what I love about linux

[ibzrg470]

At this moment I am;

Burniing an ISO to a CD
listening to ogg's with xmms
comiling a kernel
and posting this thread.

I am currently on my second recompiled kernel, it gets faster every time. My sound quality has gotten better as well.

[Dennizlerim]

I love to know where something is wrong, if something is wrong

That's the best thing of an OSOS

[Mirrorball]

ibzrg470, always living dangerously...
I don't do anything else while I burn a CD-R. I don't even breathe, hehehe. My computer is a Pentium III 730 MHz with 512 MB RAM.

[ibzrg470]

Originally posted by Mirrorball
ibzrg470, always living dangerously...
I don't do anything else while I burn a CD-R. I don't even breathe, hehehe. My computer is a Pentium III 730 MHz with 512 MB RAM.

Amd Duron 1.2 Ghz
512 MB PC133

Linux is well suited for multi-tasking, would be different if we were talking windows.

[SDS]

I've wasted enough CD-Rs while multi-tasking to learn to stop doing it by now. Even if my newer faster comp running Linux now instead of Me could handle it, I'd rather not risk it.

[leonpmu]

I don't do anything else while I burn a CD-R. I don't even breathe, hehehe. My computer is a Pentium III 730 MHz with 512 MB RAM.

Actually, under windows, UI would agrre with you, on ANY of my boxes (AMD 1.6GHZ, P4 1.8 and an AMD 1.8) I wouldnt, but under Linux, you can multitask, not multicrash!!! When I am writing CDs, I am often installing a new package, listening to music, browsing theweb/checking my mail, etc.

Linux is a TRUE multitasking and multiuser platform, forget about windows instability when writing CDs, I have only EVER messed up one CD in Linux, and that was my own fault, not the system falling over!!!!

just my 2c

BTW, I did the same thing when I was running a PII 400, witrh 512MB RAM

[leonpmu]

CUSTOMIZEABILITY!!!

MULTIPLE DESKTOPS, - I cant work without them anymore.

And additional feature, which I KNOW is NOT in ANY version of windws - the task bar size. In KDE I can make the task bar the size I want, which includes increasing icon size, clock size etc. In windows you can only drag the task bar wider to insert more windows in it, nothing more. BTW I researxched this with some friends who are real fundis at windows and even they were stumped!!

If X gets brkoen, I have command line, multilpe logins - seamlessly, no trickery in the keys. Everything I need on my CDs. Fast, easy networking. the same box can be a server and a desktop system without performance issues!!!

It gets faster the longer it runs, the opposite is true for windows, Lonh uptimes. I forgot about one of my servers, it has been up for 260days, last shutdown was for a cyclone!!!

It just does its job. Oh yeah, BSODs unless it is a screen saver :D

I think that is about it for now....

[Satanic Atheist]

The only time I've turned a CD into a killer frisbee (sharpen the edges of a coaster, if you must know) was when a download completed and transferred a 700Mb file from one directory to another, hogging the IDE bus. Essentially a buffer-underrun.

Now, I always make sure that I have ample time (10 mins+, it's an oldish burner) to burn a CD before a major file transfer occurs.

Other than that, I can do pretty much what I want. XMule is a serious resource hog, but even that doesn't interfere with the burns. I think I could get away with almost anything that's not disc-intensive.

James

[o0zi]

I love being able to customise Linux and create your own distribution. At the moment I'm creating a Knoppix remaster similar to Damn Small Linux, and I'm enjoying it.

[amgeex]

Actually, I killed my windowze install because of burning a cd and doing other stuff at the same time. Haha, went to debian and didn't look back!!

[The Linux Kid]

Everything :D :p . I Really like multitasking. Right now I am handling some 300 reequests per hour on my PIII 800mhz with 128 mb ram on apache and mysql, while writing this, while running crossover office for those apps I just can't loose, while checking email and of course I have about 20 web browser windows open! This machine has only been up 3 weeks because I recompiled the kernel a few weeks back.

The other thing that I really like is very little crashes. I was looking at a web site on my win2k box that managed to crash my entire system because it had a syntax error. Try doing that on a *nix box!!

Just my $0.02

The Linux Kid
Somewhere in penguin land

[raz0rblade]

Not having to worry about my activities sent back to a corp.

Multi-Tasking. I can have like 50 or 60 things open wo/ any slow down.

I love Bash. Nothing Windows has can compare to it (with the except of Cygwin/Bash ;))

I love the UNIX filesystem.

I love /etc compared to the piece of **** named the registry.

I love be able to fix stuff without a reboot/reinstall.

I love the stabilty.

I love the abilty to make it look like what I want.

I also love penguins :D I have about 3 or 4 stuffed penguins on my desk. I even have a Tux hoody from ThinkGEEK :):)

[edit/ot] W00t ! 400th post :D

[dalek]

I like being able to raise the hood and unhook all the emisions crap and make it work like I want, not what some Gates guy wants. You can't change windoze like you can Linux, unless you want to go to jail for violating the DMCA or something.

I like my Linux. Anybody that tries to take away my Linux, DIES.

Later

:D :D :D :D

[ph34r]

Owning a doolie machine for the past 4 years (p2-450s, just got dual 1.2 ath. rig), I can say the best part is starting a small QuakeWorld server in a VMWare session, and then playing on that server during a LAN party. And kicking ***.

