To be fair, this is less aggressive than your stock-and-standard apologetic and it doesn’t promote Linux as the only alternative.
Nonetheless, if you believed this guy, Windows crashes every two minutes and Microsoft is the worst corporation to ever exist. The fact that he lists Roy as an “Official Partner” says a lot about his mindset as well.
Despite his disdain for Microsoft’s business practices, Apple gets a free pass. And, for reasons unknown, even the perpetually-alpha-and-unusable ReactOS gets a mention. Who cares about usability? Just don’t use MS, man!
Let the introduction on the front page set the tone for the rest of the site:
...All in all, system failures are far less frequent on Non-Windows systems, the developers constantly strive to improve, and things get better all the time. In fact, I honestly can’t think of a single person who has left their Non-Windows system in order to return to Windows. Not a single one. And I guarantee you’ll be the same way once you do too.
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He could at least use an NT-era BSOD instead of one from Windows 95.
That said, the Win 95 BSODs were more use for troubleshooting than Linux’s panic screen.
“All in all, system failures are far less frequent on Non-Windows systems”
I’d love to see numbers to back that up. I’ve seen just as many Guru Meditations, Bombs, Sad Macs and Kernel Panics as I have BSODs.
“the developers constantly strive to improve, and things get better all the time”
Why do they think Microsoft have stopped trying? If this was true, we’d still be using Windows 95 or even 3.11
“In fact, I honestly can’t think of a single person who has left their Non-Windows system in order to return to Windows. Not a single one. And I guarantee you’ll be the same way once you do too.”
Google “I switched back to Windows” – about 21,700,000 results
He didn’t look too hard, did he? I would think nearly 22 MILLION results would yield at least one person who went back to Windows from Linux or MacOS. In fact, the top result is just that.
I’m no connoisseur of BSODs, but isn’t that one a Win95 (or possibly a Win98)?
Too bad Microsoft haven’t fixed it in 12/15 years. Or at least added more debugging information.
And again with the Mom thing. What, Grandmas have given up already?
And hey, I’ve even gotten my own mom to ditch [X]. She now [Y] and enjoys it just fine. If she can do it, then you can too!
I have no wish to descend to puerile tactics. Instead, I’ll leave that as an exercise for the reader. Values for X and Y, please …
@TED
What you said.
Incidentally, unless “Goblin” is Dr Roy, then he’s already decided to ditch the weed. Perhaps a good sign; perhaps not.
All the other Official Partners appear to be himself. Boy, is he in for a good time when he digs an old copy of Playboy out of the local waste basket.
“Those who TRULY love music will most often appreciate the underground artists, the true musicians, who write from the heart, creating some of the most passionate sounds around.”
I just like when people describe indie musicians as “true” artist. I mean, only squares would care about such esoterica as “scales” and “chords”, right?
A “skilled” musician? What’s that?
“Ooh, ooh, I’ve just been ravished by a C sharp minor!”
“I’m sorry, sir, but I shall have to take you into custody for having an under-age chord on your computer. Hmmm. Is that computer infected by Mono, by any chance?”
Oh, and anybody who wants a conductor to piece together symphonies and create a Rolls Royce for the ears has clearly never lived and worked in Windsor at half past twelve when Concorde flew overhead …
I miss Concorde. I think I’ll give broken windows a miss, too.
I kind of hate to let go of this one … Make sure you check out http://www.broken-windows.org/should-i-switch.php before you leave. (Don’t bother with the blog link: it’s broken.)
Three things to check:
(1) Do you have a dial-up link?
(2) Do you use Windows?
(3) Are you a PC gamer?
Not verbatim, but I’m not kidding much, either. I was hoping for more, like “Will I meet gurlz?” or “Does it give me teh smartz?” or something to do with cheeseburgers. But no. That trifecta is it.
Using my trusty wc tool, there are 232 words under category (3), and they all boil down to:
“it’d be silly to ask you to give up the very purpose of your computer, in favor of a superior OS which happens to not yet be able to run them.”
Welcome to the House of Silly.
Freetards are just like those PETA fanatics.
“Most people use [...] a computer for nothing more than [...] home entertainment. [...] porn, and /b/.”
/b/ and porn, interesting home entertainment you got there.
So if you do nothing on your computer except browse the web, then Linux is awesome. Basically, Linux offers less functionality than Windows 95.
Sorry, but for a lot of people, PCs are more than glorified browsers (despite what Google wants to push).
At my workplace, relying solely on the Internet would be suicide. So would Openoffice and the various desktop Linux quirks. We use various Windows-only software which simply doesn’t work in Wine.
At home, I use my PC to write, play games, listen to and mix and create music, animate and create and process images. It’s more than just an entertainment platform; it’s my bread and butter and an artistic outlet.
Linux fans need to understand that people want to use their computers for more than tweaking an OS.
But then, they’ve always been out of touch with the needs of computer users.
I like the way that he clearly believes that everyone who “really loves” music, loves indie.
Just because you’re signed with a major label, doesn’t mean that you give away every ounce of personality in your music…
(speaking as a musician here, mind you!)
On a TOTALLY unrelated note, check out this site: http://androidhate.tumblr.com/
LH, just with Android instead of Linux.. (well..)
That fandom page is awesome. Apparently, Linux is awesome because some woman did a body painting advertising.
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