Tech Journalist Can't Even Install Ubuntu Linux? Ubuntu Linux SUCKS!

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On Feb 20, 12:46 pm, royschestow...@yahoo.com wrote:
> Here we go again

Yes, here we go again with a cowardly jerk falisfying someone else's
name. Apparently the real Roy has far more credibility than you do, or
you wouldn't need to steal his name.

Until such a time as you can behave like a grown up, you can sit in
the corner an be ignored.

Dean G.

Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@schestowitz.com> writes:

> Imposter/troll warning. I have nothing whatsoever to do with the OP.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Roy Schestowitz

How do we know you are real? The nym you are posting from now is forever
spamming this NG with copies of other peoples work and with misleading
"comments".

This might be surprise to you roy, but posters here do know how to find
the linux sites themselves.

But no. You like the sound of your own voice too much to cease.

"Dustin Harper" <dharper@vistarip.com> writes:

> Oh boy. I've worked with Linux, and Ubuntu is about the EASIEST to
> use. If he can't figure it out, then there IS something wrong with the

yet you cant figure out not to top post or remove signatures?

http://www.vistarip.com/news.php

??? Is that your childish attempt to dissuading people from vista? LOL.


> user, especially if he calls himself a tech journalist. He needs a new
> job. He sounds more like a Linux basher, and the media usually wins in
> things like this.

Andy wrote:

> I don't think the problem is that it isn't easy, the problem is he
> couldn't get Ubuntu to access his windows boxes, which I think
> Ubuntu/Linux claims it can do.

It does. Straight out of the box. At least it does /here/ .......

OT for sure... but I don't have a problem with top posts. I hate to open a
post, scroll down through four previous posts to read "I agree." Yah, that
sux.

Lang

"Hans Schneider" <hans.schneider@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:873b50woug.fsf@gmail.com...
> "Dustin Harper" <dharper@vistarip.com> writes:
>
>> Oh boy. I've worked with Linux, and Ubuntu is about the EASIEST to
>> use. If he can't figure it out, then there IS something wrong with the
>
> yet you cant figure out not to top post or remove signatures?
>
> http://www.vistarip.com/news.php
>
> ??? Is that your childish attempt to dissuading people from vista? LOL.
>
>
>> user, especially if he calls himself a tech journalist. He needs a new
>> job. He sounds more like a Linux basher, and the media usually wins in
>> things like this.

Lang Murphy came up with this when s/he headbutted the keyboard a moment ago
in comp.os.linux.advocacy:

> OT for sure... but I don't have a problem with top posts. I hate to open a
> post, scroll down through four previous posts to read "I agree." Yah, that
> sux.
>
> Lang
>
> "Hans Schneider" <hans.schneider@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:873b50woug.fsf@gmail.com...
>> "Dustin Harper" <dharper@vistarip.com> writes:
>>
>>> Oh boy. I've worked with Linux, and Ubuntu is about the EASIEST to
>>> use. If he can't figure it out, then there IS something wrong with the
>>
>> yet you cant figure out not to top post or remove signatures?
>>
>> http://www.vistarip.com/news.php
>>
>> ??? Is that your childish attempt to dissuading people from vista? LOL.
>>
>>
>>> user, especially if he calls himself a tech journalist. He needs a new
>>> job. He sounds more like a Linux basher, and the media usually wins in
>>> things like this.

Ya, me too.

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On Feb 20, 12:46 pm, royschestow...@yahoo.com wrote:
> Here we go again
> So much for Linux *killing* Microsoft Vista.
>
> What a joke.
> So how long has Linux been around? Maybe 12 years or more?
> So why is Linux still as user unfriendly and hostile as it was 12
> years ago?
>
> When tech journalists can't even get Linux, in this case Ubuntu, to
> work there is something seriously wrong with Linux.
>
> Of course we all know the Linux cultists will blame the user, call him
> an idiot etc.
>
> With Linux, it always seems to be the users fault.
>
> http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37742
>
> "Quite an impressive start for a piece of free software, I think
> you'll agree. But (and you just knew there was a 'but' coming, didn't
> you?) then the wheels started to come off. Despite it being the latest
> ISO image I could find, the first thing the system did when it saw the
> Web was to download 104 updates - roughly 60 per cent more than a new
> install of Windows XP SP2 asks for."
>
> "Well, I've only been playing with computers since 1972 and I couldn't
> make it work. Linux can see the Windows boxes and vice versa, but any
> attempt to access files is met with a login dialogue box that refuses
> any username and password I enter. Now my learned friends tell me I
> should be using something called Wine. I've been a heavy user of wine
> for many years and it certainly helped relax me but did absolutely
> nothing for my connectivity dilemma."
>
> "So I've done what any normal person would do in the circumstances -
> give up. If the awfully-clever people who write bits of open source
> code can't make it work automatically, I stand absolutely no chance of
> fixing it. It looks very much to me as if people clever enough to
> write an entire operating system can't make a simple bit of networking
> work, it has to be a deliberate marketing decision rather than a lack
> of ability."
>
> "The Ubuntu box now awaits rebirth as another Windows XP machine. I
> have neither the time nor the inclination to persevere with its
> perversity. Maybe I'll try Linux again in another ten years. Maybe by
> then it will have grown up. µ
> "
>
> And another Linux Distribution ends up as a coaster.
> This seems to be all to common an experience and it might account for
> the fact that Linux still hovers around less than 1 percent of the
> desktop market share.


