Stupidest thing you heared of a person cheering Linux

[Fixman]

This one looks sarcastic if seen alone, but he was meaning it.

"Linux costs a lot of money, but I bought it and its superior than windows." --Guy from YouTube

This one does it

"Windows and Macs sucks. Linux is cool unless you use Ubuntu its just a crappy snapshot." --I really don't remember where I have seen this

[_DD_]

The first quote just goes to show that some people think a more expensive product means a better product. Remember that experiment some guy did where he compared some reactions to linux when claimed it was expensive compared to when he was telling them straight-off it was free?

[beercz]

Isn't there a rumour about Linux not being prone to viruses because it is not as popular or as widely used as Windows?

[freduardo]

Not entirely the same, but similar:

I overheard a friend of a friend of a friend talking about that he was using Ubuntu and that it was brilliant and sooo much better than windows.
So I said "Hey, I use Linux as well!"
After which he replied "I don't use Linux, it sucks, I use Ubuntu".

Now, I don't really know the guy, but on first impression he struck me as a bit of a wisea**. So I just said "Oh,right, I see..." and turned around to talk to someone else.

[RebounD11]

"I just installed Linux yesterday, and it's great, I love it... My Windows runs so much better now" ... approximate translation from Romanian. This was extracted from something an extremely uninformed friend of mine, who tried to appear intelligent for a girl in my class, said in a discussion I had with several other persons about Linux (I was secretly trying to make them switch to Linux or at least dual-boot :D).

[Swarms]

"I just installed Linux yesterday, and it's great, I love it... My Windows runs so much better now" ... approximate translation from Romanian. This was extracted from something an extremely uninformed friend of mine, who tried to appear intelligent for a girl in my class, said in a discussion I had with several other persons about Linux (I was secretly trying to make them switch to Linux or at least dual-boot :D).
Sounds like the purpose of Wubi. :)

beercz: that is not entirely untrue, security holes will be exploited more if you can hit more targets.

[RebounD11]

Sounds like the purpose of Wubi. :)

beercz: that is not entirely untrue, security holes will be exploited more if you can hit more targets.

If you would have told that guy about Wubi he would think it's the new version of Nintendo Wii (and this would be the closest guess... another close possibility is that he thinks it's a new cartoon character) :D

[Swarms]

If you would have told that guy about Wubi he would think it's the new version of Nintendo Wii (and this would be the closest guess... another close possibility is that he thinks it's a new cartoon character) :D

Haha, yeah I guess I got the point. :)

[zmjjmz]

beercz: that is not entirely untrue, security holes will be exploited more if you can hit more targets.

Linus' Law: The more given eyeballs, the shallower bugs become.
Let # of good people > # of bad people.
Security vulnerabilities will be patched faster :D
It may be true of Mac though, seeing as they have proprietary code.

[Sinkingships7]

@Swarms: your avatar is fecking creepy. IT was one of my childhood favorites. And consequentially the cause of one too many nightmares.

[cardinals_fan]

@Swarms: your avatar is fecking creepy. IT was one of my childhood favorites. And consequentially the cause of one too many nightmares.
+1

Clowns scare me.

[Anduu]

+1

Clowns scare me.

+2

I peed in my pants a little :(

[Christmas]

If you use Linux you are a hacker
Universal - Linux users are usually taken as hackers. That's true as a percentage compared to Windows, but not true in general. You don't have to be a hacker to use Linux.

[RebounD11]

@Swarms: your avatar is fecking creepy. IT was one of my childhood favorites. And consequentially the cause of one too many nightmares.

I loved that clown, really scary... still do (it makes my girlfriend crawl into my arms :D)

[beercz]

beercz: that is not entirely untrue, security holes will be exploited more if you can hit more targets.
I never claimed it to be true or false, merely it is a rumour. Although perhaps more or a myth - I think this (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/10/06/linux_vs_windows_viruses/) and this (http://linuxmafia.com/%7Erick/skoll/anti-virus.php) both explain the situation quite well.

[Swarms]

I hate clowns aswell, but isn't something about living out the fears?

Plus IT is my favorite horrormovie, would have been perfect if it wasn't for the final climax. :)