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The View from Mudsock Heights: Linux Has Come Far -- In One Case, Maybe Too Far
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| The free software movement, which in many
| respects means the Linux operating system,
| is a puzzle to those accustomed to paying
| for things. Software is expensive stuff â
| how good can the stuff be if it doesnât
| cost anything?
|
| Actually, very, very good.
|
| [...]
|
| Then, in July 1998, the desktop problem
| started to be solved. Thatâs when KDE 1.0
| was released. I downloaded, compiled, and
| installed it that very first day, and it
| blew me away. Linux was now easy to use,
| sort of. KDE (which stood for the âKDE
| Desktop Environment,â in that self-
| referential Linux way) could do things in
| version 1.0 more than a decade ago that
| only the latest Windows can do.
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http://www.ofb.biz/safari/article/641.html
Washing the windows myths. Device support.
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| There is a common mantra which windows
| advocates like to chant. I guess it has a
| calming influence for them as they
| navigate the labyrinth of installing new
| hardware on their machines. The mantra
| goes like this, windows has better device
| support. This mantra, while boosting the
| superiority complex of windows advocates,
| is simply a myth.
|
| It is said that myths generally have a
| germ of truth in them and I have to agree.
| Many years ago windows did have superior
| device support. That has all changed now.
| In fact the situation has reversed. Linux
| now has superior device support when
| compared to windows and arguably any other
| operating system. The reason for this is
| due to the differences between the way
| windows and Linux look at hardware device
| drivers.
|
| [...]
|
| The proof is in the pudding. Do this
| experiment, if you dare. If you have not
| already lost your windows drivers disks,
| put them away under lock and key. Format
| your hard drive and install windows from
| scratch, without installing any other
| drivers. How much of your hardware works?
| Now do the same for Linux. You will find
| that more of your hardware works with a
| standard install of just about any modern
| Linux distribution. Including printers,
| webcams, scanners and other peripherals.
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http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/locutus/washing-the-windows-myths-device-support-38896
Recent:
Sheldon Cooper: Ubuntu User
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| Well, if you are a Linux fan and you have
| not noticed, Sheldon Cooper, the self-
| proclaimed genius and truest nerd on The
| Big Bang Theory has been seen using
| Ubuntu.
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http://techie-buzz.com/foss/sheldon-cooper-ubuntu-user.html
A capitalist fan of commie software
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| It's a good question, I suppose. A tree-
| hugging leftwinger from a proud union
| family with an inexplicable taste for
| expensive Scotch single malts asked to
| know why, if I'm such a capitalist, I am
| so vocal about liking free and open source
| software.
|
| My desktop operating system has been Linux
| ever since 2003, when I formatted my
| Windows box in a fit of pique that had
| been brewing since sometime before Windows
| 3.1 was released. I tried a few variants,
| but quickly settled on the local
| distribution, Ubuntu, masterfully named
| and competently compiled by a famous rich
| kid from Durbanville in the Western Cape.
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http://www.itweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33289:a-capitalist-fan-of-commie-software&catid=70
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