i really have a prob with all the bad rap

[Destroyer]

I am not familiar with the atmosphere you speak about in reference to Linux

I been using various linux's and tools and contributing since early 2001 and its always been an issue, but it depends on where you spend your time I guess.

in which distribution do you find these concerns?

Distro? Linux is a kernel not a distro. Its spread across all FOSS, not all FOSS is 'linux'. It could have been huge, now even MS doesn't feel threatened.

I don't see the analogy of Martin Archery to a flavor of Linux, more like Macintosh to Matthews and Hoyt as Windows

I agree with 'Mac to Mathews' and 'Windows to Hoyt', I just don't want see 'Martin to linux'. Broken, bloated, change for the sake of change..... oops sorry innovation, and a huge support base made up of deluded and very aggressive people.

Btw, I'm using good old XP until I cant use it anymore. Distro's like Ubuntu (lol!) and those based on KDE 4 like Slackware (sigh) have gone to bloated trendy looking desktops which I don't like. You get sick of fixing problems with the older desktops like Gnome 2 or KDE 3 so thats not an option either.

[NY_Bowhunter]

I been using various linux's and tools and contributing since early 2001 and its always been an issue, but it depends on where you spend your time I guess.



Distro? Linux is a kernel not a distro. Its spread across all FOSS, not all FOSS is 'linux'. It could have been huge, now even MS doesn't feel threatened.



I agree with 'Mac to Mathews' and 'Windows to Hoyt', I just don't want see 'Martin to linux'. Broken, bloated, change for the sake of change..... oops sorry innovation, and a huge support base made up of deluded and very aggressive people.

Btw, I'm using good old XP until I cant use it anymore. Distro's like Ubuntu (lol!) and those based on KDE 4 like Slackware (sigh) have gone to bloated trendy looking desktops which I don't like. You get sick of fixing problems with the older desktops like Gnome 2 or KDE 3 so thats not an option either.

What's the draw weight of your Gnome 2??? I'm lost ............ can someone show me to the nearest bottle of Advil???

[Destroyer]

can someone show me to the nearest bottle of Advil???

What the heck is Advil?

[bfisher]

What the heck is Advil?

It's a pain pill. Don't you watch TV? LOL.

[Arrow Splitter]

Btw, I'm using good old XP until I cant use it anymore.

I'm using Vista on my laptop, but most of the computers in our house are running XP. I hear that Windows 7 and 8 are supposed to be the best yet (8 is just an update to 7), but I don't have the money to find out right now.LOL

[MLN1963]

What the heck is Advil?

The generic name is Ibuprofen. Advil and Motrin are two of the high dollar versions.

[cyclepath]

Distro? Linux is a kernel not a distro. Its spread across all FOSS, not all FOSS is 'linux'. It could have been huge, now even MS doesn't feel threatened.


Yeh, I have MS and I don't feel threatened at all !!

[Destroyer]

I'm using Vista on my laptop,

Actually don't mind Vista, came with a laptop but due to some of my old apps not working great I use XP on it. Vista isn't a lot different from Windows 7.

Yeh, I have MS and I don't feel threatened at all !!

Lol!