Windows/Linux Users like and dislikes...

Originally Posted by philipMac

Having said what I just said, I have to completely 100% dissagree with that.
For the average user, a nice Linux distro, (ahem Ubuntu/SuSE) is the way to go.
For normal things, browsing the Web, writing documents, blah, Linux DESTROYS Windows. So much better.
But, if you are a gamer, or a Designer, or an editor, or a music person, you would probably want something else.

Probably a big hulking dual core cual CPU G5 running OSX.

In a nice brushed silvery box.

Missed an important point there. Just about every child i know and knew in school wanted to play Doom or Quake or the next best thing on the PC. You dont get things like that on Linux

Originally Posted by mysteryjimbo

Missed an important point there. Just about every child i know and knew in school wanted to play Doom or Quake or the next best thing on the PC. You dont get things like that on Linux

Actually you do. I've played both on Linux. All of the ID Software games (Doom, Quake and Wolfenstein) are available for Linux.
http://zerowing.idsoftware.com/

Jimbo is rght though. The fancy new cool games are not really there yet.

And, it takes a bit of effort to port them over. And, then, the market that you are selling them to (linux users) is small still. Its all supply and demand with those gamer companies, and all source is closed tightly. So, dudes cant just port it themselves.

So, this is probably going to take a while to move away from this situation.

Still on Windows 2000 at work, trying to get the IT sextion to try something else but all railway specific programs are now written on XP so have to stay with it. Play a lot of games at home so XP is really the only platform I can use, but have an Imac ehich the wife uses for her school stuff, better for CAD and other such stuff and not as prone to viruses as windows.

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Originally Posted by wyrdness

Actually you do. I've played both on Linux. All of the ID Software games (Doom, Quake and Wolfenstein) are available for Linux.
http://zerowing.idsoftware.com/

Um, yeah. But I'm pretty sure I played all of those in DOS 6, on a P75 with 8mb of ram. Except for Doom, it was old and rubbish by the time I got my first PC (Windows 3.1)

Originally Posted by wyrdness

Actually you do. I've played both on Linux. All of the ID Software games (Doom, Quake and Wolfenstein) are available for Linux.
http://zerowing.idsoftware.com/

That was when i was at school.....Nowadays, FEAR, Quake 4, Unreal Tournament, HL2 etc.....

Quake 4 is on Linux... theres a page on the ID website for it. It was realesed sometime back in 2005.

Originally Posted by Grinch

Quake 4 is on Linux... theres a page on the ID website for it. It was realesed sometime back in 2005.

Still, its an exception. This shouldnt even be in discussion. Its a fact that Windows is the vast majority, therefore the majority of software is written for it (malicious or otherwise).

All OS's have their place. I wouldnt dream of have "average joe" install a copy of Linux on their home machine, it can be too complex. Most of them have trouble with copy and paste. Windows has its place with them ats its aimed at its GUI being user friendly, which it has to said, it does quite well.

My brief list of likes/dislikes

Things i like about Windows:
User friendly GUI (consistant, regardless of version)
Supporting Software

Things i dont like about Windows:
Incompatibilities you hit occasionally
Filesystem
Instability with time

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Things i like about Linux
Its free
Ownership of code
Reliability

Things i dont like about Linux
Can be too complex to get a simple thing done
Vendor versions of the GUI differ greatly

Its funny the different people views...

Originally Posted by mysteryjimbo

My brief list of likes/dislikes

Things i like about Windows:
User friendly GUI (consistent, regardless of version) - Never found it friendly of even intuitive to the new user only if you've used it before, even then it can be confusing. I know from showing 'new' users.
Supporting Software - never really seen much support, it always seemed to be reinstall or apply this patch. Get more help of user forums.

Things i don't like about Windows:
Incompatibilities you hit occasionally - This does happen everywhere though I've seen it a lot with Windows, but then I fiddle.
Filesystem - its a bit naff, but works.
Instability with time - Oh I hate that too, my clock will not shift from GMT at the moment.

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Things i like about Linux
Its free - though support is not always free, lots of user forums
Ownership of code
Reliability

Things i don't like about Linux
Can be too complex to get a simple thing done - some can but on the whole I found them more intuitive then installing windows.
Vendor versions of the GUI differ greatly- have you ever gone back to using win98 after using XP, god its odd, but they do differ a bit. Most are KDE or Gnome desktops which work much like windows.

I'm rather enjoying this...