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Well said Load Toad. As for Ubuntu being bug free try reading through their security notices, 5 Kernel bugs, among others, in August alone.
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and bug free
I've found bugs in Ubuntu without even trying.
You only need to look at the source code repositories of any open source project, and the subsequent regular updates they roll-out to realise your "bug free" statement is utter nonsense.
No piece of software (OS or otherwise) can be bug free. It's the nature of software development. Software is designed and coded by humans. Humans make mistakes.
As the great orator D. Rumsfeld put it :
As we know,
There are known knowns.
There are things we know we know.
We also know
There are known unknowns.
That is to say
We know there are some things
We do not know.
But there are also unknown unknowns,
The ones we don't know
We don't know.
There are known knowns.
There are things we know we know.
We also know
There are known unknowns.
That is to say
We know there are some things
We do not know.
But there are also unknown unknowns,
The ones we don't know
We don't know.
Until I stopped using Windows I thought all the problems were just normal... they aren't. Windows is a really bad operating system unless you have some compelling reason to use it.
There are far more users out there who can demonstrate to you that Windows is not "really bad".
I'm a Mac OS supporter at heart, but even I have to admit that Windows 7 / Windows 2008 are actually half-decent operating systems going-forward. Of course some will always bemoan the departure of XP, but Microsoft are taking large strides forward to ensure that you will reap benefits from an upgrade. Yes Windows is not perfect, but it's not hideous either.
The problem with the Open Source community is just that, there's no clear course or direction. No incentive for people to contribute (a) quality code and (b) do so in a timely manner... because they are not rewarded (financially or otherwise) for doing so.
The whole linux thing is also getting out of hand, why does the world need quite so many linux distros ? It's not a good recipe for quality, reliability, efficiency or sustainability.
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"You've no idea what you're talking about."
Guilty as charged... I am not a computer expert.
As I say... for me it just works... and I have not had any problems with my computer use since going to Ubuntu. Not one.
This is in start contrast to the last computer I had with Windows (admittedly I have not used 7 much as I find it tricky now after using Ubuntu for the last 12 months or so.)
I don't claim to be an expert... but have found with every single Windows computer that after 6 months things start playing up... and I don't have the knowledge to fix it. Even taking the computer to an expert usually resulted in them not fixing the problems or at least not for very long.
I don't have this problem with Ubuntu.
It just works... Sure you guys might prefer Windows... I just like stuff that works... the only system so far that I have found that achieves this goal is Ubuntu.
I like the KISS principle... I am typing this on a $200 netbook (about as cheap as they come Downunder) with a free operating system... I had enough confidence with Ubuntu that I wiped Windows 7 lite off it when I bought it... in fact bought it just to run Ubuntu.
For this it is perfect for me.
You guys do what you like with your operating systems... for you it obviously works... but I pointed this out as the original poster sounded like he was having the sort of problems that I was and asking the same questions that led me to Ubuntu.
Guilty as charged... I am not a computer expert.
As I say... for me it just works... and I have not had any problems with my computer use since going to Ubuntu. Not one.
This is in start contrast to the last computer I had with Windows (admittedly I have not used 7 much as I find it tricky now after using Ubuntu for the last 12 months or so.)
I don't claim to be an expert... but have found with every single Windows computer that after 6 months things start playing up... and I don't have the knowledge to fix it. Even taking the computer to an expert usually resulted in them not fixing the problems or at least not for very long.
I don't have this problem with Ubuntu.
It just works... Sure you guys might prefer Windows... I just like stuff that works... the only system so far that I have found that achieves this goal is Ubuntu.
I like the KISS principle... I am typing this on a $200 netbook (about as cheap as they come Downunder) with a free operating system... I had enough confidence with Ubuntu that I wiped Windows 7 lite off it when I bought it... in fact bought it just to run Ubuntu.
For this it is perfect for me.
You guys do what you like with your operating systems... for you it obviously works... but I pointed this out as the original poster sounded like he was having the sort of problems that I was and asking the same questions that led me to Ubuntu.
