Nerd1: Do you think Linux is better than windows?
Nerd2: (No answer, Nerd1 has no friend and speaks to himself)
Nerd2: (No answer, Nerd1 has no friend and speaks to himself)
by SidneySid February 21, 2005
While microsoft and apple were stealing from their rich neighbor, Xeros, linux was at home eating Cracklin' Oat Bran.
Linux is an OS where files have no association to programs; all configuration and settings are stored "wherever" in text files that grow to be megabytes long; most shell commands are so abstractly named that you would never be able to use them without knowing how they work.. or first reading its "manual page".
Linux is an operating system of inconsistancy. Theres over a thousand distributions of linux, and over a billion different modified versions of it. Programs come shipped as source code that you must compile and configure (by way of large scripts that attempt to figure out how your system is running.. since nothing is standard).
Very few consumer hardware companies support linux because there are far too many different scenarios they would have to support.
Linux is great as a server OS, but its when people try to use it as an everyday OS that it turns them into babbling idiots that stop caring about what a program does and start trying to figure out and change how it works.
Since linux was created by people with no aesthetic differentiation... most GUI's you will encounter look like a poor ripoff of windows 3.1.
Linux is an OS where files have no association to programs; all configuration and settings are stored "wherever" in text files that grow to be megabytes long; most shell commands are so abstractly named that you would never be able to use them without knowing how they work.. or first reading its "manual page".
Linux is an operating system of inconsistancy. Theres over a thousand distributions of linux, and over a billion different modified versions of it. Programs come shipped as source code that you must compile and configure (by way of large scripts that attempt to figure out how your system is running.. since nothing is standard).
Very few consumer hardware companies support linux because there are far too many different scenarios they would have to support.
Linux is great as a server OS, but its when people try to use it as an everyday OS that it turns them into babbling idiots that stop caring about what a program does and start trying to figure out and change how it works.
Since linux was created by people with no aesthetic differentiation... most GUI's you will encounter look like a poor ripoff of windows 3.1.
When I was 8, me and my friend tried to make an operating system in QBASIC that used nothing but text files. I gave up. My friend succeeded and created linux.
by Olene Q'Dell December 17, 2004
Windows: I look pretty and everything runs on me
Linux: Yeah, I'm not butt slow and don't bsod all the time.
Linux: Yeah, I'm not butt slow and don't bsod all the time.
by oblong penis September 15, 2007
Incredibly brilliant and stable OS designed for people who know how computers work if your too stupid then fine stick with windows XP don't complain after you can't compile the kernel source code that you accidently downloaded instead of the pre-compiled version. I'm running a version of linux as I type this (Knoppix)
knoppix runs from CD so you put it in knoppix loads take it out re-boot and then windows is back simple.
having said that though as most programs run only on windows keep it but only if it's XP.
knoppix runs from CD so you put it in knoppix loads take it out re-boot and then windows is back simple.
having said that though as most programs run only on windows keep it but only if it's XP.
by Forcemaster August 9, 2004
A stable, (usually) freeware, operating system, limited in usefulness to most users. Good for running servers snd business machines but has major inherent flaws that prohibit it form ever becoming a truly mainstream OS for personal use. Its just too bulky and user-unfriendly to ever gain the popular eye.
Linux is a cool idea, but since its a pain to install and operate, and incompatible with nearly all software on the market, itll never get far beyond the geeks and zealots.
by Bogus December 14, 2004
Completely incomprehensible when in terminal form, comprehensible in graphic form. Users often feel a strange, all-consuming need to write microsoft as "M$" or windows as "Windoze". This behaviour has no been deciphered by psychologists yet, but it is suspected that they do it to "fight the man". Only the faggiest of users use these words, although regular linux users use them too.
Hardcore Linux user: "OMG M$ r releasing teir new windoze version lol BSOD evry 2 mins lol."
Windows user: "...the hell?"
