Infected The Linux Community - Operating systems are serious business

[AnOminous]

Any elitist Linux users who obsessively look down on Windows and Mac users for "not being as smart as them" are probably annoying to deal with.

Even though OS X is an actual Unix-based OS descending from BSD instead of a knockoff.

 

[AngeloTheWizard]

Any elitist Linux users who obsessively look down on Windows and Mac users for "not being as smart as them" are probably annoying to deal with.

Actually I'd say we're the smart ones for not wasting our time reinventing the goddamn Operating System wheel and instead we're busy making new programs.

 

[Linako 2.0]

Any elitist Linux users who obsessively look down on Windows and Mac users for "not being as smart as them" are probably annoying to deal with.


DOSBox for running old DOS stuff runs on Linux. Just like it does on Windows and Mac.

what about Dragon's Dogma or anime titty games?

 

[alex_theman]

This guy has some gold on insane linux users.
https://scalibq.wordpress.com/2013/07/19/linux-the-dunning-kruger-os/

 

[alex_theman]

what about Dragon's Dogma or anime titty games?

Wine.

 

[Bungleboy]

All you need to know about Linux fanboys is that even with their efforts, Linux is a tiny minority OS.

Linuxfags cannot deal with the fact that their cult OS was rejected.

 

[0xDEADBEEF]

If you do anything with servers you need to know how to use Linux and a command-line interface. Linux absolutely rules the server world and most high-performance server software is Linux-first. Plus, once you get good with the command line, it's a much, much more efficient way to do things on your computer. I don't even need a mouse anymore.

On the desktop side, yeah Linux has only a tiny share of the market. Most consumers don't want to have to actually learn how to do complex computer things, and I don't really blame them. But I'm a programmer and I love the complexity, that's why I use desktop Linux (Arch).

 

[Piga Dgrifm]

I'll never understand people who act elitist over whatever operating system they use.

 

[alex_theman]

I'll never understand people who act elitist over whatever operating system they use.

Me too.

 

[Marvin]

Eric S Raymond though is fucking certifiable.

I don't quite remember him, what's his malfunction?

He's mainly famous for a thing called The Cathedral and the Bazaar but also for chimping out on other subjects. I'm not sure if he's a lolcow but I'm open to the idea.

ESR spergs about guns, nerd shit and weird polyamory fetish meetups.

I'll never understand people who act elitist over whatever operating system they use.

It mattered more like a decade or so ago. Nowadays all that matters is the internet.

 

[Holdek]

I don't quite remember him, what's his malfunction?

He annoys people by writing long essays about how blacks are on average less intelligent and more prone to aggression, among other stuff that doesn't really have anything to do with free software.

 

[Surtur]

Wine.

Because people want to sit there and fuck with a wrapper rather than just play the damn game. And honestly, I prefer OS X to Linux.

 

[Mrs Paul]

Good god, and I thought Macfreaks were bad.

-he once flipped his shit because he did half of his hours long speech, only to be asked to start from beginning because the audience didn't understand english(this was in Brazil iirc):

-he made emacs
-he hates vi/vim

.

Wait, did he just say he was going to speak Spanish?

 

[alex_theman]

Because people want to sit there and fuck with a wrapper rather than just play the damn game. And honestly, I prefer OS X to Linux.

Crossover exists for a reason.

 

[Surtur]

Crossover exists for a reason.

All I hear is nerdspeak. Normal people don't care about that shit, they just want to play their sudoku puzzles.

 

[alex_theman]

All I hear is nerdspeak. Normal people don't care about that shit, they just want to play their sudoku puzzles.

This is how you install an app in crossover.
https://www.codeweavers.com/support/wiki/linux/linuxtutorial/use_tie
EDIT: Thread derailed due to :autism:.

 

[HarryHowler]

Seeing this thread reminded me of this old article on Cracked:

http://www.cracked.com/funny-1039-linux/

The sad thing is, I'm not sure if whoever wrote that genuinely thinks that anyone who doesn't want to take the time to learn the ins and outs of Linux is just a drooling retard, or whether it's meant to be parodying the mindset of hardcore Linux users.

 

[AnOminous]

This is how you install an app in crossover.
https://www.codeweavers.com/support/wiki/linux/linuxtutorial/use_tie
EDIT: Thread derailed due to :autism:.

I'd just like to interject for moment. What you're refering to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.

Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called Linux, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.

There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called Linux distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux!

 

[alex_theman]

I'd just like to interject for moment. What you're refering to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.

Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called Linux, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.

There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called Linux distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux!

Where did you copy that from? Richard Stallman?

 

[Some JERK]

Linux has some great points. I have one old desktop that was basically unusable until I put crunchbang on it, but there's a lot to be desired there still. If I have an app that doesn't work right on windows or mac, I can actually call or email someone who gets paid to listen and fix problems. I've even had support departments who wrote software patches specifically for me on a couple of occasions. Most of the support with Linux is a volunteer affair, and your only hope for support is posting a bug-report that may or may not get addressed when/if someone has time, and god help you if you're the first and only person to have a particular problem. Your other source for help is a support forum, and while response times are great with those, the unhelpful or outright bad information you can sometimes get there can do more harm than good.

(also: The maddening hell of circular dependencies.)