Why is there an incredibly overwhelming number of windows and mac fanboys on uf

[alaukikyo]

There seems to be an incredible overwhelming number of mac and windows fanboys here.
i like ubuntu i don't register on mac and windows forums and spread fud and pose as an elitist and whine about windows and mac.

[Sylos]

There seems to be an incredible overwhelming number of mac and windows fanboys here.
i like ubuntu i don't register on mac and windows forums and spread fud and pose as an elitist and whine about windows and mac.

Try it! it can be fun!

I jest of course - I would not be so churlish.

I havent really noticed this. I have found quite a few people complaining that "Ubuntu set my PC on fire" or something equally foolish. Many people seem to see the coincidence of hardware failure and trying ubuntu to imply a causal link and then post asking how to purge their machine of the evil FOSS destructor. Other than that I havent notcied many people popping in just to have a pot shot.

Perhaps Im not looking in the right places.

[alaukikyo]

Other than that I havent notcied many people popping in just to have a pot shot.

Perhaps Im not looking in the right places.


look at the testomonials forum and most negative posts have a poster named similar to "ubuntusucks"

[madjr]

look at the testomonials forum and most negative posts have a poster named similar to "ubuntusucks"

i agree those kind of crap and/or spam/automated posts need to get filtered. If they have trouble they need to ask for support or report bugs, not rant and talk trash after trying it for 5 minutes. It doesn't help anyone.

if they want to talk trash, they can go to the microsoft forums or something.

[handy]

We use Apple hardware & systems here (amongst others). As they suit our requirements (particularly my wife's); requirements that the available software that runs on the distros at this point can not meet.

I much prefer to use a distro & so rarely use OS X, on my dual booting iMac.

I can be called an elitist, fan-boy or whatever, but the titles are all incorrect, as they must be, because whoever uses them on this forum is just shooting in the dark; you don't know me. :)

This kind of thread is just a topic to reinforce the us vs them mentality, which in the end is a negative attitude that all of us could do without.

[CharlesA]

If you have a negative experience with something, of course you are going to not be all that enthusiastic to try it again.

You don't have to be a Windows or Mac "fanboi" for that to happen.