![]() Know something else? All the good apps are for OS X and Windows, especially games. Get the GUI working, install some more shit and sooner or later you may be greeted with something that looks reminiscent of a Solaris 4 install. With a Mac, the cool effects come right out of the box, they smack you in your face. Want the fancy OS X-esque Beryl Compsci-1.102.2 cube FX? Of course you do. ![]() ![]() Linux’s partition tools usually leave much to be desired, so unless he sits there dangerously tinkering with fdisk, I don’t see an install coming out of this.Īlso, keep in mind that once you get Linux installed, you have to config it. So now he can’t simply erase and do a clean install on his hard drive, he now has to split partitions up and a bunch of other crap. He’ll probably also want to keep Windows around for programs we need for day-to-day use like Microsoft Office and uTorrent. Here’s why.įirst, he’d want to keep some of the files he has on his Windows partition. But if I gave him a copy of Gentoo or Crazy Beaver Muff 6.08 Ubuntu, he wouldn’t be able to install it completely. ![]() He has to know a decent amount of shit for his job and thus, I consider him computer literate. My roommate is in his early 20s and sets up PCs and networks in schools around NYC. Before you call me names and what not, consider for a second my roommate. You see, Linux is not easy to use for the average PC user. But now that I’ve matured (a little) and fallen into the world of Apple, I can see that Linux on a desktop PC is not a reality. I used to use it all the time as a teenager when I got into programming. This week, why Linux isn’t ready for desktops. Welcome to the Unreasonable Stance, a weekly column starting right here, where our ever-popular Vince takes an unpopular opinion and defends it to the death.
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