Windows user: "...the hell?"
by CWO01 May 29, 2009
Linux is one of the most powerful contraceptives ever. The more one learns about Linux, the more powerful its fertility-stealing powers become.
Typical Linux users are a sensitive lot. This is because their entire self-esteem is tied up in knowing obscure piping and scripting techniques that nobody in the real world gives a fuck about. Supposedly, this makes them smarter. If a Linux user feels threatened about the coming obsolescence of his beloved OS, untold havoc will be unleashed. This will eventually produce lulz. For this reason, we reveal here the easiest ways to troll a Linux message board or IRC channel.
*If the subject of distros comes up, reply, "Yes, but what can <insert distro name> do that Ubuntu can't do?
*Claim that the Windows kernel design is better than Linux.
*Warn everyone that Mactel will destroy Desktop Linux
*Ask "But can it run BSD?"
*If the subject of CLI comes up, reply, "But you could do that with DOS twenty years ago!"
*Predict that Solaris will eventually destroy Linux
*Make completly baseless claims that you are the CEO of a major corportion (don't specify which one!) and say you see no future in Linux.
*Tell everyone that Linux isn't ready for grandma
*Quote Theo de Raadt
*Remind all Linux users that they are still virgins
*Point out that the BSD License is infinitely superior to the GPL
*Incessantly ask every user about what parts of the code in their kernel were stolen from SCO.
*Let it be known that you appreciate Clippy
*Ask if Wine can run <insert program here> yet.
*Use the phrase "total cost of ownership."
*Ask for advise on finding quality Linux games.
*Say that Linux is inferior for development because it doesn't have Visual Basic .NET
*Make it known that $699 (the fee you legally owe SCO if you use Linux) is $300 more than the price Windows Server 2003 Web Edition, which has more features, greater stability, and has been shown time and time again to have a higher ROI.
Typical Linux users are a sensitive lot. This is because their entire self-esteem is tied up in knowing obscure piping and scripting techniques that nobody in the real world gives a fuck about. Supposedly, this makes them smarter. If a Linux user feels threatened about the coming obsolescence of his beloved OS, untold havoc will be unleashed. This will eventually produce lulz. For this reason, we reveal here the easiest ways to troll a Linux message board or IRC channel.
*If the subject of distros comes up, reply, "Yes, but what can <insert distro name> do that Ubuntu can't do?
*Claim that the Windows kernel design is better than Linux.
*Warn everyone that Mactel will destroy Desktop Linux
*Ask "But can it run BSD?"
*If the subject of CLI comes up, reply, "But you could do that with DOS twenty years ago!"
*Predict that Solaris will eventually destroy Linux
*Make completly baseless claims that you are the CEO of a major corportion (don't specify which one!) and say you see no future in Linux.
*Tell everyone that Linux isn't ready for grandma
*Quote Theo de Raadt
*Remind all Linux users that they are still virgins
*Point out that the BSD License is infinitely superior to the GPL
*Incessantly ask every user about what parts of the code in their kernel were stolen from SCO.
*Let it be known that you appreciate Clippy
*Ask if Wine can run <insert program here> yet.
*Use the phrase "total cost of ownership."
*Ask for advise on finding quality Linux games.
*Say that Linux is inferior for development because it doesn't have Visual Basic .NET
*Make it known that $699 (the fee you legally owe SCO if you use Linux) is $300 more than the price Windows Server 2003 Web Edition, which has more features, greater stability, and has been shown time and time again to have a higher ROI.
Fun things you can do with Linux:
*Update your drivers.
*Brag about your kernals.
*Say you use Linux (which will get your ass kicked)
*Eat KFC chicken around the clock.
*Manually edit config files
*Keep your virginity
*Uhh, well thats pretty much it.
*Update your drivers.
*Brag about your kernals.
*Say you use Linux (which will get your ass kicked)
*Eat KFC chicken around the clock.
*Manually edit config files
*Keep your virginity
*Uhh, well thats pretty much it.
by 1A1EC1E730C2 April 6, 2008