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Posted on 11-Aug-2002 13:33 GMT by Cyberwlf56 comments
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Microsoft have cracked down on retailers trying to sell alternate OS's when they sign a contract to sell Windoze. (This theoretically effecting people selling Amithlon pre-installed, or the likes). Essentially saying... : (from slashdot.org) "Some Sys Admin sent in an email that he got from Dell which basically says Microsoft will no longer allow Dell to sell PCs without an operating system. " - But if you think this was only Dell, the wording seems to effect all retailers, read article for more information: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/10/1420208.
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Posted by Brad Ray on 14-Aug-2002 16:13 GMT
Well, as far as amithlon goes...
Nobody is gonna run amithlon as thier only os anyway.
What the heck are you talkin' about?
You can say that you are gonna run an amithlon only system all you want, but when it comes right down to it...
You'll put windows back on.
Windows is the only OS that has any support from the mainstream 3rd parties.
Besides, I'll guarantee you as good as amithlon will be, it will not be that good!
It's just an emulator, no matter what the arguement.
Not to take away from amithlon...
If it's good, I'll use it :)
But there is no way in this world, you're gonna use it all alone.... period
Now, for the linux issue.
Linux is dung!!!
Unless you like to spend every waking moment of your life recompiling your kernal to get this or that to work, linux is nothing but a bunch of hype!!!
I bought into the linux hype when it was high, only to have about 6 store bought versions that sit forever in the top of my closet.
Suse 7.0 Suse 7.1 mandrake 7.2 mandrake 8.0 Redhat 7.0 Slackware 7.1
That's some of the major one's that I purchased.
let me run some things by you that make me sick to my stomach...
1) you must be running as root in order to install this software.
(and then, when you do, you can't use it in your seperate account... only in root will it be run)
and it is a no no to run things in root, because if you do... you will crash the heck out of it, only leading to a reinstall.
2) Linux now supports speedtouch usb modems!
hahahahhahahaahahahhahahhahahahahahahahahaahahaaa!!!!!!!!
That's the funniest one of them all.
Sure, you say that you have your speedtouch up and running on your linux system.
I don't doubt it.
But look at all the trouble you went to in order to accomplish this mighty task.
And don't give me this junk about...
all I had to do is this or all I had to do is that.
Save it nature boy!!!
3) I don't have time to go through all of them...
Nor do i want to go through all of them, for it makes me sick just to think about it.
The fact of the matter is.... Linux is cow poo!!! and a bunch of hype.
and by the way...
If linux is what you think stability is, you need to get a real life.
It's the most unstable OS there is!!!
It will crash everytime you want to run anything of any value.
Even the apps that come with the install will crash it!!!
And when it does crash, you'll be nicely escorted to a cli outside of the gui enviornment.
and guess what...
You'll never get back in...
Reinstallation time.
JUNKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!
Think I don't know what I'm talkin' bout?
Try it for yourself.
Go and buy some of the newest versions of all the major distros and see if it doesnt happen to you.
Don't worry about the replies that come from this arguement.
You can be sure of this...
I'll get all kind of responses saying... you just dont know what you're doing.
Go ahead and reply.
Doesn't make any difference.
When this thread is over, one fact will remain...
Linux is a bunch of cow poo hype!
Jump...
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