stracing
09-25-2005, 10:07 AM
i was just wondering how many of you are Linux users?
I've been using Linux for the past year and i have to say, it'll be impossible to convert me! There are a few things that has to be done:
More programs will have to be geared towards to nix platform.
Programs are easily installed and configured. Most times i had to compile the program myself and i hated that. Sometimes you wait minutes just to find out there are millions of errors just because you mispelt an environent variable.
Hardware manufacturers must provide support. How sucky would it be if you spent $1000 on a piece of hardware and no one has written drivers for it.
I'm sticking to MS until things are changed. I know there are many distributions and somtimes its necessary to compile code but thats the inconvenience of Linux i don't like. Sure MS are still dominant, money hungry and Bill Gates is the founder. But its easy to use. I'm a confident PC user but just a lazy one! Also i'm not a hardcore programmer so writing drivers for myself would be impossible.
However, the plus side is using them for servers. My company made a switch from MS products. I had a glimpse of the logs and it confirms that Linux based servers can run for thousands of hours without a reboot.
This is my experience and maybe someone elses experience is different. if you know a way to make Linux just as easy to use a Windows then let me know!
I've been using Linux for the past year and i have to say, it'll be impossible to convert me! There are a few things that has to be done:
More programs will have to be geared towards to nix platform.
Programs are easily installed and configured. Most times i had to compile the program myself and i hated that. Sometimes you wait minutes just to find out there are millions of errors just because you mispelt an environent variable.
Hardware manufacturers must provide support. How sucky would it be if you spent $1000 on a piece of hardware and no one has written drivers for it.
I'm sticking to MS until things are changed. I know there are many distributions and somtimes its necessary to compile code but thats the inconvenience of Linux i don't like. Sure MS are still dominant, money hungry and Bill Gates is the founder. But its easy to use. I'm a confident PC user but just a lazy one! Also i'm not a hardcore programmer so writing drivers for myself would be impossible.
However, the plus side is using them for servers. My company made a switch from MS products. I had a glimpse of the logs and it confirms that Linux based servers can run for thousands of hours without a reboot.
This is my experience and maybe someone elses experience is different. if you know a way to make Linux just as easy to use a Windows then let me know!