I've used RactOS a few times and it doesn't work well with the seven computers I have. Its progress has been a little slow, so I'm not sure if it'll ever become stable enough for anyone to install and use frequently any time soon.
GNU haha, it's like the Duke Nukem Forever of operating systems! Since I got this new old laptop I figure I'll experiment with different operating systems. GNU will be part of my list!
Yeah reactos is basically a vapourware/forever WIP that'll never get finished ;p. Lol the duke nukem of OS's haha! You say that, but now it's going to come out with a full release soon just to spite you ;p.
Lol wut? Great idea in theory, impossible in business execution. The problem w/ just about anything being bloated is to appeal to the most number of users possible. Unless end users learn something about their devices other than how to download iFart, that's not going to happen. And the whole, "Linux does that for you" or about as best as you can reasonably get. Don't like something? Compile your own kernel. -Uptime. -Don't have to run anti-malware bullshit. -Networking tools are simply native. Yes, I know I can run putty and cygwin, but they are inferior. Linux/Unix boxes were made to be part of a network. Windows still has all kinds of weak ass hoops to jump through, all in the name of security. That's fine and dandy for most people, but not me. I could go on but those three are absolute clenchers for me on not only my home machines, but remote servers. I have to be able to SSH in to any of them at any random times to check things. The Windows alternatives suck in comparison. This is where OSX trumps Windows for me when I want to buy something that works out of the box. Is there a list? Couple of weeks ago.
Since Twimfy mentioned mini discs and all that. Then the people must have known something, cause what I have mentioned about such stuff. Well check out this link http://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/mc5hb/presenting_my_own_project_linuxminidisc/
Nothing ever changes with *nix because it's deemed perfect as-is. A tool for every conceivable use of computers should fit into maybe a few hundred MB w/o resources. Uptime is an old argument. As bad as memory management is in Windows, my XP netbook is up for weeks at a time, all the while battling crappy programs that eat resources until they lock up. I'd say that's plenty stable for a personal computer. I think I've had 2 blue screens in almost 3 years. It sounds like you specifically work with *nix servers so it makes sense then to use a *nix box to access them. Samba sucks for Windows networking. Countless emulators, chat clients with full functionality, CAD products, many SDK, disc mastering tools, Virtual Dub, Media Player Classic. Uhuh, I'm sure it was very important
Well backin the day, apple made high performance shit for people who needed it or could afford it. Architects, musicians, artists etc. what's come of it? Now they make trendy flashy shit that plays music. God i hate them. Also, just for my own amusement.. I'm writing this on an iPad. (it's not mine)
I don't really run any *nix servers, but I appreciate the fact that if a computer or desktop is running a flavor of *nix that I can perform remote administration on them. On windows, it becomes significantly more difficult to manage. This was especially true before RDT came around as VNC and PC Anywhere were the only games in town. I'm not even sure if you can do full upgrades via command line in Windows as I recall command line support in Windows was kind of crummy, but I suppose if you installed your own SSH server you might be able to work something out.
If I don't update my machine every 2-3 months, it will eventually get to the point where it's better to wipe it clean since that's basically what the next update will do... due to (wait for it...) change. But it is still a valid one. I had our network guy install some driver for a USB to Serial port adaptor so he could configure my work firewall remotely. And now, that machine stays up about a minute before it freezes (unless I disable the NIC). I removed all the software he put on as well. That's pure awesome. Samba/CIFS sucks period. And yes, I work with *nix stuff, so naturally I'd want it at home. This is where I'm glad OSX is on Nix. I can natively connect to an NFS share (although I have to jump through a hoop) where as the Samba/CIFS route is just too painful to use. Right, we all know Windows has a vast library, but I can only name a few non-free apps on Linux, and with only a few things I can get done better on Windows. My graphics use starts and stops with image editing though. Trenton makes a good point. Basically some people are going to have different needs than others. I have an XP box (not working well) that I use for MAME... that's really all I need Windows for.
I've been building custom PC's since I can remember and currently run (and love) Windows 7 HP x64. But I don't hate Apple. They make some great products. I've always liked the Power PC based Power Macs and Power Books, Intel based Mac Pros and Macbooks and OSX is a great OS too. They make some of the best mainstream notebooks and always come near the top when it comes to the things I care about. Things like quality of the keyboard, touchpad and battery life. I would never buy one but the iPads are number 1 for a reason. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is truly in the same class. They have the high class build quality with the IPS LED light LCD panels and glass screens. But they cost the same price and both lack proper I/O features like mini HDMI output! The best two tablets IMHO are very similar. Sometimes I don't like that closed aspect of some of the Apple products. But sometimes that's what makes them work as well as they work. But all that said I do hate Apple fanboys. Just as much as I hate PC fanboys who go around saying Apple is shit. I hate them both very much.
For gods sake now i do really hate apple, i've put 9 alarms on my ipod touch 2nd gen, none of them rang! is not a broken ipod, is shit a piece of crap, thank's to my brother motorola razr (old one) i got up kinda in time to my first day at a new work, going late on the first day is no one of those thing that cause a good first impression, so, thank you apple for giving me a rushed morning
it's on 4.2.1 the max supported by my iPod, guess i'm going to sell for something android based, with a real keyboard.
YUM and RPM-installs are pretty weak, they were good back in the day but now they're pretty outdated. But then again I'm a gentoo man, download source and compile with my optimisations and excluding any rubbish that isn't needed.
Hmmm I am at the moment playing around with Sabayon LXDE edition and it is quite fascinating and interesting , but the only thing I have encountered which is a bit odd. Is that the selection of emulators are more scarce on Linux, than they are on Windows. Yes I know the great and fantastic ZSNES is ported and works absolutely great (no worries and no complains from me when it comes to that). Yes I am also aware, that Puppy Arcade is a brilliant distro for that particular area. But I am not so fond of Puppys window manager (I must admit LXDE is one of my favourites). So if there comes some kind of Puppy Arcade with LXDE and Firefox as its browser. Then I would go for that lovely and very interesting distro. But overall, I love Linux. But it sucks a bit that the particular emulators I am looking are far less on Linux, than on Windows.
IMHO Fedora is terrible. Fedora, RPM, and dependency hell is what made me initially leave Linux. Sure, RPM has better package management now days, but what good is that when the repos are so small? You end up doing this... Looking for some common app. Not finding it in the repos. Go to download it from another 3rd party repo, or compile it yourself. Find that package management is semi smart and tells you you require this dependancy, but not telling you where to get it or what version. Finally finding it but realising you need a particular version that plays nice with what's already installed, or requiring yet another piece, for which you have no idea where it's located. Having to add so many 3rd party repos and deal with the conflicts and manual compiles pretty much eliminates any package management benefits from my eyes. On the other hand, DEB and it's related package management is great and the Ubuntu/Debian repositories are largest in the Linux world. Pretty sweet since you don't need to go hunting as everything is in the official repos already.
