Comments on: Bring Me Back To Freedom

By: Stormbringer

Stormbringer — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:05:29 +0000

Use the OS which suits you, not anyone else.

I use both XP and Linux at home. XP is my gaming box. Linux is for my productivity work. (I don’t dual boot, I have several machines.) I’ll be honest in that if I wasn’t running 3D games, I wouldn’t need the Windows box at all.

This combination works for me. It won’t work for everyone. To push this solution onto someone else as the only answer, would be rather petty – and in reality is saying, “I know what’s better for you than you do.”

That’s the primary reason I don’t understand the venomous versions of OS evangelism. True freedom is letting people find their own solution, not to push an OS down their throat.

By: TimmyMac

TimmyMac — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 14:56:06 +0000

Nice, Illumination.

I’m rapidly coming to the end of my Linux years, I think. Kubuntu 8.10 is just broken in a dozen little ways. Meanwhile, my wife is tippy typing away on her new Vista machine while I’m fighting to get modules loaded and DVDs playing.

The thing I’ll miss least about Linux is trying to get help from angry linux zealots with no social skills.

By: Illumination

Illumination — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 12:35:33 +0000

And again – Vista gains another user who was too stupid to use Linux. Cheers!

By: Zoe

Zoe — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:21:47 +0000

I think there are many Linux users that just can keep up without using all the stuff that doesn’t work for them. I’ve tried to install a Brother MFC-215 Printer/scanner and I couldn’t. I know there are drivers at brother’s page… that you install and do nothing. The X system went crazy after installing VirtualBox, and I’ve realized that I just spent more time tuning (and struggling with) my linux system than actually enjoying it.
Call me a whiner, but I wonder what would Linux fanboys would tell about Vista if he had half of the trouble I described.
Btw, I’m using Vista now. Works flawlessly, no struggling, no excuses, just works.
Don’t misunderstand me, I’d like to enjoy linux. Not suffer it. So maybe later… who knows when, since it seems the never ending story.

By: bruno

bruno — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 02:55:15 +0000

If all you do is watch videos and surf the web, then then what you use as an OS is highly irrelevant.

By: Emmanouil

Emmanouil — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 01:44:09 +0000

Did anyone even mention that Chrome sell ur information!

How google make money ?
How firefox and Chrome make money?

You are definitely a stupid guy !

By: Emmanouil

Emmanouil — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 01:37:11 +0000

I will sent u back to freedom because of one simply sentence:

“Microsoft do not drive Windows X/Vista at all! Only application”

“Linux kernel drive the application”

You are a moron and Troll ! You say stupid things and definitely u are paid!

By: Noumaan

Noumaan — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 06:46:39 +0000

Yonah: Who is Jayson Brower?

So I guess there is a whole lot of people who have embraced Windows after trying linux for sometime, just like there a lots of people who has adapted linux after using windows for several years.

In the end, every one goes for whatever they think works best for them. But seriously the purpose of this post was not to compare linux and windows but to share my feeling of disappointment. It is my personal opinion that Desktop linux is lacking a lot more than linuxlovers think. They are blind by the love of freedom. But it would be best if we realize the shortcomings and work to improve on them.

By: Yonah

Yonah — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 06:17:42 +0000

The best thing about ditching Linux is not having to deal with idiots like Jayson Brower, who write a cutesy poem filled with lies, half truths, and biased fallacies.

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:32:25 +0000

You’ll probably be better off using Vista. I returned to the world of Windows recently after a 4 year journey into Linux Land and I’m much happier with how my computer operates now. Sure, Linux has some advantages over Windows, but they are minor compared to the advantages Windows has over Linux.