I would have shifted to Linux if ....???

[Ecko]

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Share why u chose other OS over unique Linux !!!
or What were ur simple problems over strange Linux

Like few of them r listed below

[Pathik]

No Ifs, No Buts..
I am already a Linux user

[zyberboy]

everything is ter in windows,you have more choices,more flexibility, so didnt felt the need to switch

[mehulved]

...linux had viruses and spywares and adwares and BSOD's.

[din]

I think this Linux OS is really bad, here are my points.

1. We can't use pirated linux. That sux.

2. There is no fun in Linux, I mean like no viruses, no adwares etc.

3. Linux is very borring, like its stable and reliable, so not much reboots

4. Almost everything comes with Linux is free for a normal user. So its forcing user not to buy anything. I do not like forcing.

5. Linux servers are the most widely used and reliable ones, so I prefer to be different and use some other OS.

more points to come ....

[QwertyManiac]

If it showed me a Blue Screen of Death.

[The_Devil_Himself]

Originally Posted by din

I think this Linux OS is really bad, here are my points.

1. We can't use pirated linux. That sux.

2. There is no fun in Linux, I mean like no viruses, no adwares etc.

3. Linux is very borring, like its stable and reliable, so not much reboots

4. Almost everything comes with Linux is free for a normal user. So its forcing user not to buy anything. I do not like forcing.

5. Linux servers are the most widely used and reliable ones, so I prefer to be different and use some other OS.

more points to come ....

lol.yea keep them coming.

[praka123]

i am using GNU/Linux for past 4 years.and wants to shift to GNU Operating System if GNUers achieves their goal of creating GNU OS.so far GNU/hurd is sloww in development.

i want to use OpenBSD or FreeBSD,but it lacks drivers for h/w.now looking forward to the works of sun with opensolaris as a possible linux replacement.

[eggman]

1) It can play Hi Fi Games (Not Potato Man)

2) It had varaity of aplications as Win Has

3) It had more driver suppport

[Ankur Gupta]

...If I managed to get one up and running perfectly
Wud you believe it...I have installed 3-4 different flavors of linux on my PC/laptop but never managed to get one working fully
Some hardware problem or something else always manages to creep in...Waiting for Ubuntu 7.10..Hope this will break the jinx

[aditya.shevade]

Assuming that the title of the thread is correct, meaning that I would have shifted to Linux if I was not already using it

Your question in the first post however, asks about shifting from Linux to other OS. That would be when I get a mac.

[praka123]

wireless support is still lacking in Linux.not the fault of Linuxers,wireless company's are not providing.

[QwertyManiac]

Originally Posted by eggman

1) It can play Hi Fi Games (Not Potato Man)

Try Metal Blob Solid Games arent always about graphics, they're also about gameplay and tactics! Is that what you meant by Hi-Fi?

[Ecko]

Originally Posted by Ankur Gupta

...If I managed to get one up and running perfectly
Wud you believe it...I have installed 3-4 different flavors of linux on my PC/laptop but never managed to get one working fully
Some hardware problem or something else always manages to creep in...Waiting for Ubuntu 7.10..Hope this will break the jinx

Innovation is one day thing
Development is constant

Originally Posted by din

I think this Linux OS is really bad, here are my points.

1. We can't use pirated linux. That sux.

2. There is no fun in Linux, I mean like no viruses, no adwares etc.

3. Linux is very borring, like its stable and reliable, so not much reboots

4. Almost everything comes with Linux is free for a normal user. So its forcing user not to buy anything. I do not like forcing.

5. Linux servers are the most widely used and reliable ones, so I prefer to be different and use some other OS.

more points to come ....

6.Linux Uses too much memory & its effects are ver very poor
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How About LGA (Linux Genuine Advantage)
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[iMav]

I would have shifted to Linux if .... it was better than windows

[kumarmohit]

If Shi++y sorry Sify had a decent client, now that I have MTNL, I run it in virtual machine on my laptop becoz the laptop volume buttons do not work natively and Compaq refuses to provide drivers.

[gary4gar]

I would have shifted to Linux if It is becomes windows
I hate linux to be different than windows

[praka123]

Originally Posted by iMav

I would have shifted to Linux if .... it was better than windows

Linux kernel(or BSD UNIX)are anyway anytime better than windows and dos are u shifting?windows (Vista) is just a gaming shell used by fa^*ots!

[kalpik]

Originally Posted by iMav

I would have shifted to Linux if .... it was better than windows

Better is a relative word

[drgrudge]

If at all my old PC has option of booting from USB port or my optical drives are working....

[The_Devil_Himself]

^^LMAO.

Man try that method na which nucleus suggested.
BTW How do you install windows?

[gary4gar]

Originally Posted by drgrudge

If at all my old PC has option of booting from USB port or my optical drives are working....

Then linux is cr@p as linux does not run on NEW computer and laptops. there is no driver support.

[praka123]

6.Linux Uses too much memory & its effects are ver very poor

wrong linux uses memory more efficiently.for more u shud see the linux kernel changelog.so 6th point is a FUD.
http://gentoo-wiki.com/FAQ_Linux_Memory_Management
http://linux-mm.org/

[Kiran.dks]

It saved my time in troubleshooting. Type this , that, etcc and what and all! Come on everybody are not geeks!

[iMav]

Originally Posted by kalpik

Better is a relative word

and subjective too ...

PS: hence i used it ....

[drgrudge]

The_Devil_Himself -
Need to get my lazy @$$ to do that. Now that I got an UL connection, I should offer no excuses for that.

Planning to start a thread in OSS section soon to get support for my nOObish questions.

I installed XP before things like that happened. This is the 9th year of my PC and for 6 months or so only the optical drives are not working. That too I'm sure it would've worked had I been used my PC often.

[rohan]

Originally Posted by din

1. We can't use pirated linux. That sux

you can always pirate Red Hat enterprise or SuSE enterprise. btw, i'd have use linux if i could get DataOne working there. I tried the tutorial posted on this forum.. but in the first step itself.. i got no listing in the nic window

[QwertyManiac]

Originally Posted by rohan

you can always pirate Red Hat enterprise or SuSE enterprise. btw, i'd have use linux if i could get DataOne working there. I tried the tutorial posted on this forum.. but in the first step itself.. i got no listing in the nic window

Uhh, how can you pirate it? Its support you pay for there, and the repositories which are secured with an access based system ... :-\

[Ecko]

Originally Posted by praka123

wrong linux uses memory more efficiently.for more u shud see the linux kernel changelog.so 6th point is a FUD.
http://gentoo-wiki.com/FAQ_Linux_Memory_Management
http://linux-mm.org/

That was a prank
Atleast understand it when I say LGA

Windows just $uk$
Vista has all features either copied from Linux or From Mac

People at microsoft at great at innovating from what already exists

[gxsaurav]

Originally Posted by gaurav_chd88

Vista has all features either copied from Linux or From Mac

Usually for Linux, its linux which copied everything from Vista & Mac OS

Beryl was copied from Aero/Aqua which uses a GPU to render the UI.