Should each new computer or copy of Windows come with a disclaimer saying that the user should get an IQ test before purchasing in order to make sure that they're qualified to use the software?
Maybe if they stipulated it in the license agreement:lol:
Okay, this thread is God only knows how many pages long, and I have finally decided to weigh in. I am a Linux man myself. No offense intended to anyone out there; I don't begrudge anyone their choice to use Windows XP, or Vista, or Win7 or whatever. I don't really understand it, but I don't begrudge it.
I was a Windows man for most of my computer-using life. I stuck with it through 3.1, 95, 98, XP (I had a few unfortunate encounters with ME and 2000), Vista, and now I have 7 on my Acer netbook. But a few months ago, I decided to make the move to Linux. Why?
Three reasons. 1) Guilt-free computing. I get tired of hearing sticklers talk about how supposedly awful so-called software piracy is. I don't care what Microsoft's tyrannical license agreement says;
I own my damn computer, and as far as I am concerned, that means that
I by-God own whatever is on it. The creators of Linux and other open-source software recognize this, and so have my endless respect and admiration. 2) Pure efficiency. Linux, or at least the GNOME desktop, is just so much
cleaner than Windows. Compare any Windows Start menu to the menu in GNOME, and you will see what I mean. 3) Security through simplicity. Linux provides the unthinkable in modern computing: no viruses, spyware, etc, and no defragging.
To be sure, Linux has some caveats. My first Linux was Fedora 9, and it took me a week just to get my graphics card to work and figure out how to install programs. Also, it is heavily Internet-dependent; you can use Linux without the Internet, but that's a bit like using Windows without a mouse. I have Ubuntu 9.10 on my desktop machine now, and a wireless router for my Internet, and I simply cannot imagine using anything else.