{"id":8181,"date":"2019-01-15T07:59:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T07:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/?p=8181"},"modified":"2019-01-24T03:35:37","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T03:35:37","slug":"why-windows-isnt-hell-or-why-linux-isnt-bliss-osnews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/2019\/01\/15\/why-windows-isnt-hell-or-why-linux-isnt-bliss-osnews\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Windows Isn\u2019t Hell Or Why Linux Isn\u2019t Bliss \u2013 OSnews"},"content":{"rendered":"

To me, it\u2019s a miracle how every tiny article on OSNews.com, or any other tech-site, ends up in people shouting all sorts of nonsense at each other like \u201cLinux is gonna bring back Elvis\u201d, \u201cWindows shot president Kennedy\u201d, \u201cLinux kept the cold war cold\u201d or \u201cBill Gates wants to buy the moon and charge people for looking at it\u201d. Do these people really know what they are saying, or are they just going with the Open-Source flow? Update:<\/b> Rebuttal article here<\/a>.Editorial Notice:<\/u> All opinions are those of the author and not necessarily those of osnews.com<\/i>
\nGeneral Note:<\/u> Please forgive any grammar mistakes as the author is not a native english speaker.<\/i><\/p>\n

Intro<\/b><\/p>\n

I tend to think the latter. Not because I am not a Linux fan (I happily set up my Computer with Mandrake about two years ago, they are still merrily in love), but because I have not heard anything new in the past two years. It is always \u201cmy god, not another security hole in Windows 95\/98\/98SE\/ME\/2000\/XP\/Server 2003\u201d, \u201cMicrosoft aggressively bought company X\u201d, \u201cMicrosoft launches another way to protect their software\u201d and \u201cMicrosoft software is too exspensive\u201d. And Linux, on the other hand, is all bliss.<\/p>\n

Well, I think Linux is not all \u201cbliss\u201d. Linux would be all \u201cbliss\u201d if we forget the slow boot-up\/shutdown times, if we forget the lousy hardware support for, let\u2019s say, Ati products (Ati being the number two in graphics cards!), if we forget the \u201cgeek\u201d image of Linux, if we forget the fact that some distributions suddenly have to be paid for, if we forget that some distributions suddenly get discontinued, if we forget the crappy way software is installed (with the exception of apt-get, or so I\u2019ve heard).<\/p>\n

You can go the same way when it comes to Windows. Windows would be all hell if we forget the ease with which it is installed, if we forget the great hardware support, if we forget the uniform look of all the programs, if we forget InstallShield and look-a-likes, if we forget the clear structure (Program Files, My Documents etc, and of course this only goes for the not-so-technical end-user), if we forget Windows Update (still beats the Distribution-specific update tools, in my opinion).<\/p>\n

If you confront Linux addicts with the disadvantages I just named, you always get the same reaction: \u201cWhen Linux becomes (more) mainstream, those problems will disappear.\u201d Well, I think you should turn that around: Linux will become (more) mainstream, when those problems are solved, or at least addressed. Your OS can be great when it comes to its inner workings, but it are the looks of the OS that really matter to the masses. Would Marylin Monroe have become as famous if she was not so darn pretty? I do not think so. I mean, consumers do not want to wait forever for their PC to boot (you can read a Donna Tart in the meantime\u2026 twice), they do not want twelve different applications for one task, they do not want to choose between six different Window Managers, even though all of them are quite good. I mean, do you line up six tv\u2019s in your living room just because they look a bit different from each other? Again, I do not think so (imagine the remote-control interference\u2026).<\/p>\n

What Should We Do?<\/b><\/p>\n

So, what should happen to Linux in order to gain more marketshare at the cost of Windows? Well, a lot has been said when it comes to this particular issue.<\/p>\n

I think the major Distributions should all \u201cjoin hands\u201d to create one version of Linux, with one desktop, a uniform look, with one update system and so on. They can still develop their own Distributions (for the fans, I do not think my Computer and Mandrake will ever divorce). By creating a standard, you will make it more accessible for the masses. Just look at the dvd recording standards now: the number of standards are really stopping people from buying a dvd recorder. They are heavily influenced by articles stating the risk of buying one: \u201cYour standard may be unsupported in a few years\u201d.<\/p>\n

It will be no problem if Linux XP (couldn\u2019t resist the temptation \ud83d\ude09 , sorry) will cost something, they can spend the earned money on research. The newly developed applications can first be put in the Distributions, and, when the community is satisfied, they can be integrated into the next Linux version, Linux Longhorn (okay, this is getting silly). This way you get the best of both worlds: the knowledge, experience and diversity of the Open-Source world, combined with the easiness and clarity of standardized software. A very good example is, in my eyes, LindowsOS 4.0. I have used it for a couple of weeks now and I must say I am impressed. Despite critizism from the Open-Source commmunity (\u201cIt\u2019s too Windows\u201d, \u201cIt\u2019s not free\u201d and \u201cThey don\u2019t supply source-code (which is a plain lie, by the way)\u201d), I believe LindowsOS is kind of what that new standardized Linux should look like.<\/p>\n

Of course that kind of takes away the essence of the Open-Source concept. Open-Source is all about letting everybody not only use the software, bu also letting everybody improve the software. This has led to a diversity in the available software. This is a good thing, if you are an expert willing to put time and effort into your OS, but if you are not, than Linux just isn\u2019t for you, at this moment.<\/p>\n

But, as always, this is just my opinion. So please, do not send any suicide penguins my way\u2026<\/p>\n

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To me, it\u2019s a miracle how every tiny article on OSNews.com, or any other tech-site, ends up in people shouting all sorts of nonsense at each other like \u201cLinux is gonna bring back Elvis\u201d, \u201cWindows shot president Kennedy\u201d, \u201cLinux kept the cold war cold\u201d or \u201cBill Gates wants to buy the moon and charge people … <\/p>\n

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