The only intuative interface is the nipple, after that everything else
is learned.

I imagine there is a learning curve with Vista after 12 years of the
standard Windows desktop. It's quite different from Win9x, Me, Win2K
and XP. But I haven't heard much belly-aching about it.

I don't like scrolling down to read other messages. Sure, if you don't
follow the conversation, it's natural. But, this isn't the 80's anymore.
Time to listen to others preferences.

VistaRIP.com is my effort to try and help others with the OS. Childish?
Ok....

Signature is meant to stay there. I did it that way. It's not like that by
default. I like to be contacted if someone needs help, and the website is
there as well if someone needs help....

--
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dharper@vistarip.com
http://www.vistarip.com

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"Hans Schneider" <hans.schneider@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:873b50woug.fsf@gmail.com...
> "Dustin Harper" <dharper@vistarip.com> writes:
>
>> Oh boy. I've worked with Linux, and Ubuntu is about the EASIEST to
>> use. If he can't figure it out, then there IS something wrong with the
>
> yet you cant figure out not to top post or remove signatures?
>
> http://www.vistarip.com/news.php
>
> ??? Is that your childish attempt to dissuading people from vista? LOL.
>
>
>> user, especially if he calls himself a tech journalist. He needs a new
>> job. He sounds more like a Linux basher, and the media usually wins in
>> things like this.

<royschestowitz@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1171993587.208455.132750@q2g2000cwa.googlegro ups.com...
Here we go again
So much for Linux *killing* Microsoft Vista.

What a joke.
So how long has Linux been around? Maybe 12 years or more?
So why is Linux still as user unfriendly and hostile as it was 12
years ago?

When tech journalists can't even get Linux, in this case Ubuntu, to
work there is something seriously wrong with Linux.

Of course we all know the Linux cultists will blame the user, call him
an idiot etc.

With Linux, it always seems to be the users fault.

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37742

"Quite an impressive start for a piece of free software, I think
you'll agree. But (and you just knew there was a 'but' coming, didn't
you?) then the wheels started to come off. Despite it being the latest
ISO image I could find, the first thing the system did when it saw the
Web was to download 104 updates - roughly 60 per cent more than a new
install of Windows XP SP2 asks for."

"Well, I've only been playing with computers since 1972 and I couldn't
make it work. Linux can see the Windows boxes and vice versa, but any
attempt to access files is met with a login dialogue box that refuses
any username and password I enter. Now my learned friends tell me I
should be using something called Wine. I've been a heavy user of wine
for many years and it certainly helped relax me but did absolutely
nothing for my connectivity dilemma."

"So I've done what any normal person would do in the circumstances -
give up. If the awfully-clever people who write bits of open source
code can't make it work automatically, I stand absolutely no chance of
fixing it. It looks very much to me as if people clever enough to
write an entire operating system can't make a simple bit of networking
work, it has to be a deliberate marketing decision rather than a lack
of ability."

"The Ubuntu box now awaits rebirth as another Windows XP machine. I
have neither the time nor the inclination to persevere with its
perversity. Maybe I'll try Linux again in another ten years. Maybe by
then it will have grown up. µ
"


And another Linux Distribution ends up as a coaster.
This seems to be all to common an experience and it might account for
the fact that Linux still hovers around less than 1 percent of the
desktop market share.

Interesting. I'm not a tech journalist in any way, shape or form. But, I'm
able to connect my "Simply MEPIS" Linux box to all of my Windows boxes
(including Vista) and share files. Samba anyone? And, I've even set up a
web server using Apache on the Linux box. I'm not saying it's the user's
fault. Except that he chose a bad version to start out with. Ubuntu is a
really fine distro, don't get me wrong. But, it does things differently
than other distros. And, with everything, there's a learning curve.


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