Are you a Linux hater? Here's an awesome site for you...

[safeguy]

Do you simply hate Linux? Or feel frustrated at it at times when things just don't f**kin* work? Then, have a laugh at this site:

http://linuxhaters.blogspot.com/

Here are a few good articles to look out for (read them from a wide perspective and not as a Linux fanboy please):

http://linuxhaters.blogspot.com/2008/06/how-to-be-linux-user.html
http://linuxhaters.blogspot.com/2008/06/how-to-create-linux-distro.html
http://linuxhaters.blogspot.com/2008/06/standardizing-linux-suckiness.html
http://linuxhaters.blogspot.com/2008/06/just-google-it.html
http://linuxhaters.blogspot.com/2008/06/omg-microsoft-sux0rs.html
http://linuxhaters.blogspot.com/2008/06/good-software-isnt-really-free.html
http://linuxhaters.blogspot.com/2008/07/fallacy-of-choice.html

I've just started reading LinuxHaters and I find it refreshing from other Linux blogs. Why? The author seems to be familiar with Linux distros (he's using Linux himself) but his posts and rants are widely felt by others who are either new to Linux or someone who's experienced in Linux BUT is constantly in denial mode (look upon Linux favorable points - open source, freedom ,etc but dismiss the inefficiencies and hate to admit the weak points that most Linux distros have)

Unlike some others, the author is straightforward and frank (perhaps he may sound too sarcastic and even rude at times) but he does have some valid points too...things that other Linux users keep to themselves. The posts may sound bitchy but if you take read it with a wide perspective, you may see the truth in some of his posts and heck, you may see the reason why I and many others here still haven't switched to Linux as our main OS. His posts actually helps to open up a few things that the Limux community ought to have looked into...

Eventually, the purpose here is NOT to bash on Linux but merely to state what I see based on a few times I've tried using it. Linux isn't bad - at least some of Linux distros are quite usable for the end users but others are just a PITA for most. (I know some fanboy/fantatics will come after me for saying this)

@Hardcore Linux users/fans
Just calm down before you post any negative or harsh remarks or comments there or here

P.S. The blog isn't mine and I'm in no way affiliated to it. I accidentally stumbled into it and I felt that the author best describes my feelings towards Linux at the moment.

[johnshaw1917]

I don't know safeguy, but for me, Linux really hasn't been any harder to use than Windows, except that I've never had it "crash" once. And I can't say the same, even for even Windows 7. The biggest drawback for me with Linux, is that companies like Intuit don't design software for it and I use Quicken on a daily basis. Quicken will run on Wine, but it won't update. Also, with Windows, its much easier to download and install software without having to use a repository.

[hellnoire]

If you need help, you can always post here and ask

I've read it before, when I had issues with Linux and while some points were valid back in the day, some are fixed and are better now. Though some, I admit, still are buggy. It all depends on how you use/abuse your system and what you want/need. That's the thing about any OS: if you're happy with Windows, stick with it. If you are upset with Windows, you have Mac and Linux to fall back on.

After all, that's what made me go to Linux, the fact that Vista broke everything I loved about Windows, and I forced myself to learn Linux instead because I couldn't take the errors I got under Vista, I got too many. Having to wipe and reload every week with Vista, you'd understand very quickly by what I mean about 'too much'. I wish that was an joke or stretching the truth... but I remember one week I couldn't get any work done, because I had to install Vista every damn day that week.

That being said, I've had my fair share of issues under Linux too. My ATI card is no longer supported under Ubuntu because the restricted driver they install doesn't work with my ATI card, and compiling the driver from source doesn't work either. So it's a loose-loose situation, especially because Windows 7 would be too heavy on the system because it's stuck on 1.5 gigs (and I don't want to go back to XP).

So while you might see me post things on Linux, while you might see me promote it a lot.... I know it's just as available as Windows to fail. It's only Macs I'll hate on and that's only because of the pricetag on them. So despite my ragging on Windows, I'm writing this on Windows 7, and I have Salix to fall back on if I so choose. Hell, I'd love to go back to the days of the Commodore 64 and use BASIC again to load the apps

To sum this entire text wall up, if you're happy with Windows, stick with it. If you're not happy with Windows, find something you are happy with. That's it.

