Let me rephrase and clarify. I am not saying that the "UNIX way" is a bad way, or that I will never grow to appreciate it over time. I'm saying that has no relevance to whether or not I use it since it's strictly ideological anyway. Linux needs a large number of users, in order to attract more of those programs which we constantly hear complaints about that they aren't on Linux yet. That would get more users, in a virtuous spiral. At the end of that process, underpriviledged people around the world have a decent operating system and corporations aren't telling us what to do. That's why I go out of my way to jump through hoops that I don't need to jump through. If I were just thinking of myself I'd stick strictly to Windows.
I was never dissatisfied with my user experience under Windows or Mac. I still use both and do not intend to ever stop. In fact, only when I used Linux was I educated in the incredible acheivements of Microsoft and Apple resulting from their huge advantages of money and standardization. When I consider the disadvantages it's working under, I'm impressed that my user experience in Linux is as polished as it is. I'll continue to be part of it and help support its growth with bug reports.
The positive side of this is that since my user experience has no relevance to supporting free and open source operating systems, no amount of sub-par experiences with it would turn me against the concept.
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Date: 2005-11-20 06:34 am (UTC)I was never dissatisfied with my user experience under Windows or Mac. I still use both and do not intend to ever stop. In fact, only when I used Linux was I educated in the incredible acheivements of Microsoft and Apple resulting from their huge advantages of money and standardization. When I consider the disadvantages it's working under, I'm impressed that my user experience in Linux is as polished as it is. I'll continue to be part of it and help support its growth with bug reports.
The positive side of this is that since my user experience has no relevance to supporting free and open source operating systems, no amount of sub-par experiences with it would turn me against the concept.