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Everything you named

Posted by hairyfeet on 2011-11-29 00:44:54

In reply to Timmythepirate

Is trivial to fix. Reboot? That is one click under Windows update or even better just download the free WSUSOffline and then update when YOU feel like it. MS Office? Nobody forces you to use it, there are nearly a dozen alternatives, several free. Codecs? If you are on XP use Klite, on Windows 7 use Windows 7 Codec pack, which even works in DVD Maker so you can drag and drop any format you wish. I hear they have a Windows Vista codec pack as well, but after the beta I avoided Vista so not sure there.

In fact pretty much any problem you have with Windows can be fixed simply and cheaply if not free. you don't even need to use the Windows DE if you don't want to, there is AstonShell which will make Windows look like anything you want from OSX to Android to even KDE.

Sadly the Linux problems I have found NO quick, easy, or relatively painless solution for. as I said above try my "is it safe?" test and see what would happen to my customers. They are not gonna pay for 5 year support contracts and I am sure not giving away free lifetime support. I have several XP builds in the field going on a decade, that is THREE service packs and probably another 3k or so fixes on top of that and NO broken drivers.

But of course the drivers are just a symptom of a larger problem and that is the fact that EVERYTHING in Linux is in a constant state of flux, from the kernel on up. While some might like that to me it screams alpha build and not something I'd want to hand my customers. And before someone trots out the LTEs I'd point out that the LTEs are 1.-Anything but LTEs since you are looking at 3 years IIRC on the desktop, most Windows get a minimum of 8, and 2.- LTEs in linux land often equals "old and unsupported" because everything requires Kernel Y and you have kernel X.

If you want the masses, the driver support, being able to buy any device in any shop and have it "just work" then you have to accept the fact that YOU have to change, not them. Expecting the world to embrace bash and hunting forums to fixes is frankly delusional. they want simple, easy, clicky clicky and no driver breakage. While Linux has made strides it is sadly still a far way away from that goal, and I honestly don't know if it will ever get to the point it can stand next to OSX and Windows in the polish dept.


*	Topic	Author	Date
	Re: Why Do People Keep Using Windows?	Katherine Noyes	2011-11-28 06:37:38
	some software just works in windows	otnateos	2011-11-29 02:34:06
	Why use Micrososft Windows	madmod	2011-11-28 17:37:21
	windows vs linux	Timmythepirate	2011-11-28 19:54:28
	Everything you named	hairyfeet	2011-11-29 00:44:54
	same thread	madmod	2011-11-28 20:30:54