or ‘How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love (well, at least not hate) XP’
Monday 12 June 2006
by Carl Bateman
I hate M$, really hate it, hate it with a passion. I would dearly love to use Linux for many reasons, because it’s Open Source, to play with all those lovely toys I’ve read so much about (programming tools, OpenGL, etc.), just to try it out to see what all the fuss is about, to bask in the Nirvana that is Linux, because it’s not M$.
From time to time I try to install Linux. Over the last three or four years I’ve made about ten attempts on two different desktop (...)
I love Linux. At one point in time, I had several distros running on my old(er) box. But when I installed ubuntu in my newest computer, it ran flawlessly... once I remove my graphics card and use the on-board video card. Evil XP had no problems recognizing the card. But wait! win98 didn’t have a problem with the card either!. just install the drivers after the installation is done. Ubuntu? It won’t let you boot. Heck, the only error it gave you was "kernel panic" at boot time. Yeah, it’s obvious that it’s the video card.
Linux is free only if the time you spend on it is worthless.
As for all of you who think that you must be brain-dead to be unable to install linux, I have nothing to say.
I will not stoop down to your level by returning the insult.
