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Yeah, sorry. I said I wouldn’t overwhelm the FUD tracker with these shopping lists, but this one is a really fun lol-a-thon. Besides, with the wealth of Ubuntu-related trademarks recently, I thought I’d keep in the spirit of things.
It reads like a manual to TMRepository. For fun, you can print out the TM list and tick it off as you go along. And like any halfway-decent FUD point, the comments are essential reading. This gem in particular made my day:
Yeah ubuntu is free and fast because the technology used is different from windows. Windows built under windows kernel. ubuntu built under unix kernel…. same as mac. and it’s not possible to got virus. anyway ubuntu make your hardware last longer.
LOLWUT?
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So much B.S. it hurts. I particularly like the “Every program is free and open source.” Skype and Opera must magically not exist.
“I usually have to switch to [Windows] to play games and do some work.” This is frontal lobotomy quality…
I like the way he immediately contradicts point 3 — LinuxMakesYouSmart™ — by claiming that everything will be fine “as long as you don’t mingle with commands and updates too much.”
Is there an option on Ubuntu that pops up at the appropriate point, blares a klaxon at you, and screams “Too many commands and updates. Licence to mingle revoked!” If not, there should be one.
“3. Better Learning – Ubuntu won’t make you learn anything unless you want to learn yourself, well in most cases anyways. Unless you have driver issues & need to install from tarballs(tar.gz & the likes) you can use Ubuntu & never have to use the CLI. If you want or need your OS to force you to learn then you’re better off using something like Arch Linux.”
Always remember: Shameless lies are ok as long as they spread Linux!
Oh, the comments! There’s even an “I just installed Ubuntu on my grandma’s first computer…”
There’s also an idiot who doesn’t even bother to read the list: “you haven’t even touched on the fact that you can see and modify any source code!” (Which was ninny point number 2.)
The point-by-point refutation at http://www.thepcspy.com/read/10_reasons_why_linux_ubuntu_is_better_than_windows is worth reading, though. It’s practically anti-FUD. Miracle of miracles, there are sane people out there in the Land of Loon…
Actually, even though it’s totally off-topic, Oli’s post at http://www.thepcspy.com/read/is_freericecom_making_150k_each_day_in_profits is possibly even better.
The comments suggest that most of these people have their heads stuffed firmly up their backsides where “freedom” is concerned.
Back to DjFlush (and I thought my moniker was stupid…)
“Looks like the guy has been copying all of my posts lol. I have reported him through Google Adsense as a case of copyright infringement.”
Facepalm, headsplat, ouchie ouchie ouchie.
This has to be the best “Ten reezons” link I’ve ever seen.
“Yeah, you could run an infected exe in wine and mess up wine’s libraries, but why would you do that? Also, by nature, unix systems are harder to infect since the libraries are randomized and only root has full access to system files.”
This just keeps getting better and better. I think I’ll stop now.
@DrLoser
Quality shopping lists follow this criteria:
1) Needs to list at least 5 “reasons”.
2) References to security and cost are obligatory.
3) Poor spelling and/or grammar.
4) Comments list which are longer and funnier than the article itself.
The terminal and spinning cube!
OH YEAH!
Wow this guy, I don’t know what to even say to that. His review is way over-exaggerated about Ubuntu. What people write for exposure I guess. Cest la vie.
At DECLINATION: I do have both Opera and Skype though and magically they were… free.
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