Comments on TECH SOURCE FROM BOHOL: We Don't Need Another Linux Hater

@just my 2 cents, just what problem exactly CAN"T ...

2009-11-19T11:09:09.126+08:00

@just my 2 cents, just what problem exactly CAN"T you fix on windows exactly? It's not like windows is a platform taht moves goal posts and changes ABI every 6months.

maybe this is a case of ShiftTheBlame(TM) game again?

"I find windows does not work they way I want it to"

And that is WHAT axactly?

Maybe the guy just needs a good enema.That said, L...

2008-08-11T21:17:00.000+08:00

Maybe the guy just needs a good enema.

That said, Linux can aggravate me at times as well. But then something comes up and I have to get on a users Windows machine and try to work out a problem. Usually, roughly about 30 minutes after starting to grit my teeth, and knowing how to fix it on Linux and wishing Windows had such and such utility so that I could get it fixed quickly, I get the problem resoloved.

Even when using a Windows machine for general use, I find that the machine just does not work the way that I want it to.

Just my .02

High school plays don't get bad reviews. Fast food...

2008-08-09T03:31:00.000+08:00

High school plays don't get bad reviews. Fast food restaurants don't appear in the Dining section of your local paper.

The burden of being perceived as having potential is the burden of living up to that potential--and suffering criticism for not doing so.

There are some reviewers who never seem to like anything. If you ask them why (perhaps wondering aloud at their choice of profession), they will answer that they do it to provide a sense of perspective where they believe none exists.

I seem never to read anything but glowing reviews about any open source project. From a certain point of view, this is very much like getting no information at all.

Well, GNU/Linux is a community effort. It's like b...

2008-08-09T01:46:00.000+08:00

Well, GNU/Linux is a community effort. It's like bashing someone trying to help you to stand up after a fall.

Do you think GNU/Linux is a company?
Do they owe you something?
Programming is my hobby. Must I help you?
If you have an issue with my software? Would you pay me to fix it?
I'm working on Gnome source code 20 hours a week. Would you spend two minute to fill a bug report?
My own kernel driver works for me but doesn't work for you. Do I got your old hardware? Do your video card or wireless card manufacturer want to help us with hardware specification or even better, a working Linux driver? Is is our fault if they don't? We must buy your hardware too because we know it doesn't support Linux? We should be punish for no having a solution for those hardware even with this kind of email: http://kerneltrap.org/node/7636

Well, "somebody" should help and send himself a bug report, give us one of your closed hardware and also hack the specification and send all to us as a Christmas gift (will be signed Christmas Dady ;)?

Well, most of Linux haters miss the point. FOSS is not a company product. It's mine, it's yours, it's their free efforts. Don't think that we are a company. There are just a few companies around trying to take advantage of this community effort. That doesn't matter for us because working time has a price. Most of them take part in the community with a few bug fix and reports and we welcome their participation and sometimes money (as an hobbyist, I just like to "play" with my computer, my tools and my brain, like a chess master or a soccer player).

And you, what has you do during all those 24 years? Have you tried to understand why nobody has already correct your issue? You should. It's better for your understanding. We release source code because we like people who want to understand what's going on and perhaps help. And they can also give the same material to receive their children, neighbourhood, friend,... with or without their own improvement. They are free.

(Are you still a slave Neo?)

I actually think the fact that he (or she?) exists...

2008-08-09T00:23:00.000+08:00

I actually think the fact that he (or she?) exists is great news for Linux. The platform is now popular enough to have a professional troll spend all his (or her?) free time attacking it! It took Microsoft many more years to build up such animosity. :)

I think he should just be ignored. Anyone truly in...

2008-08-08T23:59:00.000+08:00

I think he should just be ignored. Anyone truly interested in trying Linux will not be deterred by the rants of an obviously mentally ill person. Even discussing his idiocy only makes him feel more important.

man, i MUST get that hat :D

2008-08-07T15:28:00.000+08:00

man, i MUST get that hat :D

Why dwell on something that you hate so much?That'...

2008-08-07T09:25:00.000+08:00

Why dwell on something that you hate so much?

That's a question that you should be asking the "Linux fanbois" that go on and on and on about how awful Windows is. You can easily find them all over Canonical's web forums (and some of them are actual "moderators" there).

The Linux Hater's blog is right on the money. There are definitely things that need to be improved in Linux, and there is way too much mindset among open source developers of "I've gotten used to doing it this way, so even if it's very, very difficult for you new Linux folks to adapt to this convoluted/archaic way of doing things, I don't care. And anyway, if you don't like it, there's the door...".

Of course, it's the prerogative of open source developers to stick to the attitude above, just like it's the prerogative of the Linux Hater's blog to really blast that attitude with some well-deserved sarcasm and ridicule. Don't like it? Too bad. Either improve/solve the problems he cites, or suffer criticism... just like Microsoft/Windows gets from you folks who think that Linux deserves to be handled with "kid gloves".

No, you don't get special treatment. Not now that the Linux Hater's blog is here. Not any more. That's reality.

it's ok to tell something about what you don't lik...

2008-08-07T09:22:00.000+08:00

it's ok to tell something about what you don't like. but totally using your time in searching for things to support your hatred, it's nonsense.

i don't like windows. but i don't waste my precious time for more things to not like about it.

the guy must be, i don't know, he must have all the time in the world. =D

nice post, btw.

nahh.. you just don't get the parody, :Dif you're ...

2008-08-07T06:04:00.000+08:00

nahh.. you just don't get the parody, :D
if you're into FOSS development then you'll understand.

Unconditional love is not that useful in this case...

2008-08-07T05:37:00.000+08:00

Unconditional love is not that useful in this case. Denying the existing errors can't led to progress.

This is why I actually like Linux Hater's Blog. I am happy that someone can write that way and that person... is not me... and not reading me! ;-)

While I read Linux haters with a neutral mood, I s...

2008-08-07T05:06:00.000+08:00

While I read Linux haters with a neutral mood, I strongly agree when they talk about bug tracking in linux or usability.

And I still remember when I filed bugs related to ACPI and my now abandoned Toshiba laptop or about widgets.

Years passed, nothing happened.

One day the developers hopefully will realize that when you get older you just wanto to turn on the PC and do your stuff instead of looking under the hood every week.

And yes, I'm writing this from a Windows Machine, I could go in the other room and write something from OSX if this is a problem.

Peace.

Great article. I totally agree with you that Linux...

2008-08-06T22:53:00.000+08:00

Great article. I totally agree with you that Linux really needs some loving right now. Windows still has the dominant market share on the desktop so no matter how we express our hate for Windows, people wouldn't listen.

Linux is still the underdog, so it deserves some morale booster and not some unfair criticisms from Linux haters.