[Gllug] Whinge

[Jon Masters]

On 30 Aug 2001 13:20:41 +0100, will wrote:

> When I installed openSSH on my linux box I had a couple of dependencies that
> needed addressing rather than just being able to download and use putty.

...and had you not had the requirements for putty you would have done
likewise on Windows crud.

> On my work NT box (I am not allowed to use linux for my work desktop)

Heh, I installed Debian on all machines at work - if on occasion I am
actually logged in to W2K then I fire up a full screen vnc Debian
session instead.

> most of the applications in my start menu were double click installs

In that case you either use hardly any really "meaty" packages or have
the voodoo Microsoft spirits on your side.

> The applications were added to the start menu

So you're not using multiple profiles which require manual replication
then?

> I can't remember the last time I re-booted because of a software install.

This is Windows we're talking about though? Just what have you
installed?

> When I have plugged kit into a windows machine it has generally worked

Try adding a Radeon All In Wonder card to your machine, or USB devices
to W2K, or trying to hotplug with W2K (which is broken - yes I know
there are warnings but that's not my point, on Debian you can just
unplug a device).

> I am not bashing Linux here so I don't know why people seem to want to
> defend it so hard.

It's not defending "Linux" that I'm doing here - merely ensuring
continued Microsoft bashing at every opportunity, as they righfully
deserve.

> A blinkered approach along the lines of 'Windows is shit and there
> is nothing good about it' is pointless and non-productive.

Oh, I don't know... :)

--jcm



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