[Satanic Atheist]

Originally posted by dalek
Anybody that tries to take away my Linux, DIES.

Wanna give me an IP and a root shell? Just to <ahem> look under the hood, so to speak. :D

James

[Trogdor]

Oh yeah? I'm on my parents' XPee computer with a P4 2 ghz processor, and 512 mb ram, and I have MozillaFirebird and Notepad running AT THE SAME TIME. Beat that. (I could on my xbox running Gentoo).

;)

[dalek]

Originally posted by Satanic Atheist
Wanna give me an IP and a root shell? Just to <ahem> look under the hood, so to speak. :D

James

Well just like a car, I'm a moving target. I'm on dial-up. he he he Now what would you want to see under my hood? I run Mandrake 9.1, used to be 9.2, and working on a complete Gentoo 1.4. I still have to figure out how to set up the sound and print system.

Can you get into windoze with a root shell like in Linux? I know you can get into and change some stuff but not sure what all you can do. I guess you can because with windoze, you can do what you want, hence the viruses can too.

Later

:D :D :D :D

[o0zi]

You wouldn't happen to leave ports 1-100 open would you? :P

[ozdream]

Freedom of choice, the great web tools, not having to phone a company that you already paid for “their” software to get it unlocked!!

The price (XP Pro in Kanada is $400) :eek:


What more need be said....

[dalek]

Originally posted by o0zi
You wouldn't happen to leave ports 1-100 open would you? :P

I don't have a firewall or anything. How do I check to see if they are open?

I'm only connected when I'm using the net. Is there any danger in that?

Still love my Linux, ports or not.

later

:D :D :D

[ozdream]

Originally posted by dalek
I don't have a firewall or anything. How do I check to see if they are open?

I'm only connected when I'm using the net. Is there any danger in that?

Still love my Linux, ports or not.

later

:D :D :D


I have a "basic" hard-ware fire wall and that is all, if someone really wants to get into my system and look at my boring files and MP3's Bla BLa Bla give it a go and enjoy :)

If they want to Fsck everything up, Oh well, the good stuff is backed up and hey I don't mind reinstalling Linux it will give me an excuse to open a nice bottle of red wine and get mellow installing my Fav OS :D :cool:

[Citadel]

I like the fact that Linux is a platform and not just a desposable product - like a disposable camera.

If I were a business than maybe a disposable product would be okay, and it might also be okay for a home user, but I enjoy working on a platform as an unexperienced developer who is interested in system implementation and requires to be able to learn on the operating sytem layer. Some areas of research that I am slowly pursuing are compiler implementation and artificial intelligence, but there are many more opportunities such as virtual machine implementation, operating sytsem implementation, programming langauge design and implementation, and server implementation for example a DBMS. I don't want to try to implement a system on a layer above the operating system because that layer is designed for commercial solution deployments where the user reuses vendor objects and specializes them to meet domain requirements. I don't mind if Linux products use the layer above the operating system, fine, and maybe they should, it would provide them with advantages, but it's useless to me.

[Citadel]

What I don't like however about Linux is that too much focus at the operating system layer has been applied to solutions development because I think that it is more productive to accomplish solution development which is mostly specialization, on a software layer logically organized above the operating system layer. And those who work at the operating sytem layer should have more learning resoruces that are dedicated to system implemenation (which obviously does involve kernel implemenation).

[Lostman]

I love Linux. I've only been in it a week though. Was a pro in XP and all the other Win OS's and am good with hardware, but got fed up with M$. So I formatted my drive and threw on Mandrake 9.1.

Why? I love the freedom of Linux. I love that I can get my computer to do whatever I want. I love that if I wanted, I can look at every line of code in the OS. Nothing is hidden from me. I love that people that are dedicated to the movement are making this OS better, because they want to, not because they are paid to.

It's hard being on the noob end of things. I've been a Win user for over 10 years. Now I'm back at the bottom but feel better then I ever did.

[root.veg]

Freedom. I can copy Debian and install it as many times as I like on whatever computers I like. And give Knoppix CDs to everyone I meet :)

Stability/reliability. Only time I ever crashed anything was when I was tinkering with DRI on X, without a clue...

Control. I choose exactly what runs on my linux boxes. None of my programs randomly start downloading updates or spyware.

Ease. Yes, ease. Windows (and I think MAC) users are so short of useful, easy, handy tools. Like ssh with X-forwarding, console-based apps you can use over an ssh session, all the distro-specific package installation tools, but *especially* apt. One command to upgrade you entire installation... from the servers YOU choose, and with the confidence that what you're downloading is community-developed and not dependent on one single person or company. Genius.

[Darksamurai]

Things I love 'bout Linux:

1. The price

2. OpenOffice seems to play nice with a lot of other office programs

3. Linux don't care what kind of computer you have... there is always a
Linux version, no matter HOW old your PC is.

4. Brag rights

5. Challenging. None of that wussy "help" crap that annoys the hell out of me in Windows (eat it paper-clip! And take those error reports with you!)

[Trogdor]

Originally posted by Darksamurai
(eat it paper-clip! And take those error reports with you!)

It looks like you're writing a letter! Let me help you. Start with "Deer>" and then the name of the person you're writing to. Then put the main body of your letter, "{eat it paper-clip! And ta]", a couple of lines after. End with "You'res tuuoy<" Then your name.