Linux Why Linux is Better

[MrHappiness]

Hi all

Just found this page : Why Linux is better

Great for picture messages to be included in presentations aimed at potential linux converts.

But I guess the collection could be improved, hmmm..

 

[vishalrao]

What OS/distro do you use?

 

[nucleuskore]

Yes good question^

Whatever said and done a lot of people are MS addicts. It took a while before I got rid of my addiction. That doesn't mean I don't use Windows. I use it in a frequency of once a month or once in two months to update my McAfee antivirus and patches

If I may point out to a few wrong things on that page

Forget about drivers - that's crazy. Drivers are like transducers, they interface between the machine language and the OS language. It's just that linux distros comes bundled with a lot of drivers.

Update all your software with a single click - All? I see Ubuntu in those screenshots/thumbnails. Even Ubuntu will update only those software for which repositories are available.

 

[MrHappiness]

What OS/distro do you use?

Hey there vishal.

I use Ubuntu/Win 7.

I am a student and among other things Ubuntu makes it possible and easy for me to latex and run X11 programs over ssh: two things I spend quite a lot of time doing.

What about you?

 

[vishalrao]

Hey MrH. Nice. I use Kubuntu 9.04 + Win 7 at home and Ubuntu 8.04 + WinXP at work I used to boot mainly in Windows until KDE 4.2 and Kubuntu 9.04 came out, nowadays I'm mostly on Linux... at work it's a no-brainer, Ubuntu's killer performance (compiling and running software) beats WinXP hands down...

You should also post this info along with your hardware config in your Rig details / signature ... Rig gallery might be inaccessible for now, might take a month for it to be fixed...

 

[MrHappiness]

Good to know mate.

Yeah will try to get that rig/sig thing done.

And BTW Mr Beans is awesome for happiness. Cool avatar.

 

[vishalrao]

Heh. We need more Linux users here at TE... too many Mac/Windows fangirls ranting/spamming the forums

 

[MrHappiness]

Ah! To each his own?

Yes certainly, the awareness should not fall short. There are, as is, sufficient barriers to the Linux world, let knowledge not be another.

 

[saqib_khan]

Hey, does anyone know abt Red hat linux. Is it free? Because on official site it says to buy Red Hat Enterprise linux.

 

[Gurpartap Singh]

^ no, it's not phree.

 

[vishalrao]

@saqib: if you want to play with "RHEL" redhat enterprise linux, you can download the free build called www.centos.org - The Community ENTerprise Operating System

If you want a desktop OS download the soon-to-be-released (about one week) Fedora 11

 

[shaunak]

I guess when they say forget about drivers is that the end user, can forget about them.

Trust me, even installing a printer (In windows) can be hard for some people. So plug and play support (like under tux) really does count for a lot. The only problem is that the poeple who face problems installing printers also will be among the last people to embrace linux.

My prefered distro is Fedora.

 

[vishalrao]

My printer was detected and installed automatically, HP 5160 all-in-one on Kubuntu 9.04

 

[main_trouble]

I guess when they say forget about drivers is that the end user, can forget about them.

Trust me, even installing a printer can be hard for some people. So plug and play support really does count for a lot. The only problem is that the poeple who face problems installing printers also will be among the last people to embrace linux.

My prefered distro is Fedora.

never had a single problem with any printer under ubuntu till now

 

[Dark Star]

^^+1 . Ubuntu has the best printer support in the Live Cd env..

Its not distro which manages printer its CUPS/.drivers which manages your printer.. Ofcourse better integration is needed else it will fail to recognise your printer

 

[greenhorn]

my canon MP 160 doesnt work out of the box, esp the scanner.

and the fact that Its on the network, connected to my XP PC makes it harder

 

[shaunak]

My printer was detected and installed automatically, HP 5160 all-in-one on Kubuntu 9.04

You guys misread me!

That was a PRO-Linux comment! I meant that you need driver CDs under windows while everything is (virtually) plug and play in tux.

I need to learn to communicate better!

 

[Dark Star]

my canon MP 160 doesnt work out of the box, esp the scanner.

and the fact that Its on the network, connected to my XP PC makes it harder

^^Why not try ZEDOnet | TurboPrint Linux | Printer driver for Linux

Also your scanner is partially supported with Sane SANE: Supported Devices

@GH Sir : You printer is fully supported http://www.openprinting.org/printer_list.cgi?make=Canon .. It seems you are not using updated packages..

 

[vishalrao]

You guys misread me!

That was a PRO-Linux comment! I meant that you need driver CDs under windows while everything is (virtually) plug and play in tux.

I need to learn to communicate better!

No worries, I wasn't saying anything bad about you I too was only making a pro-linux comment heh

 

[cool_cat]

I am on GNU/Linux(90%) for past 8 years(Although I can claim that I started using Linux on 1998 onwards during college years).I will give myself a treat on 2011(10 years).

BTW ,Here are few sites which can be inspirational for new GNU/Linux Users:

get GNU/Linux!

Linux is NOT Windows

We welcome you to 'Make The Move'

and

Learn (now under Linux Foundation)

and for some **INFO** for New Linux Users:

Note to new Linux users: No antivirus needed

http://www.linux.com/news/software/applications/8261-note-to-new-linux-users-no-antivirus-needed

http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/faq/index.php?page=virus