Linux vs Windows?

[SMOKEU]

Alright, if it was free(in my case it is for Windows and well, all Microsoft Products), what would you choose?

Since when were Microsoft products not free, in the past few years?

[Suntoucher]

Since when were Microsoft products not free, in the past few years?

I see what you did there, you're talking about piracy, hahaha, you're so funny.

That was a good one.

[Brian d marge]

Alright, if it was free(in my case it is for Windows and well, all Microsoft Products), what would you choose?

Exactly what I have now. if I could have a wish list , things like drivers , and Flash ( or the equivalent , to which we all rely on , should be made open source.

Stephen

[Max Preload]

you need a different job then

Not at my charge out rate I don't.

[Suntoucher]

Exactly what I have now. if I could have a wish list , things like drivers , and Flash ( or the equivalent , to which we all rely on , should be made open source.

Stephen

Fair enough, I thought Linux users made their own, open-source drivers?

Then again you can't really blame the companies for not making it open-source. They have zero motivation to do so, especially if it would only please 1% of users and strip their income to nil.

Only real way to fight back is to produce an open-source alternative to that product that people want so you can thieve market share. Or whine about it to the EU, worked for Opera who fell to pieces because of their own hubris. Charging for a browser when everyone else in the formative years gave it away free, then complaining to the EU.

[Urano]

Apple . have iphone , Never touching an apple product again EVER

agree.
neither i have an iphone, nor i ever suggested it to friends...

actually i don't like it at all, and think ipad has much more sense.
but they've sold 3 million iphones in a month, so if the "94% market share" statement works for windows, why shouldn't it work for the iphone?

next time try a mac: use it one month, then tell me if you'd ever come back...

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

... ... Zzzzzz

[SMOKEU]

Exactly what I have now. if I could have a wish list , things like drivers , and Flash ( or the equivalent , to which we all rely on , should be made open source.

Stephen

All my hardware except for my TV tuner has Linux drivers available. Video card, webcams, printer etc are all supported by Linux. The best thing is that it downloads the drivers automatically for my hardware. Flash player is available on Ubuntu.

[Suntoucher]

agree.
neither i have an iphone, nor i ever suggested it to friends...

actually i don't like it at all, and think ipad has much more sense.
but they've sold 3 million iphones in a month, so if the "94% market share" statement works for windows, why shouldn't it work for the iphone?

next time try a mac: use it one month, then tell me if you'd ever come back...

Because the iPhone doesn't have the greatest share of the smartphone market. Good try though.

I grew up around Macs and my uni last year(Natcoll) uses them exclusively. I won't be going back. Macs are garbage.

In fact Android has gone from 3% to 17% in a year, whilst iOS has dropped from 14% to 13% in that same period.
http://www.asymco.com/2010/08/02/and...tphones-in-q1/

[Brian d marge]

All my hardware except for my TV tuner has Linux drivers available. Video card, webcams, printer etc are all supported by Linux. The best thing is that it downloads the drivers automatically for my hardware. Flash player is available on Ubuntu.

for the 32 bit , but the 64 bit system which I use , isnt supported by adobe , i can get it to work but its isnt very flash ( pun intended)

32 bit works a treat

Stephen

[Suntoucher]

There's a 64 bit Flash Player for Linux released, pretty sure it's still in Beta so you may have to search for it, but it's there. You guys are the guinea pigs before Windows and Mac get the finished release.

[Max Preload]

The best thing is that it downloads the drivers automatically for my hardware.

That's no drawcard for me. I don't update unless there is a specific issue I have that needs addressing. Too many times an update has meant more problems created than it's fixed.

[Brian d marge]

There's a 64 bit Flash Player for Linux released, pretty sure it's still in Beta so you may have to search for it, but it's there. You guys are the guinea pigs before Windows and Mac get the finished release.

yes it beta
it sota works , but full screen and some web site, refuse to play ball ( they tend to be the naughty ones)

On saying this , the beta of CAELinux has been released , I can feel a fresh install coming

it really wont change my system , but well its new , and i get to play

Stephen

[YellowDog]

That's no drawcard for me. I don't update unless there is a specific issue I have that needs addressing. Too many times an update has meant more problems created than it's fixed.

If you want to make a Microsoft environment unusable, just leave on automatic updates!

[Suntoucher]

*has had automatic updates left on for the past six years(the three years prior were pirated copies of XP)*