tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post1649109188284244209..comments2009-09-24T10:13:37.121+08:00jun auzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14949001210993384627noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-76498737886607697632009-09-24T09:31:22.307+08:002009-09-24T09:31:22.307+08:00Linux! (Ubuntu/Debian)<br />Defrag, nope!<br />Antivirus nope!<br />Registry cleaner, what is a registry? nope!<br />Spyware remover nope!<br />Resource hog, nope!<br />Without issues, nope!(but getting better)<br />Hard to learn, nope!<br />Unstable nope!<br />Boring, nope!<br />Unsecured, nope!(compared to Windows)<br />The future, maybe!(hopefully)<br /><br />peace out!Angelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-70507027614066013222009-08-06T03:50:43.951+08:002009-08-06T03:50:43.951+08:00Great article! I look forward to seeing more like it to come. The truth is that Linux is slowly becoming more known, which is putting a dent in Microsoft&#39;s profits. Microsoft has become accustomed to having little to no competition the past decade, now they are getting a little. This is good. I just hope more people realize the MANY benefits of open source software, compared to closed source. I&#39;ve seen so many closed source applications that are garbage, and cost way more than what they should. Open source isn&#39;t available for everything, but what is out there is great stuff. Just the fact that there is no licensing tracking involved in open source alone is huge.<br /><br />http://members.apex-internet.com/sa/windowslinuxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-54827423027893842822009-07-14T18:35:17.586+08:002009-07-14T18:35:17.586+08:00I think this is delicious, the picture in this article is from a slide being presented by Ballmer at a shareholder meeting. The graph showing OS market share percentages has the same size wedge for Linux as there is for OSX, same size wedge = same size market share.<br /><br />I had been reading about MS thinking Linus&#39;s share was on par with OSX, nice to finally find an example.<br /><br />http://blogs.eweek.com/applewatch/content/macbook/microsoft_ceo_scoffs_at_mac_share_gains.htmlwarnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16317930104407418422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-66594737413583315842009-07-14T14:30:15.096+08:002009-07-14T14:30:15.096+08:00You can not analyse anything you cant afford your little brain to do that.That why you are doing thing personal website rather than business<br />see this linux cant beat 10 year old abandoned os http://darklydreamingdavid.wordpress.com/2007/09/04/further-proof-that-linux-is-all-hype-and-has-no-future/<br /> all the linux fans are poors who save money to buy clothes and food. anything comes free finds taker stole breads, vegetables anything linux is thatcchndahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08087821566883393278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-66129000111228883872009-07-10T09:57:35.155+08:002009-07-10T09:57:35.155+08:00The biggest problem with this observation is that it&#39;s based on an individuals experience on a particular OS popularity or OS usability. It might be that Linux is popular on some areas while in some other parts of the world it&#39;s not. Even if it&#39;s popular a lot of people have different preferences on what they conceive easy and difficult to use. People learn things differently. In short we have our own biases. Some people will like Linux and some people will always prefer using Windows or Mac (believe it or not I did see a company that are still using windows 98). <br /><br />Part of the reason why MS will still survive even with the growing popularity of Linux is that a lot of big companies uses windows for internal and external operations, the rise of .NET related jobs is certainly a good indicator of this trend. If big companies are looking for these professionals, universities will have no choice but to offer curriculums that are MS technology related, this will again ensure the future of the windows platform. If this will not change then i think MS have no reason to be scared at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-18821380176674121012009-07-10T01:56:31.600+08:002009-07-10T01:56:31.600+08:00Some more observations on why Microsoft should be scared. Sorry in advance for the length of this post.<br /><br />I use Linux for a variety of reasons such as it&#39;s security, cost, and stability. More importantly, I use it because the philosophy underlying Linux is very similar to my philosophy as an educator. Linux was started in a university setting. In a university, as well as at an elementary school, knowledge is something to be shared, not horded. <br /><br />As an elementary school teacher, my job is help my students become as autonomous as possible and to cooperate with each other, to be problem solvers and active learners, and to move beyound passive dependency. Linux gets developed by a community of people who are willing solve problems and share not just their solutions, but how their solutions work. That means I as a computer user have the opportunity to not just use these software solutions, but to learn how these solutions work. On my Linux run computer, I can dig into any file of any program and learn how that program works. I can even make any changes I want. What this