Comments on: 5 Reasons your parents should use Linux http://www.foogazi.com/2007/09/27/5-reasons-your-parents-should-use-linux/ Linux Tips, Tricks, and Opinions Wed, 27 Jun 2012 07:49:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: 15 Signs that you are addicted to Linux « Welcome to Vhunk’s Weblog http://www.foogazi.com/2007/09/27/5-reasons-your-parents-should-use-linux/comment-page-2/#comment-18492 15 Signs that you are addicted to Linux « Welcome to Vhunk’s Weblog Sat, 21 Jun 2008 20:49:34 +0000 http://www.inguin.com/wordpress/?p=87#comment-18492 [...] You have installed Linux on your mom and dads computers. [...] [...] You have installed Linux on your mom and dads computers. [...]

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]]> By: Xiggaman http://www.foogazi.com/2007/09/27/5-reasons-your-parents-should-use-linux/comment-page-2/#comment-16303 Xiggaman Tue, 20 May 2008 01:15:24 +0000 http://www.inguin.com/wordpress/?p=87#comment-16303 I have some of my points on why not to use linux. (A) It's a b*tch to install applications, except on Gentoo, and not many users will know how to install Gentoo. (B) You have to go through h*ll trying to install drivers. I've never succeeded. I've spent more hours trying to fix my linux installs then actually using it. My detailed "rant" is here: http://www.xigga.com/index.php/what-is-wrong-with-linux/ I have some of my points on why not to use linux. (A) It’s a b*tch to install applications, except on Gentoo, and not many users will know how to install Gentoo. (B) You have to go through h*ll trying to install drivers. I’ve never succeeded. I’ve spent more hours trying to fix my linux installs then actually using it. My detailed “rant” is here:

http://www.xigga.com/index.php/what-is-wrong-with-linux/

]]> By: asfa http://www.foogazi.com/2007/09/27/5-reasons-your-parents-should-use-linux/comment-page-2/#comment-2902 asfa Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:50:10 +0000 http://www.inguin.com/wordpress/?p=87#comment-2902 My parents use a ~300MHz processor Pentium II machine with 6gigs of storage and 64k of memory. They use Win98. They don't go online. They have domain email account only which they can connect using a modem and email password. They use Eudora. Other than that they have Office 2000, and that's about it. They don't need anything more from their machine. They have been using it for more than 7 years now. I will never ask them to switch. And I know they will never want to buy another machine unless it catches fire or something like that. If they do want to buy another machine, I would seriously ask them to consider their choice and buy the cheapest machine in the market and install linux in it. Since they are using Win98 now, they will not have any problem using Ubuntu if I make sure I put only one taskbar in the bottom with similar layout to Windows. Also since they use Eudora, thunderbird is almost exactly similar to it. And OOo is no different to MSO2000. They will have absolutely no problem with anything if they do switch. If they do have any problem, they can always call me. I wonder why people keep saying linux has bad support for hardware. Last time I installed Ubuntu, the only things I had to install was wireless driver, audio driver, and ... well, that's about it. Everything was installed out of the box. It popped up a message saying 'properitary driver for graphics found'. One click took care of it. Rest of the things were automatically taken care of. When I last installed XP in the same machine two years ago, I had to install everything manually. I had to goto each vendor's website, download the correct driver, and then install it. To my horror, XP didn't natively support USB 2.0. I had to download separate driver for it. With linux as easy as a cake. My parents use a ~300MHz processor Pentium II machine with 6gigs of storage and 64k of memory. They use Win98. They don’t go online. They have domain email account only which they can connect using a modem and email password. They use Eudora. Other than that they have Office 2000, and that’s about it. They don’t need anything more from their machine. They have been using it for more than 7 years now. I will never ask them to switch. And I know they will never want to buy another machine unless it catches fire or something like that. If they do want to buy another machine, I would seriously ask them to consider their choice and buy the cheapest machine in the market and install linux in it. Since they are using Win98 now, they will not have any problem using Ubuntu if I make sure I put only one taskbar in the bottom with similar layout to Windows. Also since they use Eudora, thunderbird is almost exactly similar to it. And OOo is no different to MSO2000. They will have absolutely no problem with anything if they do switch. If they do have any problem, they can always call me.

