                "Lots of websites do that."



                                Only the BAD sites do that. How can I expect to take something seriously when they are trying to install spyware on my pc?

                                Tell me, do any of these do it?

                                1) www.ibm.com
                                2) www.microsoft.com
                                3) www.oracle.com
                                4) www.freebsd.org
                                5) www.cnn.com


                                Microsoft does. It's called Windows

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