June 3, 2008 at 12:45Why I use Linux
I wonder why when people like or dislike something, they seek to force everyone to share their opinions. I don’t like Java - they write that it is only programmed by coders, it doesn’t like the operating system - they write that the wasp is unsuitable for any normal person.
I will not showreferences fingers Leonid Kaganova, as an example of how can sound shockingly personal opinion if his attempt to generalize at all. I just want to describe why Linux has been living on my home computer for the last five years, and why I'm not going to change it for anything in the near future.
1. The first and most important reason is HABIT. A double-edged reason, precisely because of habits, many will never be able to change wasps. They will pay money, fight viruses, save money on upgrades. Only when I once WinXP spontaneously downloaded ServicePack2, and thereby unexpectedly making work on an old laptop impossible, I more than once jumped to Linux.
2. The second, important reason is RELIABILITY. Computer problems are inevitable. Playful pens, viruses, problems with iron. I always want to be able to quickly continue my freedom of work.
After experimenting with alternative axes, my bootloader flied. I booted with cd, made chroot and continued to work in my native system. My motherboard burned out, I took a hard drive, inserted it into a new computer and continued to work as if nothing had happened.
There is no registry - which means an urgent reinstall with all the settings saved is not a problem. The migration of 32-64 bits for me went completely painlessly.
3. The reason why it is difficult for me to work under Microsoft production systems is USABILITY. Yes, I like Gnome. I cannot use Vist without negative emotions, mainly due to the fact that the size of many dialogs cannot be increased. And I like it so much that in text configs I can comment out something, try it and, if anything, return everything as it was. Snapping windows, which appeared in Winamp, is a very convenient thing, especially when working with a toppad. Compiz-plugin displaying non-overlapping minimized copies of all windows is so convenient to poor Alt-Tab switches that I even refused the taskbar.
4. There are no viruses. Yes, maybe they are not because Linux is not interesting to virus writers. So that's great. Now I can not care about which antivirus to choose and how to configure this damned firewall. Already, gksudo and the policy kit only bother me when necessary. And now, those who wish can compare the complexity of the procedure of removing a shortcut from the system menu under Gnome and Vista, and see where the differentiation of privileges works better.
5. Well, and such, perhaps a strange reason - MONEY. Linux is free, most programs are free, and everything that I may need from commercial software costs no more than Vist'a + Office. The Photoshop Elements that I got with the camera works fine under wine, it suits me, and I don't need its brand new version for XXX bucks.
6. And finally - INSTALLING SOFTWARE WITH ONE CLICK. True userfriendly approach. No one will ever convince me that the ability to poke five times on the next button is absolutely necessary when installing software.
Habit, convenience, a sense of reliability and predictability. What else needs to be requested from the operating system? Pick up iron for OSes and live in peace. To hell with all these holivars.
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1. The first and most important reason is HABIT. A double-edged reason, precisely because of habits, many will never be able to change wasps. They will pay money, fight viruses, save money on upgrades. Only when I once WinXP spontaneously downloaded ServicePack2, and thereby unexpectedly making work on an old laptop impossible, I more than once jumped to Linux.
2. The second, important reason is RELIABILITY. Computer problems are inevitable. Playful pens, viruses, problems with iron. I always want to be able to quickly continue my freedom of work.
After experimenting with alternative axes, my bootloader flied. I booted with cd, made chroot and continued to work in my native system. My motherboard burned out, I took a hard drive, inserted it into a new computer and continued to work as if nothing had happened.
There is no registry - which means an urgent reinstall with all the settings saved is not a problem. The migration of 32-64 bits for me went completely painlessly.
3. The reason why it is difficult for me to work under Microsoft production systems is USABILITY. Yes, I like Gnome. I cannot use Vist without negative emotions, mainly due to the fact that the size of many dialogs cannot be increased. And I like it so much that in text configs I can comment out something, try it and, if anything, return everything as it was. Snapping windows, which appeared in Winamp, is a very convenient thing, especially when working with a toppad. Compiz-plugin displaying non-overlapping minimized copies of all windows is so convenient to poor Alt-Tab switches that I even refused the taskbar.
4. There are no viruses. Yes, maybe they are not because Linux is not interesting to virus writers. So that's great. Now I can not care about which antivirus to choose and how to configure this damned firewall. Already, gksudo and the policy kit only bother me when necessary. And now, those who wish can compare the complexity of the procedure of removing a shortcut from the system menu under Gnome and Vista, and see where the differentiation of privileges works better.
5. Well, and such, perhaps a strange reason - MONEY. Linux is free, most programs are free, and everything that I may need from commercial software costs no more than Vist'a + Office. The Photoshop Elements that I got with the camera works fine under wine, it suits me, and I don't need its brand new version for XXX bucks.
6. And finally - INSTALLING SOFTWARE WITH ONE CLICK. True userfriendly approach. No one will ever convince me that the ability to poke five times on the next button is absolutely necessary when installing software.
Habit, convenience, a sense of reliability and predictability. What else needs to be requested from the operating system? Pick up iron for OSes and live in peace. To hell with all these holivars.