Uh-Oh! There goes SkittleLinux18 again!

[SkittleLinux18]

**** MICROSOFT!!!!!!!

I was working on a a big assignment for school when on of the updates for XP finished installing. It asked me if I wanted to restart my computer. I said no. It asked three more times, I said no. The fifth time it asked, I said no and the ******* COMPUTER RESTARTED!!!! I lost all my work, took my computer 10 minutes to boot and WHEN IT FINISHED, MY MOUSE PAD ON MY LAPTOP DOESN'T WORK ANYMORE!!!!

I ****ing hate Microsoft!!!!! ****ing die!

P.S. All those little ******'s in there were a direct result of LFO automatically filling in the F-word with them. I am so **************** Angry!

[hazel]

You poor man! You have my sympathy. I don't usually approve of bad language but if there was ever an occasion when only the F-word would do, this is it.

May I suggest that in future you keep Windows off any computer on which you want to do serious work?

[Jaredvcxz]

Same thing happened to me a few times. Totally sucks.

[b2bwild]

When ever i install Windows, I turn off Automatic Updates, Security Center, Help and Support, Error Reporting, Windows Firewall and ICS, Windows Defender, services off

But for few months im having heavy trouble with Windows

[SkittleLinux18]

Unfortunately, I need windows on at least one computer... my travel computer. I don't have time to configure Linux every time I am downloading and opening files requisite for school, work, or meetings. When the rest of the academic/occupational world uses Windows and programs exclusive to Windows, I am forced to maintain a Windows computer that goes everywhere with me.

[Artesia]

I have to use XP at work, too. Every time I shut down and instead the option comes up to "Install Updates and Shut Down" I cringe and wonder what's about to break.

Our company is about to change to a whole new accounting/inventory system for our intranet, to be implemented later this year. And it's going to be Windows based again. Why not just take the opportunity to be free and go linux? I don't get it. And I'd love to see the bill that they pay to MS for all the licenses.

[Jaredvcxz]

Windows is more reliable for networks. It has easy to use networking and filesharing tools. And, unlike most linux distributions, most windows computers come with everything you need pre-installed.


And vista is extremely stable if you turn off aero or get the basic versions.

[elija]

Windows is more reliable for networks. It has easy to use networking and filesharing tools. And, unlike most linux distributions, most windows computers come with everything you need pre-installed.


And vista is extremely stable if you turn off aero or get the basic versions.

Complete Bollocks

[Jaredvcxz]

Complete Bollocks

Prove it.<filler text to go over 10 char minimum>

[elija]

Speaking from over 25 years as an IT pro the best operating system I have ever used was OS400. Honestly it would take a power cut to stop it. Rock solid. However let's stick to Lin vs Win.

I have run various networks with either and at times both. I have never had Linux crash. I have had individual services go down but the OS keeps on going. Unless there were carbon interface problems. I have caused a few of those personally through the years

I can't say the same about Windows. which even if a non essential service (such as IIS) fails is very prone to locking up and requiring a reboot. Hell we have even had servers where the "System Process" goes wild and takes all the CPU across all the cores. Where an identical machine with the same software doesn't suffer. Sometimes a complete re-install will fix that issue; sometimes not. I don't know anyone who has got to the bottom of what causes it; it's just one of those things

Hardware requirements for running Windows servers are off the scale compared to running a Linux server. Windows servers require you to waste valuable resources on using a very unfriendly (from a server administration point of view) and completely unnecessary GUI.

Windows Servers require very expensive licensing per client or even more expensive licensing per server. Oh and the costs of every bit of software - have you seen how much Exchange costs or how about SQL Server? I can't say the same about Linux in which you only pay for support and only if you feel you need it.

Windows memory management is just woeful. How can it be good to have to keep a significant portion of your memory free? It might as well be out of the server and on your ****ing desk for all the good it's doing.

Linux memory management is much more sensible with unused memory being used as a cache to speed things up as much as possible and quickly released when it is needed by the operating system. Fair play to MS, they have stolen that method of memory management for Vista and beyond.

Windows uses a completely barking method of storing data on to disk, a method that in a scarily small amount of time (try post install) causes the data to become fragmented causing the server to slow down. That is more software you need to buy as the MS inbuilt optimiser is woefully inadequate. The Linux file systems are only prone to fragmentation when your disks fill up by which time fragmentation is the least of your worries

I'll briefly mention viruses, spy ware and other malware, which while existing in the Linux world is far more limited in what it can do. This is due to Linux being designed from the ground up as a multi-user, network aware operating system. Windows has had it's networking and multi-user capabilities bolted on, it was originally a GUI for a single user operating system. Do you how much malware costs the average Windows based company?

I think the best version of Windows was Windows 2000. After that it has all been downhill.

Do you want me to do the desktop as well?