Top 7 reasons people quit Linux

Only reason I don't use it is because of gaming. I dislike the way it handles 5.1/7.1 speaker setups as well but can sort of live with that.
 
agree with some points but cant help to wonder what the writter is trying to accomplish with the article? I am a great great fan of linux, but surely understand that preferences concerning OS's is similiar to the preferences people have regarding tea or coffee ; you go for the the one that best suit you. And I know some Linuxians go around preaching the gospel of penguin acting as though they need to convert the whole world to conform, but how whould for instance a a "admin lady" using ubuntu help for the greater good of the community?
And yes ms is evil , with apple possibly being even more evil but please people its starts getting sad when people need to go around justifying their OS with articles like this one
 
I quit linux because it doesn't work as well as windows for networking, games, photoshop and pretty much anything with a GUI.
 
Some reasonable points made in the article, with no technical issues being mentioned. Completely understandable considering the author didn't intend to cater for everyone.
 
I also really like Linux and would love to learn it but unfortunately in work enviroment it's not possible. I switched to Linux for about 2 months once and it got me in trouble a few times where the Boss needed something and I got stuck trying to solve a Linux problem.

One other thing was the Evolution client what a nightmare.
 
<moLe> said:
agree with some points but cant help to wonder what the writter is trying to accomplish with the article? I am a great great fan of linux, but surely understand that preferences concerning OS's is similiar to the preferences people have regarding tea or coffee ; you go for the the one that best suit you. And I know some Linuxians go around preaching the gospel of penguin acting as though they need to convert the whole world to conform, but how whould for instance a a "admin lady" using ubuntu help for the greater good of the community?
And yes ms is evil , with apple possibly being even more evil but please people its starts getting sad when people need to go around justifying their OS with articles like this one
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In all fairness, the writer did say:
The solution is simple: If you need to use a particular industrial tool for your work, then you should keep using it. That means you'll have to keep using Windows. It's no big deal.
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I game in Windoze, and do everything else in Linux.

"Linux just isn't as usable as Windows or OS X,"
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This is true, is way MORE usable that the other OSes. But, that's just my experience and opinion.

One other thing was the Evolution client what a nightmare.
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I disagree here, I have found Evolution incredibly easy to use. Of all the apps I use in Linux, Evolution is my favourite.

The networking in 9.04 is an improvement on previous versions. To browse Windoze shares on our network is even easier now, and I don't need to install smb4k as before. I got a network printer working in 10 mins., would have been 5, but I had to use Synaptic to download the dependencies as the printer driver installation file I got from linuxprinting.org aborted/hung when trying to download them (suspect it was an installation script bug). Once I had done this, it installed without a problem, and I could print again.

Unfortunately I do have a couple of proprietary work apps that don't work in Linux, but that's what dual boot is for, and I don't use them every day so it's no big deal.

I have rarely had to ask questions on the Linux forums, as I usually find what I need by searching on the 'Net, or even the various Linux forums.

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1 - Valid.
2 - Valid, generally easier to find drivers on windows, and there's some devices that don't ever bring out windows drivers, or at least, not 'official' ones. This is slowly improving.
3 - Somewhat related to #2. Many users want something that just works. The more experimental people would click around the GUI, but the command line scares most people off.
4 - Huh? Very vague, but valid I guess.
5 - Valid. People somehow expect random linux people to be as friendly and helpful as a helpdesk that gets paid to eat up your bad attitude. Not going to happen.
6 - Comfortable, change isn't worth the effort if you're comfortable in your current working environment... If it works, why fix it?
7 - Also links in with 2 and 3. Something went wrong, people don't investigate.
 
You have to ask yourself though if Linux were really all it was cut out to be why would no one settle for saving R2000 out their budget for every PC :p
 
Jonny Two Shoes said:
You have to ask yourself though if Linux were really all it was cut out to be why would no one settle for saving R2000 out their budget for every PC :p
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because:
- Microsoft has had years to monopolise their product and use tactics to ensure that they get sole distribution with a lot of manufacturers
- Microsoft have a product which is familiar to the world
- Linux isn't marketed or publicised to any degree comparable to that of Windows
- Linux is seen as the ubergeek OS and the public has the perception that it's all commands and console, matrix-style
- Windows come pre-installed/OEM on the majority of new pc purchases so people don't see or even need a reason to switch
- A looooooot of people aren't aware that linux distributions are open source and free
- A looooooot of people aren't aware of the benefits of switching to an open-source, free alternative

With that said, I still think linux is a long shot off coming close to providing the usability and friendly nature of Windows. I use Ubuntu on my server/development machine and it does everything perfectly. I have to occasionally hack around to fix things and this is an immediate deterrent to anyone who wants an alternative to Windows. I tried Ubuntu on my laptop and landed up switching back to XP. The main reason was that I couldn't adapt to or find alternative linux applications where as software simply looks good and works on Windows.