means is that as a computer user, I can put into practice what I try to teach my students to do in the classroom. As a teacher, I help my students to become more free as individuals. Linux helps me to become more free as a computer user. <br /><br />Microsoft&#39;s practices are the antithesis of this philosophy of freedom. With them, knowledge is to be horded not shared. Information is locked into closed proprietary formats. Solutions are sold, not shared. Those with knowledge have to sign nondisclosure agreements. Software is not shared, not even sold, but licensed. Software can be installed on the user&#39;s computer without the user&#39;s knowledge. The list can go on and on. Microsoft&#39;s business model is founded upon the notion that those using its products are to be nothing more than passive consumers of its products. Microsoft has every reason to be scared of Linux. Linux undermines the very foundations of its business model.timdornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-62872609796749110372009-07-10T01:42:29.636+08:002009-07-10T01:42:29.636+08:00Even though I am wasting my time I will respond once again to anonymous.<br /><br />1. As has already been stated by others Windows CE is completely different from Windows XP or Windows 7. Linux is portable and scalable. That means Linux can run on anything from a dedicated appliance to a supercomputer. That you would mention Windows CE as proof of Windows portability proves that you know even less about computers than I do.<br /><br />2. I live in Chicago. I have no idea why you bring up rural banks. That someone like me, with no training in IT other than one class 27 years ago can install and run Linux, that non professionals like my wife can use linux, that kids from my neighborhood, which is far from a wealthy neighborhood can use Linux more than proves that Linux is quite useable. Regarding penetration of desktop market, only one of the 3 computers we own were purchased with Linux on it. None of them currently run Windows, yet based on how statistics regarding OS use seem to be gathered, 2 out of 3 computers in my household are Windows computers. Based on my own experience and what I have read elsewhere, Linux use on the desktop is underreported. <br /><br />3. Your original point seemed to be that malware is not a problem on more recent versions of Windows. I cited cornficker to demonstrate that even the most recent version of Windows has security problems which Linux users do not have to deal with. I&#39;m glad there are fixes for corficker. I&#39;m even happier that as a Linux user, I don&#39;t have to worry about finding solutions to such problems. Why? Linux is more secure than even the most recent versions of Windows. <br /><br />4. I won&#39;t repeat my previous post. However in response to your statement about compiling programs -- I am an elementary school teacher. Why should I waste time compiling programs when the programs I want to use are available for free from secure repositories? I open up my package manager, search for what I want in the search box, click on it, click on apply, and wait for the program to install itself.<br /><br />5. In response to &quot;Now this is FUD, you can suck my windows ASS. Sour graping loser.&quot;<br />I am currently writing this after dismissing my 5th grade students from summer school. Congratulations on displaying less maturity than these 11 year olds. The only reason I can see for you giving such an immature response is because you realize that any Windows machine can easily become a virus and worm infected spambot unless up to date antivirus and antimalware programs are constantly running in the background. I have been using Linux for 4 years now. Never have I had to worry about malware while running this OS.timdornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-33702916337323268502009-07-09T21:54:19.448+08:002009-07-09T21:54:19.448+08:00There are a few misconceptions in TFA. GNU/Linux passed MacOS in popularity around 2003/4. You can check Apple&#39;s unit production in their SEC filings. M$&#39;s own numbers show GNU/Linux at abut twice the rate of MacOS. That is scary for M$. In their own figures unlicensed copies of their own software are still a large concern. That loyal customers prefer their 8 year old product over current production is the biggest concern IMHO. M$ is a dinosaur whose brain has not gotten the message that they are in the tar pit. They have nowhere to go but down.Robert Pogsonhttp://pogson.6k.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-10438882931675188402009-07-09T21:05:35.120+08:002009-07-09T21:05:35.120+08:006. Openness<br /><br />Knowledge is power, and a only Microsoft knows what&#39;s inside Windows, meaning only Microsoft knows what windows can and can&#39;t do. Linux is open, so its capabilities are known and new features can be added, old ones removed. You don&#39;t have that option with a proprietary OS, only the manufacturer does...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-24120275990691634922009-07-09T19:55:35.380+08:002009-07-09T19:55:35.380+08:00Err, I meant to say that, &quot;Linux is closer to being the same operating system as OS X (not the old MacOS) than WindowsCE is to being the same operating system as Windows 7 (or any other member of the NT series).