jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

This is bound to be controversial, but here it is.

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/forget-linux-use-windows/

pixbyjnjphotos Loc: Apache Junction,AZ

You are right about being controversial. I have been using Linux for about 3 years now. Don't try to take it away from me. I love it. Half of what the article points out is correct and the other half relates to Linux of several years ago. I have seen a great improvement in just the last three years. The average computer user checks email, reads the news, peruses forums, social communicates, does their banking, etc on their computer. My Linux does all of this and more. It also does it faster with updates that last minutes instead of hours and very very little, if any, worry of virus, malware, and adware. The big downfall for me is that there is not a lot of really good image editors for Linux so I keep a couple of machines on Windows. The article doesn't bring up the point of the world's super computers. There are 500 super computers around the world and 498 of them operate on Linux. 98% of the servers that make the internet and networking work run on Linux. One of my sons is a WIFI IT specialist for the state of Wyoming and he is also Linux certified to work on all of their equipment and keep their networks operational. If it were not for Linux, Windows would be nearly useless. I could spend a lot of time writing and refuting many of the points of this article since I have a bit of Linux experience. My desktop looks extremely similar to Windows and run Chrome and Firefox for browsers. Linux suffers with the gaming people, but I don't play many games on my computers. Windows games don't work on Linux. As far as programs for everyday use, when you install Linux it comes with over 80,000 available programs, some of which are already installed and others that can be installed in minutes. I love Linux and use it on all my go to computers except for image post processing. Anyway, I will get off of my soapbox. Thanks for posting the link and have a GREAT DAY!

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I have nothing against Linux, despite the fact that I misspelled it in the title.

I have enough trouble with Windows, so I'm not about to try something new.

pixbyjnjphotos Loc: Apache Junction,AZ

Don't try Linux, you might like it. Linux is really easy to install and use. And, it beats Windows browsing the internet, badly. If you have an old 64 bit laptop laying around that won't run Windows 10, you can make a Linux machine out of it that works wonderfully well. If you ever get on the internet with a Linux machine you will never go back to Windows. And, you will eliminate a majority of the problems you have with Windows.

n3eg Loc: West coast USA

Some of us have become too frustrated with installing Linux, having no drivers for our network interfaces, and no network interfaces to connect to the internet to get the drivers! That's where I gave up.

That, and it gave me a backwards set of instructions for making my system dual boot and it erased a perfectly good Windows partition. I will never forgive Linux for that. The Linux experts (aka command line geeks) can all laugh at me as much as they want - no more Linux in my lifetime while Windows is working just fine.

kubota king Loc: NW , Pa.

I have windows 10 , 7 , XP and Linux Mint 18 They all have there advantages and disadvantages . Tom's Computer Repair

aflundi Loc: Albuquerque, NM

Sorry, but I'd give up photography before I'd give up Linux/Unix.

BTW, people wonder why some of us use open source software. One of reasons is the ability to modify it. When the first D850 NEF files where put on the Internet, it was an easy matter to quickly modify a few source files, spend a few minutes recompiling, and D850 NEFs were perfectly usable.

JerryOSF Loc: Bristol, VA

I read your link about linux. If you are dumb enough to believe it then you are probably too dumb to use linux. Stay with Windoze.

Bmarsh Loc: Bellaire, MI

Linux doesn't need drivers... that one of the beauties of it. I've been running Linux for 23 years and have a 5 computer network that needs nothing special in the way of drivers. Can't think of a piece of hardware in the last 10 years that hasn't plugged right in and run.

And I do both PP (AfterShotPro) for RAW files and video (kdenlive) from my drone with every feature I might want.

Draw865

I run a network that incorporates Linux Mint and three different versions of Windows. Like others, I need Windows machines to run dedicated software, but I find Linux to be fast, stable, and a competent desktop for most purposes. It's also less demanding in terms of hardware. What I don't get is the controversy. We're talking about operating systems here, not religion or politics. I use what works for my purposes, but I'm not swearing allegiance to anybody's brand.

Bmarsh Loc: Bellaire, MI

OMG. Just took a look at the article... whatta crock in the sense that the author never considered the possibility that most Linux programs are as good or better than Windows programs!! For instance, Outlook?? You're kidding me. If you gave me a copy of Outlook that ran on Linux, I'd delete it at first chance. Office? The open source Libreoffice has all the capabilities most people need and it runs on Windows as well as Linux.

This author has his blinders on and it certainly is a bias'd article if you're not going to look at both sides of the coin.

pixbyjnjphotos Loc: Apache Junction,AZ

I agree with your comments whole-heartedly. It doesn't take a $3000 computer to run Linux. But, Linux lacks the usage of most of the higher powered image editors that are available. However, Aftershot Pro 3 works very nicely, Photomatix has released a version of HDR software for Linux that works very well, and I ran across an editor named Pixeluvo that is fairly good but not near PS or Paintshop Pro. Gimp works great but is a little difficult to learn. I am working on it. It took my Linux minded son 3 years to talk me into trying Linux. I have been using Linux Mint now for about 3 years. I do everything except image post-processing on my Linux machines. I find it to be very stable and really fast. I will never go back to Windows for my everyday computing. I would really be interested in learning how to network my Linux machines to my Windows machines. That is one thing that I have not had any luck with. Thanks for your post and have a GREAT DAY!

Bmarsh Loc: Bellaire, MI

You need to look into Samba which does the Linux side of SMB with Windows. I pass files back and forth to a virtual Windows which is also running under Linux. In fact Windows seems to run better as a virtual machine under Linux then it does on bare metal.

Earworms Loc: Sacramento, California

Hey, Linus is the best friend of Charlie Brown. A Freudian slip on your part?

pixbyjnjphotos Loc: Apache Junction,AZ

Thanks for your help. My next big project with Linux is going to be a virtual machine to run windows. It will be a couple of months before that project rises to the top of the priority list.