mstlyevil
October 28th, 2005, 04:23 AM
I keep reading a recurrent theme that Ubuntu or Linux is not ready for the desktop. These post usually say something like everything does not work out of the box like Windows. Where do these people get that everything in Windows works out of the box? Then they try to compare Apple OSX with Ubuntu. Are these people just flamers or are they that ignorant that they truly believe Windows works out of the box or that OSX is a fair comparison?
1.OSX can not be compared to Ubuntu because Apple developed it to run on their machines with their hardware. If you tried to run it on all the different hardware configurations available in a IBM clone you would have more hardware trouble than Windows or Ubuntu.
2.Windows is preinstalled on new computers by the manufactuer and all the drivers and media software is already configured by the manufactuer and not by Windows. The reinstall disk is just a system restore disk developed by the manufactuer to make reinstallation a easy process for the average computer user.
3.If you install Windows on a blank slate computer that you built yourself Windows does not automatically configure your Ethernet,sound,video or memory controlers. You have to use third party software just to get basic functions to work properly.
4.Now for the codecs. Windows has limited mp3 support out of the box. You have to purchase and install dvd playing software to play your dvd's. There is no Xvid or Divx codecs and if you want to play realplayer or quicktime formats,you have to install those respective players or their clones.
5.Lets not forget all the countless hours you have to spend configuring and tweaking your Windows install to get it to work properly. Also you have to install third a party firewall and antivirus plus defrag constantly to keep Windows clean and efficient.
Using the same criteria on Windows that many on this forum apply to Ubuntu you can see that Windows is not ready for the desktop either. Do any of you have anything else to add that I may have forgot or is there some one that wants to take issue with my logic and prove me wrong. I am open to Ideas and I just want to hear from you because this has been bugging me.
1.OSX can not be compared to Ubuntu because Apple developed it to run on their machines with their hardware. If you tried to run it on all the different hardware configurations available in a IBM clone you would have more hardware trouble than Windows or Ubuntu.
2.Windows is preinstalled on new computers by the manufactuer and all the drivers and media software is already configured by the manufactuer and not by Windows. The reinstall disk is just a system restore disk developed by the manufactuer to make reinstallation a easy process for the average computer user.
3.If you install Windows on a blank slate computer that you built yourself Windows does not automatically configure your Ethernet,sound,video or memory controlers. You have to use third party software just to get basic functions to work properly.
4.Now for the codecs. Windows has limited mp3 support out of the box. You have to purchase and install dvd playing software to play your dvd's. There is no Xvid or Divx codecs and if you want to play realplayer or quicktime formats,you have to install those respective players or their clones.
5.Lets not forget all the countless hours you have to spend configuring and tweaking your Windows install to get it to work properly. Also you have to install third a party firewall and antivirus plus defrag constantly to keep Windows clean and efficient.
Using the same criteria on Windows that many on this forum apply to Ubuntu you can see that Windows is not ready for the desktop either. Do any of you have anything else to add that I may have forgot or is there some one that wants to take issue with my logic and prove me wrong. I am open to Ideas and I just want to hear from you because this has been bugging me.