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07 Apr 2010, 9:24 pm

DrS wrote:
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Everyone knows about Linux?


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The world is aware of Linux.
which is quite a different thing. Even so, I'm not sure awareness is as widespread as all that, especially not amongst basic users, who probably make up a lot of the wider public.

Maybe there should be targeted advertising to people running IE 6.0 :P


of course techincally the world itself is unaware of it


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07 Apr 2010, 9:25 pm

MyFutureSelfnMe wrote:
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By Professional Applications I mean like Microsoft Word or PowerPoint or Photoshop. There are tons of open source apps to replace those.

Hahahaha most people are ignorant enough to think that the only types of computers are Windows and Macs. Windows 7 is overrated actually. The best os made by Microsoft I personally think is Windows XP 64 Bit Edition.


I think a great deal of time has already been spent on this thread discussing how the "open source replacements" do not cut it. Orwell disagrees regarding OpenOffice, but I don't think he's a typical business user. As far as the Gimp vs Photoshop, that's basically beyond debate. If Linux wants to make inroads to the desktop, they need Wine, and it needs to be seamlessly integrated into the OS. I believe Wine is the single most important project in the open source world right now, and people don't even know it.

Windows XP 64-bit edition was ridiculous, I kept it for about a month and gave up due to it being pointless without adequate 64-bit drivers, as well as the higher number of bugs vs. 32-bit. I think Windows 7 is actually the first really production-ready 64-bit Windows. Granted, they may have cleaned it up by now, but then you're still running a circa 2001 OS.



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08 Apr 2010, 9:25 am

Eggman wrote:
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Nobody uses Linux in a desktop in a business setting unless it's a high tech company


No offense intended but thats a pretty ambitious statement to make.

I must be the exception then since I use Linux on the desktop and i dont work for a high tech company :wink:


its also blatonty wrong...when ever people use everyone, or noone, or some form of this, they typically get pwned most epically to dust by reality


Who's Noone?



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08 Apr 2010, 9:30 am

Eggman wrote:
drybones wrote:
MyFutureSelfnMe wrote:
Nobody uses Linux in a desktop in a business setting unless it's a high tech company


No offense intended but thats a pretty ambitious statement to make.

I must be the exception then since I use Linux on the desktop and i dont work for a high tech company :wink:


its also blatonty wrong...when ever people use everyone, or noone, or some form of this, they typically get pwned most epically to dust by reality


Of course I didn't mean "Nobody" in a literal sense. Nor do I have figures. All I can say is it's very seriously the minority.



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08 Apr 2010, 6:03 pm

MyFutureSelfnMe wrote:
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MyFutureSelfnMe wrote:
Nobody uses Linux in a desktop in a business setting unless it's a high tech company


No offense intended but thats a pretty ambitious statement to make.

I must be the exception then since I use Linux on the desktop and i dont work for a high tech company :wink:


its also blatonty wrong...when ever people use everyone, or noone, or some form of this, they typically get pwned most epically to dust by reality


Of course I didn't mean "Nobody" in a literal sense. Nor do I have figures. All I can say is it's very seriously the minority.


then dont use it. its an insult to the linux users, we may as well string random sounds together if we wont use the actual meanings


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08 Apr 2010, 6:06 pm

Eggman wrote:
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Eggman wrote:
drybones wrote:
MyFutureSelfnMe wrote:
Nobody uses Linux in a desktop in a business setting unless it's a high tech company


No offense intended but thats a pretty ambitious statement to make.

I must be the exception then since I use Linux on the desktop and i dont work for a high tech company :wink:


its also blatonty wrong...when ever people use everyone, or noone, or some form of this, they typically get pwned most epically to dust by reality


Of course I didn't mean "Nobody" in a literal sense. Nor do I have figures. All I can say is it's very seriously the minority.


then dont use it. its an insult to the linux users, we may as well string random sounds together if we wont use the actual meanings
also given how often its in embedded systems I suspect user population of linux can be quite big. not knowing you use something doesnt mean you don't use it


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