08/26/01
Linux
  
    Welcome to the world of the "1337". A world full of confusing completely useless 
"How To FAQS" and almost worthless Operating Systems. We have decided that being 1337 
is not nearly worth the trouble it takes to install such a cumbersome piece of shit 
system. Escpecially when said system won't be able to run Diablo 2 or Half Life, or 
SIMS, or pretty much ANYTHING should we manage to get it installed. Anything I really 
want to do in Linux I can allready do with Windows anyways. I can get free compilers 
for any language for Windows, hell I went out recently and got a free C/C++ compiler 
fairly easily. Or maybe I want to customize the look of my desktop. Or perhapse your 
preference is in a new interface.
  
    Ok, I suppose you are allready saying "but that's not free!" Well fuck you leech, 
if you're going to insist on it being free then I'm sure there is a crack out there 
for it. Trust me, navigating through pop ups and warez pages is about a thousand times 
easier than trying to figure out what options you need to install to get your hardware 
configured properly or what the 5 million text input commands for Linux do.
  
    The ultimate problem is of course it's not "user friendly". It's perpetuated that 
way because those that use and promote Linux like to feel "special" because they can 
do it and you can't. Sure you can do more with your computer than they can, but hey, 
why go for easy use and functionality when you can have an eleetist additude. Sure 
Linux users argue that they can do anything a Windows user can, but when you get right 
down to it, the OS requires so much customizing only a handful of those people can 
ACTUALLY make good on thier threats. This being because they have spent all thier 
waking time making minor tweaks and fixes.
  
    Why this sudden hatred? Well I only lost a hard drive to the thing. Almost lost 
the whole computer. Luckily I can feel good knowing I know enough about DOS and 
Windows that I could keep the computer from dying completely. I mean sure Windows 
crashes from time to time but it's never taked a whole fucking drive with it. And 
generally I'l get frequent crashes in Windows and then after a bit of fairly easy 
tweaking and reconfiguring I can go for months without a crash. Give me minor regular 
matinace over full time daily overhauling anyday.
  
    I'd like to end here by not turning into the "Devil's Advocate" so to speak and 
bashing Windows. I've found that generally overall it has a few glitches but then 
so does everything. Generally the bugs go away. Plus it comes free with pretty much 
any computer you buy from a store. So hey, if yo want easy to use, with lots of 
power, and minor glitches, go for Windows. If you want hard to install, confusing to 
understand, cryptic to work with, go for Linux. Just make sure you don't use your 
main computer as the test machine, chances are you'll fuck it up.