On 14-05-06 11:35 PM, Caver1 wrote:
On 05/06/2014 03:08 PM, BillW50 wrote:
On 05/06/2014 11:32 AM, Caver1 wrote:
On 05/06/2014 12:07 PM, BillW50 wrote:
"Caver1" wrote in message
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On 05/06/2014 06:12 AM, BillW50 wrote:

Sure, it is the OS that is crazier than a three-ring circus with 306
distros and counting. The Linux community doesn't believe in
standardization either. Because there wouldn't be 300+ distros if
they did. And it is very tough to write applications that would run
on 300+ distros. So you end up with many lame basic applications like
Firefox, Thunderbird, LibreOffice, VLC, etc. Hell Android, iOS,
Windows RT, Palm OS, etc can do that stuff too. So I've never found
one killer app for Linux in all of these years.

Wow! I had to dig up my old post because whatever you used to quote it
sure screwed it up. Compare the above to your quoted version. Big
difference.

You're fooling only yourself. I didn't quote anything. That was a direct
follow up to the newsgroup. Go back and look at it again there is no
difference. If there is prove it.

Yeah well you are going to have to wait. As Thunderbird under Windows
and Linux isn't showing your original post at all.

That's funny I can see it in Thunderbird in Linux. Your's also. Anyways
the point was to prove what you said not me.
Still can't can you?



You only have to write for a Linux desktop environment such as KDE,
Gnome. Then a distribution that uses that desktop environment can use
it. There is no reason to try to think you have to write for a
specific distribution. The Linux kernel Is written so that a user can
customize it easily for his/her needs or wants. Such as Cern, Pixar,
Nasa, me, just to name a few.

Naw it is a huge mess. Touch screens for example is now the new fade
(maybe one that will last for generations to come). Virtually all OS
support it right out of the box. But not Linux! Linux is that OS that
always lags behind everything else. Try to get Linux to learn a new
trick is like a pulling a lazy donkey while it kicks and screams.

Like I said You haven't really used Linux especially recently.

Look at your comment below. " Even this distro is outdated..."
If you keep current with Windows and use Linux why don't you keep
current with Linux?
Really? This looks like Linux. It works like Linux. Go figure.

Works pretty good doesn't it?
If you regularly use Linux why are you so down on it. And since you are
so down on Linux why don't you stay with Windows? How do I know you're
not using an user agent spoofer?

And it remains very stable. Unlike MS which will not let you see their
code, and is not as stable.

My Windows machines are all stable. Although I am not into beta testing
the latest and greatest Windows versions. I wait until they have been
proven stable.

It is not as stable as Linux and you run into many more problems with
windows- bloatware, viruses, update problems, errors that can't be
figured out by anyone so the suggestion is to reload windows and start
over. I can go on from there.

Really? I usually install Windows once and that is it and I am done. Not
so with Linux. Even this distro is outdated and I need to wipe it out
and to start all over again. Although I get really tired of this crap
from Linux. It is like driving on the same road that is always under
construction.


I have been using Linux for years and never reinstalled an OS. Just do a
search and see how many times a Windows user has had to reinstall. I
also do maintenance on Windows machines. I'm not ignorant of that OS.
Why haven't you kept it updated? If you stay with the same root OS
(Debian,Redhat, etc.) All you have to do is keep your /Home partition
and load the new distro and you're fine. Unless you are trying to keep
your /Home from a 15 year old system. Things have progressed. Crap? How
about Windows? How many versions have they had? And how many times has
their software been updated and not compatible with the previous
version? Needed a Patch to fix the problem, several times. Office
software in the free software can usually import/export in many formats.
Such as Corel file types,Linux file tyoes, all of the different Windows
file types. Windows can't.
As far as I know you like the outdated stuff. WordStar, Palm. What else?

You're right about the /home directory. People will point to the fact
that it is recommended that you completely reinstall the OS at every new
version (generally every six months) but I believe the upgrade process
has become seamless in the past few years and the recommendation no
longer applies. Besides, even if you DID have to reinstall every six
months, making sure that the /home remains untouched will prevent you
from losing any kind of data. However, this six-month reinstall process
is actually something I like because it ensures that a rather recent
version of the operating system is always available. Unlike installing
Windows 7 or 8 and then going through hours of updating (it literally
takes me a day with Windows 7), if you install a recent version of a
distribution in say 20 minutes, you already have much of the most recent
software and even if you don't, the update process is done ONCE and
everything is updated in that one cycle. This is a gigantic advantage.

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