Comments on: Confused Consumers Buy Ubuntu, Expect Windows

By: Brian Thomas

Brian Thomas — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:18:50 +0000

People are stupid. Ubuntu is FREE! Windows is not! Ubuntu has everything needed to get a job done and then some. Resistance to a new FREE O/S that runs better than Windows and does not need anti-virus is the result of being lazy, hard-headed and illiterate. Recently, I replaced a Windows XP installation with Ubuntu 9.04 and the guy whom owns the laptop is so happy that he calls me everyday just to tell me how much he loves it. I tell people, if you want me to fix your machine and you do not have a Windows key, I will install Ubuntu for free or you will pay $200. The Wisconsin woman is prime example of a dumbass illiterate moron. Two words for that moron cheesehead…”Open Office”

By: mike garnett

mike garnett — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:25:51 +0000

I have installed 2 Ubuntu machines in the school I work at,the staff won’t use open office on them because “The icons look different”the kids have found out they are way quicker than the MS machines and are receptive to them but the adults just won’t use them,they seem to have been conditioned only to use MS because they have never used anything else and can’t think for themselves ,so I will be installing more machines

By: Vidhya Shankar

Vidhya Shankar — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 03:21:05 +0000

“People are hostile to change and hate what they don’t understand.”
True. But is the change applicable only to superficial things? Like how people loved to shift from 98/2k to XP. And how they might like 7 [Vista, of course, is an exception!]. How is it possible? Its like people are having dual standards. Maybe they should research with a few people; give them Ubuntu machines which says Windows everywhere and uses a similar theme….

By: carlos

carlos — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:44:41 +0000

This is hilarious because I’ve switched a laptop that had one of those Verizon USB dongles for internet connection. I never once needed the CD, it worked 100x’s better than in Windows where the Verizon app would slow down the start-up as it loaded in the try and tried to connect. In Ubuntu it was mixed in right with network connections, I picked “DCMA ….” as the device and that was it! I was up and browsing.

The lady I switched it for also heavily used excel for basic spreadsheets and didn’t even notice the difference. Just make sure to change the default save as to .doc and .xls. Basically just showed her how to get to her Documents directory which I restored and how to connect to the Internet, she hasn’t called me since.

By: bob

bob — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:48:16 +0000

“This leads to people trying to install stolen Office and Photoshop applications on these machines, because they do not know better. ”

Uh, there is no Photoshop for Ubuntu and no way to steal an Office app, becuase OpenOffice is FREE. There’s no way to ‘steal’ any type of application like that on Ubuntu, since it’s free.

Free = nothing to steal.

By: aikiwolfie

aikiwolfie — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 22:49:55 +0000

Apple part of a desktop PC duopoly? LOL I don’t think so.

@Christopher Tozzi: Apple are paranoid. But they do contribute to open source code. They have to. A lot of their applications depend on it to run. The easiest example to give is Safari. It’s based on KDEs webkit.

Now while Apple aren’t running up and giving the Linux crowed big hugs and are way too over protective of their MP3 empire. They aren’t so far as I know actively trying to destroy Linux or any other legit open source projects.

By: Christopher Tozzi

Christopher Tozzi — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:29:26 +0000

Josh: since I don’t see any significant differences between the business practices or ideologies of Microsoft and Apple when compared to the open-source world, I think they may as well be one organization. Mainstream computer users, of course, are encouraged to think of Apple as the saintly counterbalance to Microsoft’s greed, but I think Apple’s obsession with closed everything makes it just as much an obstacle to innovation as Microsoft.

I’d be interested to learn more specifically what turned you off to Linux after a year of use.

By: Josh

Josh — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 20:57:08 +0000

What is the “Microsoft/Apple monopoly?” Wouldn’t that make it a duopoly? As for #4 on your list, I think you’re wrong about that. I used Linux full-time for about a year before deciding that it wasn’t worth my time. There were a number of reasons why I decided to give up on it, but my point is to counter the claim that people don’t like Linux just because they don’t know it. That’s nonsense.

By: aikiwolfie

aikiwolfie — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 12:29:04 +0000

http://www.wkowtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=9667184

Here’s the original story by the way.

By: aikiwolfie

aikiwolfie — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 12:26:03 +0000

Okay dojero go to http://www.dell.com and try to accidentally buy a Ubuntu laptop worth over $1,100 USD. It’s impossible.

By: dojero

dojero — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 10:43:06 +0000

I’m not sure what people mean when they use expressions like “user incompetence” and words like “chick” and “dumber”. For most of us, I think, such approaches to expression are insulting and condescending. They imply that the writer/speaker considers himself or herself “smarter” and “more competent”.

This woman bought a computer. She made a mistake. She thought that her computer would have Windows on it and instead it had Ubuntu on it. She made a mistake. She didn’t hurt anybody. She didn’t commit a crime. She made a mistake.

For those who are more competent and smarter than she: congratulations. It must be wonderful to never have made a mistake.

But be careful. If you ever do, perhaps people will be justified in treating you with the same disdain that you are expressing for this woman.

By: aikiwolfie

aikiwolfie — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 10:16:18 +0000

The fact this chick was enrolled at a tech school makes her look even dumber. I hope who ever paid her paid her a lot of money. She won’t be getting a job with any tech company if they link her back to that story.