[KLUG Advocacy] No OS immune to DOS attacks... :-) Not even ALL POWERFUL SUPER LINUX!

[John Bridleman]

* magoo (mag00@voyager.net) wrote:
> [SET HOOK... bait swallowed!  Turn reel handle furiously...]

Maybe, but I'm not falling for your argument. Let's just say that I don't agree with your premise.

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It's sad that the majority (at least as far as I've seen) of the arguments complaining that Linux is not ready for "the desktop" are basing that assumption by comparing it to Microsoft Windows. IMHO, that's not the point.

What is the point? The point is that we Linux users are looking for something else. For some it's stability. For some it's price. Others, freedom. But whatever the reason, we choose to make the effort to run Linux. Yes, effort.

The Linux desktop is not perfect, and it's not for everybody. Maybe the Windows environment is a better for for some. If so, I think that's great. Let them run Windows, or OSX, or ???. I really don't care.

But, I think it's a waste of everyones time to compare the Linux Desktop against Windows. If that's your argument then run Windows. Rather, let's concentrate on what we need in a desktop and implement it.
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John Bridleman / www.bridleman.org