Windows users' Excuses
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It talks about the excuses some windows users use not to accept that Linux is a real good option to Windows, if they just prefer Windows, for any reason that is great! for example I wrote some time ago an article about the some things Linux does not do well yet Is Linux suitable for me but do not come with this kind of excuses, and we hear them a lot don't we?
So here are some of the points of that post.
"Linux is hard to install"
You probably bought a computer with Windows preinstalled and bought a new one when it came to a grinding halt. Next time try reinstalling it from scratch, drivers and applications included.
"I don't want to work on the command line"
My girlfriend uses Linux all the time. She doesn't even know what a command line is. Get real. A good Linux distribution allows you to do all the essential stuff from the GUI. Don't tell me editing the registry is easy.
"Windows is just as secure as Linux"
Yeah, and my grandmother is world champion polka dancing. On Linux, there a no real threats where viruses, spyware or trojans are concerned. All the programs you have to install on Windows to get the thing remotely secure eat up CPU seconds and make your computer less stable and responsive.
And this is the funny part of the article, read it :).
"I'm lame"
You're probably right. You want it the easy way. You want to come home, plug in your computer and play some lame game right away. You don't want to spend an hour installing an OS and think before you click a 'continue' button. And because you've been doing that for the last ten years, you don't want to study some manual and learn a new program. You're so lame, that you are even prepared to fork out your hard earned cash from your wallet in order to stay lame. You're the kind of person that admits that carbondioxide emissions are a problem, but you're too lame to take the bike to go to work. Instead, you bought yourself a Hummer because you thought it was cool. You're the kind of person that prefers to write endless blogs full of excuses instead of making a change. Face it, it's not Linux that is the problem, it is you.
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I was reading an article
I was reading an article (Can Ubuntu Linux Really Run My Small Business?) about the huge savings that companies are realizing by running Ubuntu over M$ or OS X. My company has never been shy to ask us to change our behavior to save a buck. Why do you think that more companies have not made the switch considering the hundreds of thousands of dollars up for grabs? My IT guy is scared to death of letting me install it on my box at work.
Hi, I have read the article
Hi,
I have read the article you suggested, (nice one BTW) I think that yes, you can run all your "normal" applications on Ubuntu, or any other flavor of Linux you like, I have a small company 12 people, and we are using mostly Linux (Fedora and Ubuntu).
I use Vtiger, all the office applications, and after almost two years I do not miss Microsoft software, except for some files I receive from my customers made on Visio, which I am unable to convert to Linux.
I think your IT guy and some other does not want to switch, because they do not want to learn, I could occur the same on the other side, for me is much easier to do things on Linux that XP, or Vista which I never used, just a few hours to test it, so I think that is the main reason.
Guillermo Garron
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