That windows noises thing is awesome.

I can't belive that the noises played in a musical sequence actually sound good.



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Old aunts used to come up to me at weddings, poking me in the ribs and cackling, telling me, "You're next." They stopped after I started doing the same thing to them at funerals.

Don't worry GBK, I was agreeing with you...

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I check my e-mail.

Every thing you say to me these days is a cheapshot...

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I check my e-mail.

Err, ok.... Sorry...

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I used to believe that we must fight the future, lest change come without our consent. I was wrong. The truth is that we must embrace the future, for only with change can we remain the same.
:wq

Im not throwing any towels, Im just sick of arguing. Use whatever the hell you want.

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I used to believe that we must fight the future, lest change come without our consent. I was wrong. The truth is that we must embrace the future, for only with change can we remain the same.
:wq

Yeah, just search the board and I'm sure you will find plenty of Windows debates...

Edit: Which, I'd like to add, were all a complete and utter wast of time...
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I check my e-mail.

[This message has been edited by Mystic0 (edited May 19, 2004).]

Most debates here are... cause people can't keep possitive attiudes.

I'd just like to add, that thanks to constant poking from GBK , most of my machines are running Debian. Even the macs... I managed to get the rest of the family to switch over, as all they really do is web browsing and email anyway, and my mom connencts to work with VNC, so there you have it for all those who say that Linux is too hard to use.

The reason I switched is because I got tired of my family downloading spyware and virus ridden software, which would in turn infect the whole network or slow my DSL connection to a crawl.

Really though everyone should just use whatever works for them. Linux has its strong points and Windows has its strong points, neither are "evil"...

Installing programs in Linux is easier then anything else I've seen, at least in Debian. I just type:

apt-get install whatever-i-want

And it downloads and installs whatever I need. Also I like the fact that I can just create a couple floppy images and install from the web. With windows I usually have to burn a new copy of XP each time because the old one is so scratched (they get used a lot). Plus I'm getting the latest versions of what I'm installing whenever I reformat, and if I ever want to upgrade most everything on the system, I just type:

apt-get update && apt-get upgrade

It's a thing of beauty. Plus I have no problems with spyware or viruses.

Now as for windows. Its a farmilar interface, drivers are easier to come by and install, and if something goes wrong I can just about always fix it without reformating. (This is due to my lack of linux knowledge, not any fault in linux.)

Most programs are made for windows, and generally install without problems. Usually you will not find a file you can't open in windows. Not always the case in linux. And one of the biggest things about windows... THE GAMES.

Basicly there are pros and cons to either of them, it really just boils down to what you are willing to put up with.


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I've been very active online for years. And with a good firewall and religious updates to norton anti-virus and spybot s&d, i have never gotten a virus and only like a handful of spyware things.

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I think Windows is great.

No, I'm not kidding. I really like Windows and wouldn't switch to another OS for the life of me. I've personally never had a problem with it either, nothing that I didn't cause myself for being stupid.

Rolling up the tanks and quotation brackets yet?

[This message has been edited by Dark Templar (edited May 19, 2004).]

The entire reason the thread was started was just to allow me some release from my ordeal of installing windows on 5 different, corrupted hard drives that were actually donated to my department (RTVF department at University).

Flame war about GBK's ignorant choice of OS? No way! *you're not dumb, GBK, I want your manbabies*

That being said, there are some great things in Windows, and we all have to remember that without it, many of the other operating systems wouldn't be around. The importance of Windows in the history of computing overall is just incredible.

But it's still a pain to install.

(Windows 2000 on processors ranging from 700mhz to 2.4ghz)

Personal choice for Operating System?

DOS.

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"If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons?"

Maxis, youd intentionally limit yourself to DOS, the most clumbsy and unusable command-line OS in existance?
Heck, at the very least Id need bash running on top of some decent *nix kernel, prefferably Linux. Bash is *worlds* better than DOS, and anyone who as ever used it will agree with me....



Good to know my words were not in vain..

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I used to believe that we must fight the future, lest change come without our consent. I was wrong. The truth is that we must embrace the future, for only with change can we remain the same.
:wq