I wonder why people keep saying linux has bad support for hardware. Last time I installed Ubuntu, the only things I had to install was wireless driver, audio driver, and … well, that’s about it. Everything was installed out of the box. It popped up a message saying ‘properitary driver for graphics found’. One click took care of it. Rest of the things were automatically taken care of. When I last installed XP in the same machine two years ago, I had to install everything manually. I had to goto each vendor’s website, download the correct driver, and then install it. To my horror, XP didn’t natively support USB 2.0. I had to download separate driver for it. With linux as easy as a cake.

]]> By: Funtime Xtreme : 5 Reasons Your Parents Should Use Linux http://www.foogazi.com/2007/09/27/5-reasons-your-parents-should-use-linux/comment-page-2/#comment-1592 Funtime Xtreme : 5 Reasons Your Parents Should Use Linux Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:13:13 +0000 http://www.inguin.com/wordpress/?p=87#comment-1592 [...] Web/Tech. Follow any responses to this post with its comments RSS feed. You can post a comment or trackback from yourblog. [...] [...] Web/Tech. Follow any responses to this post with its comments RSS feed. You can post a comment or trackback from yourblog. [...]

]]> By: Daniel http://www.foogazi.com/2007/09/27/5-reasons-your-parents-should-use-linux/comment-page-2/#comment-1577 Daniel Mon, 24 Dec 2007 17:02:26 +0000 http://www.inguin.com/wordpress/?p=87#comment-1577 need a good company which supports Linux, Mac, Windows with drag-drop capabilities. use COWON. my iAudio 7 works great on Ubuntu. Plug-in, drag/drop files to folder, unmount, ready to play. need a good company which supports Linux, Mac, Windows with drag-drop capabilities. use COWON.

my iAudio 7 works great on Ubuntu. Plug-in, drag/drop files to folder, unmount, ready to play.

]]> By: Open Source Society » Blog Archive » 15 Signs You are Addicted to Linux http://www.foogazi.com/2007/09/27/5-reasons-your-parents-should-use-linux/comment-page-2/#comment-1578 Open Source Society » Blog Archive » 15 Signs You are Addicted to Linux Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:29:12 +0000 http://www.inguin.com/wordpress/?p=87#comment-1578 [...] You have installed Linux on your mom and dads computers. [...] [...] You have installed Linux on your mom and dads computers. [...]

]]> By: LogicSouth Tech Blog » Blog Archive » 15 Signs You are Addicted to Linux http://www.foogazi.com/2007/09/27/5-reasons-your-parents-should-use-linux/comment-page-2/#comment-1573 LogicSouth Tech Blog » Blog Archive » 15 Signs You are Addicted to Linux Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:15:42 +0000 http://www.inguin.com/wordpress/?p=87#comment-1573 [...] You have installed Linux on your mom and dads computers. [...] [...] You have installed Linux on your mom and dads computers. [...]

]]> By: | 15 Signs that you are addicted to Linux http://www.foogazi.com/2007/09/27/5-reasons-your-parents-should-use-linux/comment-page-2/#comment-1496 | 15 Signs that you are addicted to Linux Sun, 02 Dec 2007 16:44:59 +0000 http://www.inguin.com/wordpress/?p=87#comment-1496 [...] You have installed Linux on your mom and dads computers. [...] [...] You have installed Linux on your mom and dads computers. [...]

]]> By: seanryan420 http://www.foogazi.com/2007/09/27/5-reasons-your-parents-should-use-linux/comment-page-2/#comment-1571 seanryan420 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 02:06:49 +0000 http://www.inguin.com/wordpress/?p=87#comment-1571 Just stumbling through... Just stumbling through…

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