Linux is a lead bellie.

Doesn't work with hardware. Is difficult to use. Is slow and cumbersome. Doesn't have real world applications. No decent games. And nobody is using it. It's a lead bellie.

^^^^^^^^ The only thing you got right.

Proof please. I can dispense any one of these claims very easily but will refrain from doing so as all of these false, pathetic and have already been dispensed by several other Linux advocates already.

Make a claim, back it up, provide some proof and then someone will have a nice gentlemanly arguement with you.

Error Log for Thu, 27 Jun 2002 23:15:41 -0400: segfault in module 'The Beaver' - dump details are as follows...

You wouldn't know a real operating system if it cracked your box (which it probably already has).

You like windows, use Windows. Leave the REAL OS to those who can appreciate it and use it. Go on back to AOL and your little kiddie platform and play some more games.

Maybe in a another decade or so you'll be ready, though I doubt it.

Then how do you explainit running on this 266mhz PPC, with a Umax SCSI scanner, a serial printer and a USB2 CD-RW?

I suppose a GUI is to hard for you to use?

Then how do you explain that it is NOT slow on this 266 mhz computer?

Then how do you explain the 'office' suites, speadsheets, graphics apps, dabases, internet apps, CAD apps, and all the rest?

I have no idea if it does or not. I read that games is an area in which Linux is behind... but then there are game consoles, and I don't play games.

You may now explain why you are telling people in a Linux newsgroup, who all use Linux, that they aren't using it.

A beaver... is that an animal that builds obstructions?

Ward,... weren't you a little hard on the beaver last

What was the nastiest thing said on TV during the 50's?

Correct

I'll take old jokes for $200

What exactly does that mean?

There are cases where a 'lead belly' could be useful... I'd warrant it would be quite useful on something that's otherwise top-heavy and prone to tipping over. Interestingly, that describes plenty of PCs I know.

There is an old joke that goes:

Q: What was the nastiest thing said on TV in the 50's?

A: Ward,... weren't you a little hard on the beaver last night??

I have no idea why I'm rising to this, but hey

So what am I running Linux on, thin air? If so, that's pretty damn good, dontcha think?

I'm finding it *much* easier than Windows. For a start, I have a command line I can use.

It runs faster than 'doze on *my* machine.

Such as?

It has crafty, which is quite a nice chess engine. What other games do you *want*?

I am. So somebody is using it.

Leadbelly was one of the *greatest* blues singers of all time, so that must be a compliment.

This appears not even to be a good troll post, as absolutely nothing in it is true. Most trolls tend to create their post around a kernel of truth, which they can spin around, but this one is just a succession of lies.

Linux works with at least as much hardware as any other operating system, and it has the added benefit that it is extremely friendly towards older hardware, should one want to keep using that.

Linux is indeed as easy (or difficult) to use as any other operating system. Granted, it is different from Windows, but so is the Apple operating system, or PalmOS. If you're new to linux, you will have to learn some things. Luckily, most distributions go out of their way to make it as easy as possible for you.

It is my experience that linux is very snappy indeed, and it will tolerate very low hardware specs before it will show signs of slugginess.

If by 'real world applications' is meant: Programs you can do stuff with, rest assured. Linux has plenty real world applications, and the good part is that most of those already come with your distribution CDs. So you can be productive immediately, _and_ save a pretty bundle of cash.

Ah! Games! Finally something that vaguely approaches the truth. Linux does indeed not run as many games natively as 'that other operating system'. On the other hand, linux has an amazing Windows subsystem that will allow you to play quite a lot of those games for 'that other operating system'. Interested? Ask around!

I won't even dignify the allegation that nobody uses linux with an answer. You all know that it is a lie.