Lunix is a terrible operating system. -- LiveWire Tech Forums

Quote: from anonomouse at 12:27 am on Jan. 11, 2009

I switched to Linux for a while. It was nice having it more customizable, but that came at a cost. Sure, there is more choice, but with Windows/Mac, everything just works. If there is no option for it, it can't be changed (without hacking the system). On Linux, you can change everything. You just might have to learn how to code to even change the simple stuff.
Also, OS X looks and works better. Since Linux is not made by a single company, it is not unified and optimized. Half of your programs are Gnome and half in KDE (if you want the functionality), so the interface ends up looking terrible.
There are some features in Linux, though, that I miss now that I am back in Windows--I didn't have to pay for everything (even the advanced functionality) and I could make it work how I worked. In Windows, though, stuff just works. I don't have to constantly restart the sound server or turn num lock on when the computer starts. It just works. (OS X just works better, though... :) )

> Exactly, most Linux distributions aren't necessarily aimed for people that don't know, or don't want to manually configure something to their specifications. It's that way because most of these 'just works' bullshit is scripted commands which are prone to failure. Manual configuration assures stability.

Moving on, saying OS X looks better is subjective. I've used Mac's , my father owns a Mac and Aqua is a steaming pile of horse crap IMHO. They've pretty much mixed up aesthetics with functionality. Everything has to be 'elegant' and 'simplistic' in their eyes they've pretty much cock blocked you to use your system. What I mean by that is they've dropped an entire DE on top of the system limiting access to the Unix system it's built on.

Also, it doesn't need to be unified, and optimization is reliant on you. Gnome and KDE are two separate projects, if you want to use K3B in a GTK+ you can. If your anal about how everything looks, install KDE and add it to your ~/.xinitrc as a session. If you do it right, the two sessions and applications won't interlock.

Concluding myself, Linux isn't intended to be a regular computer users alternative. It's a system that's reliant on the user and the open community. If you want everything to 'just work' or are caught up on aesthetics use something else. Just because something is CLI driven, or requires you to actually interact with your system doesn't make it's terrible or outdated. If you know what your doing and understand a system CLI is much more powerful, and package managers are easier to use. What do you think InstallationWizards, and executable binaries are? A front end that interacts with your kernel at a system level to give it a command to do something.

I've used Linux/Unix-based systems for 7 years, and I've had no issues.

Post edited at 2:58 am on Jan. 14, 2009 by warcrack

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