&quot;<br /><br />Sorry for the mistake. I plead tiredness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-10676675004273340152009-07-09T18:40:25.559+08:002009-07-09T18:40:25.559+08:00&quot;ubuntu is rapidly approaching OSX&#39;s ease of use&quot;<br /><br />BWAHAHAHAHAHA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-28853249915232633832009-07-09T17:52:16.236+08:002009-07-09T17:52:16.236+08:00Man, some of these comment&#39;s...<br /><br />The old security canard &quot;no OS is completely safe, so therefore Windows security doesn&#39;t suck&quot;<br /><br />That&#39;s like saying since no building can stop every thief your shitty apartment with a $15 deadbolt is as secure as Fort Knox.<br /><br />Yeah, I think somebody actually managed to break into Fort Knox once, just once. I can still get in your shitty apartment with a hammer, good luck trying that with Fort Knox.<br /><br />Next up, &quot;MS isn&#39;t afraid of Linux teh own the software world, Apple has more market share than Linux&quot;.<br /><br />Linux&#39;s primary distribution method is not through retail channels, it&#39;s count is under reported. The last five people I switched to Ubuntu are counted as Windows users because that is what came on their machines at purchase.<br /><br />The truth is MS *is* afraid of Linux/FOSS, according to their own quotes. Quotes by Gates, quotes by other members of the MS executive team, quotes stretching back almost a decade.<br /><br />Linux server shipments have been growing at a faster rate than Windows for several years now. Linux&#39;s share of the total server market is growing faster than Windows, both at the expense of Unix.<br /><br />You see what MS is afraid of is they need people to buy Win7 and Office whatever-the-latest version-is. These two items account for about 60% of their annual revenue. To run Win7 pretty much requires a new(ish) computer and they mean to end-of-life XP to force you to move (so they can get paid). If your choice is new machine and Win7 or switch to a Mac (and replace all your apps with a Mac version), well the new machine/Win7 upgrade is _both_ cheaper and more familiar. But with Linux in the equation switching to Linux on your current hardware is the cheapest of all, it only takes time.<br /><br />MS got to be where they are by being the cheapest, their whole company was built on it. They know how devastating an advantage price is. Their software was rarely the best but always cheaper than the competition.<br /><br />The only firewall they have against Linux is awareness/familiarity. Sure some folks might know of all three choices, Windows, Mac and Linux and still choose Windows for some reason (maybe Games or CAD work or business accounting) but the majority of the windows computers/users don&#39;t fall in those categories. The majority of users had Windows chosen for them by virtue of MS&#39;s (now failing) strangle hold on OEMs and their conscious choice to *not* by a Mac, generally based on price.<br /><br />MS knows they cant beat Linux/FOSS on price or quality, they can&#39;t buy out the underlying software that OSS companies are based on. They are facing a slow bleed to a awareness tipping point then their monopoly is lost. What happens when MS pushes for the next round of upgrade cash and the average consumer has become aware of an alternative that is as easy to use as OSX and the cheapest of all, free. Their monopoly starts bleeding from every socket, just like IE is doing to Firefox.<br /><br />Ubuntu is rapidly approaching OSX&#39;s ease of use and they are desperately trying to halt the growing awareness of Linux/FOSS.warnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16317930104407418422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-42353845471009739052009-07-09T16:55:37.554+08:002009-07-09T16:55:37.554+08:00I like the simple fact that there is nothing new in these posts from posts 8 years ago. Linux has undoubtably moved on and so has windows. Windows biggest comeptitor is windows, thats what keeps them awake at night in redmond. Did you know SQL runs on RH, not that it will ever see the light of day. I know i used to work there. Vista was a huge blow for MS, a lot hangs on win7 and Linux will play its part but its XP that win7 has to eat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-3342786066863715832009-07-09T15:02:24.834+08:002009-07-09T15:02:24.834+08:00# dd if=/home/idiots of=/dev/null<br /><br />That does copy, not move. Not very useful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-47032076138029282102009-07-09T13:11:28.769+08:002009-07-09T13:11:28.769+08:00Just to be clear about one thing. WindowsCE is not proof of Windows portability to ARM. WindowsCE is not the same operating system as the Windows NT series. It&#39;s a completely different operating system that happens to be made by the same company and gets called by a similar name. The code is not the same; the APIs are not the same. Linux is closer to being the same operating system as MacOS than WindowsCE is to being the same operating system as Windows 7 (or any other member of the NT series).