Posted on 07/12/2018 6:56:39 AM PDT by ShadowAce
Under the covers AD is BIND.
If there was a flavor of Linux that worked as well as macOS or even OS X, had professional audio apps, plugins & virtual instruments written for it by 3rd party vendors who specialize in pro-audio applications—I’d use it 24/7.
Till Linux has the quality & at least a 3rd of the quantity of pro audio applications that Windows or macOS does, it’s completely useless to me.
As far as pro audio goes, Linux is barely past the Windows 95 era, in my opinion.
Ha! I think I know exactly where that swap meet used to take place and squandered way too many hard-earned dollars buying junk there!
For the vast majority of people, Windows just works. I have custom compiled Gentoo distros, so I got all techy about it. But the truth was, for the vast majority of what I do, Windows was good enough, more than good enough. There was just no compelling reason to go with Linux for me.
I figured there were a few Seattle area folks there. On James street near the jail. :)
I always found it interesting that the biggest crowd was milling around the Pr0n CD’s and, in later years, DVD’s.
I actually still have an IBM AT as a “future antique”.
You usually have to install the OS when you buy a computer. It is just done automatically.
We use VM’s running Ubuntu as Java developing boxes. There is too much automatic updating in Windows.
If all you need is Eclipse and JDK, there is no point in using Windows.
I use the computer for useful work. I don’t like to fiddle with operating systems. The OS should just work, and not get in my way.
When I got my first computer I called a unix distributor and he quoted 999.00 per computer. I said that DOS was only 65.00 and he said that Unix was better. I went with DOS. END OF STORY.
As always, I agree 100% with you ;)
The ‘freedom’ part is also why I prefer KDE, since it gives the most freedom to do what you want with the desktop environment (and more control over the computer).
(And unlike the old days, KDE is NOT the resource hog it used to be. It actually has lower resource use than either Cinnamon OR Mate recently ;^D)
Linux is not.
Interesting. That's why I use Linux.
May I remind you that the title of the great article that you chose to start a thread on is “Top 10 Reasons Why Desktop Linux Failed”. Sloanrb could have said, “Because of servers, Android smartphones, tablets and other “smart” devices. Desktop not so much.” Then you would have had no misleading comeback. Linux is not very popular for desktop or laptop computers.
I have installed versions of Linux on many computers over the years. I do not install it on computers for my parents or other people who are not tech savvy. I still use virtual machines with Linux. I do not like the direction Microsoft took with Windows 10 and have made frequent harsh criticisms.
The primary problem with desktop versions of Linux for me has been the availability of software that I use frequently for specific purposes. Just two examples: I have been a photoshop user since version 2.5 came out for Windows in 1992. More recently I have gotten into 3-D Modelling to design devices for my 3-D printer. These days there are photo-editing packages for Linux but none which have all the features that I need. There currently are no good options that I am aware of for 3-D Modelling.
But there is another reason these days that is touched on in the article, but is actually just the tip of the iceberg. “5) Linux video card support is tricky”. It is not just the video drivers... I have a low powered Nextbook Windows 10 miniature laptop / tablet hybrid that I went all out trying to install a version of Linux on. This type of device is generally better suited for Linux than Windows 10.
But the install was basically not even possible and no one else on the forums was successfully able to do it either. There is a lot of other hardware designed for Windows 10 on the market that Linux basically just can not be installed on because of lack of drivers or other reasons that make it extremely difficult to do. On some you can hobble something together without sound, wireless, or proper video drivers, but what is the point of that? Just to prove that you can do it?
As far as I know.. the Commodor64 is still great for hacking (with raw data).
Don’t forget to mention that many of the Distros give an option to encrypt your home folder (or even the whole system) while installing.
Is Mozilla involved at all with Linux? Or, asked differently - in what ways is Mozilla involved with Linux? Merely as a user/users? Or more?
You are correct, of course. I apologize for going off on a tangent.
I have a low powered Nextbook Windows 10 miniature laptop / tablet hybrid that I went all out trying to install a version of Linux on.
An anecdote regarding a device designed around Windows, rather than a generic tablet. Good example.
As I said above, freedom does come with responsibility. Part of that responsibility is choosing the hardware and software that will run together to accomplish the task you need to accomplish. You chose a combination that does not work, much like choosing a Matrox card to run modern high-end video editing and gaming.
Choose what works for you.
As far as I know, that is the extent of their involvement.
“You usually have to install the OS when you buy a computer. It is just done automatically.”
That’s simply not true. With factory-installed Windows, starting the PC for the first time does little more than selecting keyboard type, language type, timezone, PC name, starting the connections to the local area network, and building an initial login account. All of these are simply configuration items easily changed later on, with the exception of the language, which CAN be changed, though it basically takes a hack to do that.
Doing all of that is NOT “installing the OS” ...
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