At the end of the day, I like having Ubuntu on my server and prefer having XP on my laptop - it works for me and each provides a different function.
 
zamrg said:
because:
- Microsoft has had years to monopolise their product and use tactics to ensure that they get sole distribution with a lot of manufacturers
- Microsoft have a product which is familiar to the world
- Linux isn't marketed or publicised to any degree comparable to that of Windows
- Linux is seen as the ubergeek OS and the public has the perception that it's all commands and console, matrix-style
- Windows come pre-installed/OEM on the majority of new pc purchases so people don't see or even need a reason to switch
- A looooooot of people aren't aware that linux distributions are open source and free
- A looooooot of people aren't aware of the benefits of switching to an open-source, free alternative

With that said, I still think linux is a long shot off coming close to providing the usability and friendly nature of Windows. I use Ubuntu on my server/development machine and it does everything perfectly. I have to occasionally hack around to fix things and this is an immediate deterrent to anyone who wants an alternative to Windows. I tried Ubuntu on my laptop and landed up switching back to XP. The main reason was that I couldn't adapt to or find alternative linux applications where as software simply looks good and works on Windows.

At the end of the day, I like having Ubuntu on my server and prefer having XP on my laptop - it works for me and each provides a different function.
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This is probably the most accurate post I've seen in this thread. I, along with all the other Linux users use it because it works for us, we enjoy it and we enjoy it more than Windows.
Personally I find Linux a lot more user friendly than Windows... and faster. I've never had Linux hang on me, never had an issue I haven't been able to solve (apart from 3G in Jaunty) and I've also managed to find either a way to run an application on Linux, or found a suitable alternative (i.e. Thunderbird and Evolution >> Outlook).
Saying that Microsoft is more popular than Linux is unfair. Linux has barely been publicised apart from more business-oriented adverts and Linux-specifics. M$ puts millions into adverts. Linux is free, Windows isn't.... all this will soon balance out and we will see the outcome then.

Linux has a more stable GUI than Windows could ever have. Same goes for networking. Because Linux is written so close to the ground, it's really impossible for M$ to have better networking than Linux.
 
I did not even read the article, but let me guess, Linux == Ubuntu?

What a dissolutioned uninformed geek society we live in.
 
4. I did *this*, and *this* happened. That doesn't happen with Windows!

Again, so what? Nobody said Linux was a clone of Windows. Things are going to be different now you're using Linux. Not necessarily better, not necessarily worse. Just different. You're over the rainbow, Dorothy! Rather than griping about your troubles, why don't you get used to it? If you're unable to adapt, it says more about you than it does about Linux.
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LOL I'll add that to my sig :D
 
Top 7 reasons people quit Linux
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I have finished my day's work, and had to go home!

And this is just another post by someone who shouldn't even bother owning a PC. If you love Windows, good for you. Don't bother changing, it's not worth it for you.


But, on the topics mentioned, here's my 2c as well :)

  1. Fine, who said it should? Linux wasn't developed for you alone? It was developed for the masses, by people who actually use it every day. If your MS based program doesn't work on it, then you need to blame MS, not Linux
  2. Did you even stop to think that many hardware vendors have to pay a licensing fee to write drivers that could work on Windows? And that this builds a kind of "business relationship" Try and use one of the more prestigious hardware suppliers if you can. HP, Dell, Intel, Gigabyte, etc all support Linux, and the Open Source model in general.
  3. You have to crawl before you can walk. Before the mouse, was the keyboard. If you don't know the basics of computing, you should take your PC back to the store where you got it from.
  4. And Windows doesn't react when you do something which only "qualified Administrators" should be doing?
  5. I actually find it hard to believe. More than often Windows admins on forums are far more arrogant and ruder than any other people I know. It's almost asif they own the internet and every PC connected to it. And if you're not prepared to pay for their help, they're not going to bother.
  6. Then don't use it. No body is holding a gun to your head and told you to use Linux. And if you think that Ubuntu it Linux, then you're missing the boat. There are many different Linux flavours, and most of them work totally different from another. Have you tried Mac, UNIX, or even Novell?
  7. Have you ever installed your own Windows? Or did you juse use the one that's installed by the manufactor?
 
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