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-3018402383633869012009-07-09T11:25:17.028+08:002009-07-09T11:25:17.028+08:00Just a suggestion to the owner of this site instead of posting MS related stuffs that only attracts trolls like me, why not start with something constructive like, a better payroll software for linux or a quickbooks alternative for linux, something that will attract small businesses and big companies too, instead of MS FUD and misinformation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-60705657465338396312009-07-09T10:38:18.932+08:002009-07-09T10:38:18.932+08:00Microsoft isn&#39;t afraid of either Apple or Linux because Apple can&#39;t support the enterprise and remain Apple, and Linux went Ubuntu blind and you don&#39;t ever hear anything pertaining to Linux except the desktop.<br /><br /> Microsoft was terrified of Linux to point of a FUD website, threatening to sue businesses for IP infringement and bribing...er investing in Linux companies.<br /><br /> During the Vista fiasco Microsoft had record revenue because their server product line was exhibiting double digit growth, while the client services, Windows desktop, showed a -8% shrink.<br /><br /> It&#39;s puzzling all the buzz from the Linux community centered on fighting for scrapes with Apple while Microsoft was filling in holes with products like SharePoint and Dynamics.<br /><br />Microsoft isn&#39;t going to like losing the OEM license money from Mac sales but virtually every computer sold without OSX has a Microsoft license. It took Microsoft about 10 minutes to blow past Linux as the majority OS on Netbooks.<br /><br /> While Penguinistas are wasting time and effort with paranoid conspiracy theories and ignoring the simple fact consumers stick with what they know. Retailers would be fine selling machines with Linux pre-installed but if customers even know what it is, they think it it&#39;s for geeks or have been seeing a couple of years of rabid Linux advocates leaving strange comments in forums and threads that are virulent anti-Redmond and have almost nothing to do with with the subject. The person helping them is likely the same.<br /><br /> If Apple can triple it&#39;s marketshare during Vista with a $1,000+ entry fee while Linux barely moved the needle, it&#39;s pretty easy to draw the conclusion the current strategy won&#39;t work.<br /><br /> People won&#39;t use what they never see. This fiscal environment should have CEOs and CIOs and CFOs slapping in Linux Servers like crazy. People should be using Linux as a corporate desktop which has little in the way of issues a consumer desktop poses. It would smooth the way for consumer acceptance.<br /><br /> Windows 7 is going to slam shut whatever slim chance this current strategy window had for success. Don&#39;t sneer at GUI server management and belittle those MCSEs who use it because they have never used anything else. <br /><br />Stop all the stupid Microsoft slamming. The guy who sees 50 machines in his section, is checking out DVDs, giving info at the dentist and basically seeing almost every transaction done on a Windows PC isn&#39;t buying it. You only become a marginalized and your message ignored.<br /><br />It&#39;s time for the Linux community to growup. Trying to change behavior of the user community like it&#39;s a child you want to stay in bed by a boogy man Microsoft under the bed is a failure.<br /><br /> Written on a laptop running Debian used as a primary OS for over four years.aquaadversehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12683102215817117759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-90281772306854480482009-07-09T10:07:58.174+08:002009-07-09T10:07:58.174+08:00&quot;$mv all_idiots_in_here /dev/null&quot;<br />OH NOES! WRONG COMMAND! AND YOU FORGOT TO LOG IN AS ROOT! Here is a right one.<br /><br />#dd if=/home/idiots of=/dev/null<br /><br />Sorry, I&#39;m a grammar/command line correctness Nazi. Oh, and by the way, I doubt that guy is being hacked. (I agree with you on the no OS is completely secure) If the OpenBSD team fixed those two existing security holes, then OpenBSD would kick ***.Somebodynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-70056684176863678682009-07-09T09:13:09.938+08:002009-07-09T09:13:09.938+08:00btw, to the guy who wrote this &quot;*SIGH* Nothing but a rehash of tired arguments. Linux on the desktop is not what scares Microsoft. Cloud computing, which makes OS&#39;s (and a lot of software in general) irrelevant, is what MS is worried about.&quot; <br /><br />Spot on! This is MS number one main concern, not the one listed by the author of this site and being defended by morons here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-65077740348334207332009-07-09T09:06:13.856+08:002009-07-09T09:06:13.856+08:00&quot;Huh? Which planet did you come from. I have been running Ubuntu and Debian distributions for over 4 years now WITHOUT ANTIVIRAL SOFTWARE nor a firewall, and the number of virus, spyware, etc., attacks that I have suffered total ZERO!!!! That&#39;s 0!! Zilch!! NONE!!&quot; <br /><br />Because your so stupid to know that you are being hacked. The only machine that is safe from hacking and trojan are those machine that are turned off. Even one of the safest OS (openbsd) in the planet have vulnerabilities. Are Linux bigots so stupid to understand this? NO DAMN OS IN THE PLANET IS HACKER PROOF ANYTHING CAN BE HACKED.<br /><br />And to the retard that says &quot;To the twats arguing that WindowsCE on ARM = Windows portability&quot;, I did not say it means portability, I just corrected Mr. Timdor when he erroneously bragged that windows don&#39;t support ARM.