[johnshaw1917]

If you need help, you can always post here and ask

Hell, I'd love to go back to the days of the Commodore 64 and use BASIC again to load the apps

I wouldn't need to go back that far. Just give me a version of Windows 98 that will run on my current PC and I'd be happy as a lark!

[hellnoire]

98 was good too... I just enjoyed Lemonade Stand on the C64

[johnshaw1917]

98 was good too... I just enjoyed Lemonade Stand on the C64

And I'll bet you had more luck playing the game than I ever did with the numerous "for real" lemonade stands my boyhood friend and I had when we were kids!

[safeguy]

@hellnoire

Seems like you are saying that Linux is just an "alternative" OS to Windows for the rest of us...if that kind of mindset still resides in Linux users then Linux would still remain by far a "geeks territory" only...

However, I would love to see it develop away from that...which unfortunately most distros aren't adapting to...I know you're gonna say "Linux isn't Windows" but if the Linux community wants to see itself taking a larger market share, it has to attract more Windows users and that's where only a few distros have managed to do...e.g. the likes of Ubuntu and its forks...

[hellnoire]

Seems like you are saying that Linux is just an "alternative" OS to Windows for the rest of us...if that kind of mindset still resides in Linux users then Linux would still remain by far a "geeks territory" only...

What I'm saying is "If you're not happy with Windows, do something about it. If you want to try Linux, go for it. I'm not going to shove it down your throat because that's completely unfair and only real morons would do something that evil." That being said, I don't believe it's an alternative OS to Windows, if you ask me, it is a fully replaceable OS for Windows these days. But you have to be willing to do a little learning on the way.

However, I would love to see it develop away from that...which unfortunately most distros aren't adapting to...I know you're gonna say "Linux isn't Windows" but if the Linux community wants to see itself taking a larger market share, it has to attract more Windows users and that's where only a few distros have managed to do...e.g. the likes of Ubuntu and its forks...

I'm aware... but that's the thing. Some of us are trying to break off from Windows, and others of us are forced to use it. I'm in the line of fire that I have to use it thanks to future work, but I could also use Linux. It's not a make/break situation. Allow some to attract Windows users, that is fine. Don't ever do it for all of them though. I'd rather see MS's 95% market share use Linux, sure, and if there comes a day that Linux supports more then Windows, hey, power to them! I won't fight it! But make sure you've got an OS that appeals to all, and that's impossible. Make some of them user friendly, make others possible to learn. I might shoot at Mint at every chance I get, but as an OS, I respect it because it actually does well at helping people switch to Linux. Yes, there's going to be the stupid users, that's under Windows too. And if you don't want to learn, fine! Be like that! I won't stop you!

But Linux to me... is choice.

If you want to do something one way, do it that way. But for the love of god, don't do it one way for every OS. Make sense a little more now?

And I'll bet you had more luck playing the game than I ever did with the numerous "for real" lemonade stands my boyhood friend and I had when we were kids!

Heheh... about that... bankrupt about 50% of the time before the end of the "month", and if I wasn't out of money, I wouldn't have enough money for the next day. So no, I was no good at it Never could find the magic formula.

[johnshaw1917]

Heheh... about that... bankrupt about 50% of the time before the end of the "month", and if I wasn't out of money, I wouldn't have enough money for the next day. So no, I was no good at it Never could find the magic formula.

I like to play the occasional game of Solitaire on the computer, but have found that it is tougher to win consistantly than it is when I play with a deck of "real cards". I think whoever programs computer card games is a bit of a sadist at heart! Back to business. I agree with you completely about Linux being a viable alternative to Windows. As with anything new, there is a bit of a learning curve, and the same would hold true even for a newbie to Windows. I've had lots of experience with family members, who call me everytime something goes wrong with their Windows based PC's and a couple of them have been using Windows for a number of years now.

[polinom]

super .... thanks for this post~