xyzzy@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
On Sunday 22 February 2004 11:38 am, WipeOut wrote:
xyzzy@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
... for the foreseeable future on my home system.
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I have real problems seeing how Linux is going to make it to the desktop by 2005 with these kinds of road-blocks.
Sad.
Obviously by the fact that you felt the need to post you message here you are looking for some kind of confirmation about you decision.. The people in this mailing list are all Linux users so I doubt you will get any..
No, I'm not looking for some kind of confirmation. I am looking for a system that works, and Linux is not working for me. What, are you saying that "Linux users" comprise some sort of religion?
I use Linux at work... I am a kernel hacker at work. That is my job. Redhat 9 works for me at work because the motherboard is not completely state of the art.
I am not looking for any sort of consensus or support for my "decision". I would rather that Linux worked for me. It doesn't and THAT is what I am bothered by. It seems that all of the problems with SMP systems locking up are not being addressed... where are the fixes for the bugs in BugZilla? Where is the vaunted Open Source community in all of this?
The Open Source Community includes YOU.
If you have specific complaints about functionality or desired features, and you fail to voice those problems via bugzilla or the forum/mailing lists then you by default are accepting things as they are.
I agree with the earlier poster who said you are simply looking for confirmation on your decision.
I, for one, would rather put up with things that are not exactly right and tell people what changes I would like, than have to put up with an OS that limits me to doing what the vendor wants me to do, and makes me subject to the vendors idea of what I want.
As you said you "have a lot of computer experience" so all I will say is
enjoy the viruses and worms, the BSOD's, the reinstalls when the
registry get full of crap, the annual licencing, the having to register
you products with MS and then having to call them up when you have to
reinstall, the locking down you freedom to save the files you want
without being hit by DRM systems and the freedom in general to have the
ability to rebuild the system as you want it not to be forced into their
meida player, web browser and MSN services..
I agree with all of this which is why I wanted to put Linux on my home desktop.
However, even with all of M$ garbage, the bottom line is that their garbage works on my system and Linux does not.