<br /><br />Let me end this with this statement. If your grandparents (you can training them now) have started using Linux then you are right, that MS needs to be very afraid of Linux, if that&#39;s not happening yet then shut your mouth and get a life.<br /><br />$mv all_idiots_in_here /dev/nullAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-54143304766182633162009-07-09T07:31:12.188+08:002009-07-09T07:31:12.188+08:00To the twats arguing that WindowsCE on ARM = Windows portability.<br /><br />Get your ARM, Get Windows CE. Now, two things -<br />1. How many hardware drivers do you have for your new platform? Can you plug in all your desktop peripherals and use them? NO. You need to wait for all the hardware vendors to port and release their drivers.<br />2. How many applications do you have for your new platform? Can you run all your old desktop apps? NO. You need to wait for all the hardware vendors to port and release their apps too.<br /><br />Yes, for any OS, the drivers and apps need to be recompiled along with the OS kernel and others subsystems. Linux already has support for most hardware architectures. Ubuntu were able to turn around and port the complete stack of their offering inside a few months (weeks?). Try moving the whole windows ecosystem like that.<br /><br />Yes, any 3rd party commercial vendor needs to go through the same pain in porting their proprietary app on either platform, its just that until vendors move their wares, Windows on ARM or any other hardware platform (without drivers or apps) is patently useless. Linux can very quickly move the whole stack, kernel, drivers and OSS apps; and be useful relatively quickly.<br /><br />MS does have a strnglinbg grip on the desktop PC market. Problem is, in this brave new world of alternate devices, as soon as a new hardware platform emerges, Linux will be far better able to fill the niche quickly than the lumbering beast of Redmond. 30 years after the nimble Microsoft outmanouvered the lumbering big blue, the tables have turned, and Microsoft are now the elephant in the living room.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-26257269904876518492009-07-09T06:56:03.578+08:002009-07-09T06:56:03.578+08:00All good and fine, but when will the day arise, where we won&#39;t waste our time wondering what&#39;s happening in the minds of the markting divisions of closed-source outfits ?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-61395240452053202152009-07-09T06:31:14.312+08:002009-07-09T06:31:14.312+08:00@Anonymous of first post:<br /> Is &quot;GAMES GAMES GAMES&quot; the best you can come up with? What about &quot;WORK WORK WORK&quot;? Work cannot be done at all on a WindhoZe machine. Its no wonder that because of Games on WindhoZe machine no serious development is being done.Shane kernshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01711899451621843552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-51054364396569049692009-07-09T06:13:34.514+08:002009-07-09T06:13:34.514+08:00I would add that Linux is what the user wants and Microsoft is what the big businesses want.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-54284047031756145442009-07-09T05:54:48.773+08:002009-07-09T05:54:48.773+08:00My apologies in advance for feeding the trolls, however:<br /><br />1. Portability.....what are you looking to port? If it&#39;s C or C++ based...how difficult is it really? I&#39;ve heard tell of C &amp; C++ apps running in linux with some recompiling (not sure how true that is).<br /><br />Personally, I&#39;m a firm believer of creating software that will run on any platform, independent of the OS.<br /><br />2. Cost - I&#39;m a windows user....sure...but only through VirtualBox now. While I AM a MS SW engineer, I prefer to use fedora 11 x86_64 (gnome) as my DESKTOP. I can now run 3 VM&#39;s simultaneously...while listening to music on the free Rhythmbox...with still plenty of memory &amp; disk space left over. The same CANNOT be said running Vista Business x64, or even Windows 7 X64 (even removed the extras) for that matter.<br /><br />3. Security - Timdor is completely correct. While there is the UAC built into Vista, unfortunately, I&#39;ve still seen virii come through, and have even tested the conficker worm myself. Sorry Vista, but the short fact remains...most viruses built are built to target the MS Windows OS, whether that be xp, vista, or 7.<br /><br />4. Firefox.....true...it DOES run on both OS&#39;s. Why should that be a hindrance? I would thing that it would put the company in a better position, as it doesn&#39;t require a specific OS, and therefore is not dependent on the specific OS, which in turn offers additional security flaws and vulnerabilities. While I DO enjoy the performance gains of IE8, I don&#39;t appreciate the forcible nature that Microsoft integrates some of the IE8 features and addons.<br /><br />5. Applications. Ok...games are fine I&#39;m sure.....if you&#39;re a teenager hell bent on fragging people in high def FPS realism. I should also mention, that many windows games can be played through Wine, if that really is your thing. Personally, I play wow through wine, with no performance loss. In fact...I listen to music while I play....so there&#39;s another performance benefit.<br />Personally, I think that if the only reason you&#39;re buying MS Windows is for the games, you really ought to just get yourself a gaming console.Steve Nihanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17235556498360650658noreply@blogger.com