In what way is Linux superior to Vista?

The speed differential will show when you push Linux, also you will notice that unlike Windows, Ubuntu keeps getting faster with age.

 

The same or not slower I understand. But faster with age I don't understand.

 

Perhaps faster as it is being slowly refined and optimized with age (as opposed to becoming more bloated and slower).......

 

Couldn't have put it better myself. The self tuning Linux kernel optimizes cache and memory management over time and since there is no registry or system folder bloat from various app installs uninstalls, there is no slowdowns

 

Main Advantages of Linux:

Stability

Less Maintenance

Ease of Use

 

Add:

Security

Cost

Configurability

 

And best of all, choice and freedom like no other, from desktops, OS, Kernel, customize your own distro, its a pandora box for geeks.

 

Yeah, freedom+security=win.

 

Big win for me is security + performance.

 

Less Maintenance in Linux is worth a couple years of my life.

 

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Well of course. If Linux were easy to use then it would be popular and it would be attractive to the malware/virus perps. As it is the regular pc user will never use it. It is to hard. Regular pc users want to turn it on and have it work. Linux does not do that. It is for tweakers and nerds

 

I guess that's why Dell sells PCs with Ubuntu pre-installed and sells quite a few at that.

http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/ubuntu?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&~ck=anavml

 

Nerds and tweakers...........LOL! my wife is not from IT industry, she begged me to put Linux on her machine, she found it far easier, way less worries and she just loves the fact that all apps open with speed compared to Win. Also the fact that it comes with everything pre-installed and all the installed apps are updated automatically makes it even easier for a novice. Linux installs in under fifteen minutes and that includes word processor, spell check and many other programs including graphic tools, audio tools etc. In case of Win, you need to find and install one by one, most of the programs are paid so there you go with another expense.

About malware, don't forget majority of servers run Linux and therefore malware writers are writing stuff for it on a daily basis, its Linux's inherent design and policies as well as super fast patch implementation that makes it safe.

 

Of course you're right, but I have learned to not attempt to argue with those stuck in the Windows mindset. The idea of a DAC and file permissions is foreign to them (especially desktop users).

 

They sell them because some nerds and tweakers want it that way.. LOL

 

LOL! true.......permissions, root, they don't have the foggiest, all they need to do is click here and click there and get pwned.

 

And she lives with someone who can help her thru it.
Im sorry if I pissed in the Linux groupie pool..

 

Yep and buffoons want Win I guess, lambs to slaughter as they say.

 

Nope she lives far away, travels all over with her linux laptop, point is it don't' break like Win so no fixing, don't apologize, we are used to Windows trolls venting their frustration as they are stuck on using a joke of a OS and pay which uses its paying customers as guinea pigs and then charge them to fix the bugs.

 

LOL:
hey, no problem: maybe some poolwater splashed on you and you learnt some new stuff.
The mere fact you posted means = feeling defensive and actually interested in what this Linux stuff is about, why do these idiots keep going on about it.
No matter what you post from now on your destiny is ordained, the assimilation is underway.
Go on admit it you want to just quickly have a little fondle of one of those live Cds.
Go ahead we wont tell.

 

one problem is that the support isnt long enough IMO.
windows xp has been out since 2003 and is supported with patches until 2014.
what linux distro can match that long amount of support?
can even debian?

 

How about LTS, even Gusty Gibbon was being supported till now. Linux distros update to newer things, take a look at new file system, even the much vaunted Win7 is using ancient NTFS, as they say old wine in new bottle.

 

I agree about the support. A minimum of 5 years for desktop. People don't want to upgrade their systems every 18 months or so, especially since the upgrade might fail and their systems are thoroughly changed after 18 months of use.

Software needs to be supported longer than the hardware platforms change. Machines can remain relevant after 2-3 years, while operating systems need to be changed? No good.

Mrk

 

One thing I hate about Linux (I'm referring to the kernel) is that it's monolithic and UNIX-style. I just love the NT kernel because of its modular architecture (but it's monolithic too ) and especially the object manager. It seems like Linus just started coding Linux with absolutely no prior design, just intent on creating a free UNIX (of course by taking GNU software as well). So, IMO Vista's kernel is superior to Linux (the kernel).

Aside from that, Compiz also seems to be more laggy than DWM, but I blame that on crappy NVIDIA drivers. There's also no media player on GNU/Linux that has DSP support (audio processing, like stereo-to-5.1). On top of that, there are no good graphical debuggers on GNU/Linux (aside from Eclipse, but that's written in Java and it's slow).

I also disagree that GNU/Linux "gets faster over time" and that Windows becomes slower. The best way to keep any OS installation fast is to not install any unnecessary programs, and you can do this in Windows by installing a sandbox program like Sandboxie. GNU/Linux gets slower just like any other OS (although the package manager alleviates this problem).

However, GNU/Linux has its advantages. cmd on Windows just sucks compared to Konsole and Terminal. It has support for a wide number of file systems. It has great C/C++ compilers (GCC).

 

I want to understand. What does the above mean?