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People will still use Linux because it's SUPERIOR to Windows, and indeed UNIX
I chuckeled at that... :lol:
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nicamarvin2005 wrote:
People will still use Linux because it's SUPERIOR to Windows, and indeed UNIX
I chuckeled at that... :lol:
Uh, even the ROS devs agree that the UNIX (and therefore Linux) architecture is superior to NT's.
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Uh, even the ROS devs agree that the UNIX (and therefore Linux) architecture is superior to NT's
I I chuckeled again.... :lol:
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iven if linux is superior to the NT architecture, let just say for the sake of argument that it is, linux would have to be many times more superior to NT for people to began to use it as their main desktop...Guess why?
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nicamarvin2005 wrote:iven if linux is superior to the NT architecture, let just say for the sake of argument that it is, linux would have to be many times more superior to NT for people to began to use it as their main desktop...Guess why?
Why?
I'm expecting "Linux is rly hard 2 use" or "Linux has no drivers" or "X Application runs on Windows"
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I'm expecting "Linux is rly hard 2 use"
it maight not be as hard today as it was back in the day, but let just face it, Windows beat Linux for user friendliness....not all of Us are geeks... :ugeek:
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nicamarvin2005 wrote:
I'm expecting "Linux is rly hard 2 use"
it maight not be as hard today as it was back in the day, but let just face it, Windows beat Linux for user friendliness....not all of Us are geeks... :ugeek:
If you'd ever used a modern Linux distro you'd know that it can be very easy to use.
"Linux" is not an OS. "Ubuntu" is, it is an example GNU/Linux distro.
Some distros are better than others. Ubuntu is as user friendly, if not moreso than Windows, is good looking, fast, stable - And is used by millions.
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The general opinion of the ROS devs is that Linux doesn't have an architecture, that it's pretty much slapped together with no clear design, and the rate of release and constant inclusion of "new" features is simply masking the fact that there is no coherent plan behind Linux. Some people think this is a good thing. As someone who has worked with people that have tried to figure out what the hell is going on in Linux, I'm of the opinion that the only reason Linux is usable in a mission critical environment is because companies like Red Hat and Novell lock their kernel versions in their enterprise versions to prevent major changes from slipping in, which is pretty much what MS does with each Windows release.

Incidentally, to call Linux "Unix" is kind of insulting Unix.
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andrewweb wrote:
nicamarvin2005 wrote:
People will still use Linux because it's SUPERIOR to Windows, and indeed UNIX
I chuckeled at that... :lol:
Uh, even the ROS devs agree that the UNIX (and therefore Linux) architecture is superior to NT's.
Can you name one dev who has expressed this opinion?

At home I use Linux as my primary OS and really only use windows when i'm developing and verifying behavior for ReactOS.
I use Linux because it's a powerful OS and I can accomplish most anything I want on it with os software. In my opinion, Linux has this power because it's open source and not because of it's architecture.
I would not say that Linux has a better architecture than nt.

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bugboy wrote:
andrewweb wrote: Uh, even the ROS devs agree that the UNIX (and therefore Linux) architecture is superior to NT's.
Can you name one dev who has expressed this opinion?
IIRC abragin said so in IRC. There was some discussion a while back, but I was using a different IRC client at the time so I lack any logs.
Z98 wrote:The general opinion of the ROS devs is that Linux doesn't have an architecture, that it's pretty much slapped together with no clear design, and the rate of release and constant inclusion of "new" features is simply masking the fact that there is no coherent plan behind Linux. Some people think this is a good thing. As someone who has worked with people that have tried to figure out what the hell is going on in Linux, I'm of the opinion that the only reason Linux is usable in a mission critical environment is because companies like Red Hat and Novell lock their kernel versions in their enterprise versions to prevent major changes from slipping in, which is pretty much what MS does with each Windows release.

Incidentally, to call Linux "Unix" is kind of insulting Unix.
Indeed. It is.. messy.
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Aleksey Bragin, the project coordinator, whose day job is a consultant for writing NT drivers? Why do I find it easier to believe your memory is in error here than Aleksey actually saying this?
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Z98 wrote:Aleksey Bragin, the project coordinator, whose day job is a consultant for writing NT drivers? Why do I find it easier to believe your memory is in error here than Aleksey actually saying this?
It was a while ago. It was one of the ops in #reactos-dev, I've probably misattributed.
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Can someone plz finally fix the forums so that EVERYONE has a Edit Button??!
ReactOS is still in alpha stage, meaning it is not feature-complete and is recommended only for evaluation and testing purposes.

If my post/reply offends or insults you, be sure that you know what sarcasm is...
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EmuandCo wrote:Can someone plz finally fix the forums so that EVERYONE has a Edit Button??!
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You mean you can't edit YOUR OWN POSTS?!
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