linux demerits.....

[GEJOE DANIEL]

Hi ,
let me frankly (but sadly) point out what i feel are the -ve points of linux compared to windows......

1.The time taken for booting the OS by linux is more than that by windows,shutdown time is almost the same.

2.Regarding installing the softwares, there are library dependencies
due to which we have to search for additional packages in the net..

3.Iam using FedoraCore3 .The inbuilt helix and totem players are good for nothing as i couldn't play the audio files mounted from the Win Fat32 partitions...
We need to download extra players like xmms,xine,etc...
Also we need to always give the command to play a file using Mplayer..

4.Driver problems.....ethernet,mouse,modem,etc.....

5.reports that it more vulnerable to threats than windows (reported by The Hindu, dated 22 Sept,2005).

I would like to still learn more about linux...but the above points are haunting me....
i 'd rather happy if there's someone to counter me....
Best wishes...........
gejoe

[oz]

Rather than torture yourself, just use whatever works best for you. That's what the rest of us are doing.

[a12ctic]

5.reports that it more vulnerable to threats than windows

no known virus's and one known case of spyware?

[peaceofpi]

If this wasn't a forum filled with civilized people, I'd tell you something really mean. But I choose not to

You've probably been using Linux for a short amount of time, so I doubt you've absorbed the goodness of it.

[winter]

one known case of spyware?

which is easier to solve.

[AlexK]

I should point out that points 2,3 and 4 will vary with distros and in my expereince SuSE and Xandros have pretty much the best hardware detection around. Media players can be a pain, but once you have downloaded respective codecs, it all works fine. Just like windows can't play dixX or xVID natively, you need 3rd party software to help you play those properly.

About point 5, I haven't seen that article, but if you obviously use root account for day to day things then you are probably just as vulnerable as a windows user running in admin mode.

About point 1, you can trim off some of the startup services so that it boots marginally faster, but overall there is pretty much nothing which can be done about the slow loadup times.

you could always try a different distro, e.g SuSE or Mandrake or Xandros. But like Ozar said, stick with what works best for you.

[a thing]

1. system-config-services
2. That's why there's yum, apt, portage and ports.
3. Do you really expect RedHat to pay for some stupid royalty fee for a codec that isn't even the best codec available?
4. Different software works with different hardware. Try another distro.
5. That's obviously bs.

[GEJOE DANIEL]

thanx everybody for the response.........
still expecting more....
somewhat comforted now......

[CodeRoot]

Hi ,
let me frankly (but sadly) point out what i feel are the -ve points of linux compared to windows......

I appreciate the fact that your attitude seems to indicate disapointment but not hostility - and that you really don't want your experience thus far to be the case - this is good! Hang in there!

1.The time taken for booting the OS by linux is more than that by windows,shutdown time is almost the same.

In the big picture - worth it! -- absolutely!! (And, as has been mentioned, it is modifiable.)

2.Regarding installing the softwares, there are library dependencies
due to which we have to search for additional packages in the net..

There are many distros - I installed SuSE 8.0, and later 9.1 (boxed CDs) and have yet to need anything from the net to get something on the distro to work. Sure, I have down-loaded a few things from the net that I wanted - but, I have never needed anything from the net to "finish out" something that was on the CDs in the box. You might find it worthwhile to investigate some other distros - there may be one that better lends itself to your purposes. If you are down-loading your linux off the net -- well, that can sometimes be a little tricky -- but, I also would whole-heartedly agree that anyone on the net offering a [single down-load Linux "system"] should certainly arrange it so as to eliminate the kind of library dependencies that you describe. ({[ This statement is not specifically intended for the purpose of being for SuSE nor against Fedora. ]})

3.Iam using FedoraCore3 .The inbuilt helix and totem players are good for nothing as i couldn't play the audio files mounted from the Win Fat32 partitions...
We need to download extra players like xmms,xine,etc...
Also we need to always give the command to play a file using Mplayer..

(Sorry, I can't speak to this one - I have never used Fedora. I can say, however, that my out-of-box SuSE distro came with xmms, xine, etc...)

4.Driver problems.....ethernet,mouse,modem,etc.....

In my experience, Linux is really good - not perfect, but really good - at setting up hardware -- mainly, because the disto usually comes with just about every driver ever written for any hardware that has been on the earth for at least 3-6 months at the time the distro was released.

5.reports that it more vulnerable to threats than windows (reported by The Hindu, dated 22 Sept,2005).

LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL ----- someone is pulling your leg (or trying to feed you mis-information) - in my opinion, Linux is at least 1000 times more secure than Windows will probably ever be...

I would like to still learn more about linux...but the above points are haunting me....
i 'd rather happy if there's someone to counter me....
Best wishes...........
gejoe

There are many places you can learn about Linux - web sites, book stores, etc. - I encourage you to learn all that you can -- in time, you should discover that special something about Linux that makes the "bumps in the road" more tolerable and "the whole thing" worthwhile...!!! That something is freedom - in the form of Open Source software. But you need to look deeper than just on the surface. I know this may be difficult for some - but I would like to suggest that you take a different approach - look at the over-all value of Linux/OpenSource on its own merit instead of comparing it to Windows.

Eventually you will discover that - in a way - comparing Windows to Linux is like comparing apples and oranges - or better yet, peas and coconuts.

You are in a good place and in good company (the Linux "community") -- hang in there - the best is yet to come...

And, of course, what Ozar said still applies.

[a12ctic]

it sounds like theyve never treied linux