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:USA TODAY: Linux: Windows competitor ... NOT!
USA TODAY: Linux: Windows competitor ... NOT!
Dec 22, 1999, 16 :27 UTC (67 Talkback[s]) (9716 reads)
(Other stories by Will Rodger)

[ Thanks to Larry J. Blunk for this link. ]

"My own experience has uncovered a host of problems that Microsoft and Apple licked years ago. Since I added Linux to a computer at home, I find I can't make my cable modem work because the device that connects it to my PC won't work with Linux. I can't make my standard-issue laser printer work because -- contrary to the assertions of the point-and-click interface in the configuration settings -- Linux does not know it is there."

"I have the same problems with my PC's sound, since the "sndconfig" program designed to handle that part of the computer isn't working either. It's so not working, in fact, it doesn't even have the good graces to give me an error message when I try to start it up."

"This, by the way, is a fairly common trait of Linux software. Sophisticated programmers, after all, don't want to spend time on things like warning messages when there are so many more urgent matters to address."

Complete Story

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Cable Modem and Linux, a very workable solution (Jun 02, 1999)


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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
Without even reading the article, I disc ...   Vast Generalizations   
Daniel Kulinski
Dec 22, 1999, 16:34:37  
Sounds like what this guy needs is a Pre ...   Preloads.   
David Bubar
Dec 22, 1999, 16:44:14  
The very fact that this fellow complaine ...   vi?   
Ross
Dec 22, 1999, 16:46:48  
Err Umm Uh.Maybe umm.....Well......Ok, N ...   Before you flame this guy read this...   
Blacklantern
Dec 22, 1999, 16:50:36  
A sound card that hangs sndconfig up sol ...   Wonder what hardware he actually has...   
Svartalf
Dec 22, 1999, 16:51:01  
IMHO, Linux ultimately is MUCH easier to ...   It's all relative...   
Rick F
Dec 22, 1999, 16:51:15  
The writer of this article obviously pre ...   I want it, and I want it now *bleh*   
Budd Gardner
Dec 22, 1999, 16:51:36  
Some people just don't see the Matri ...   My $0.02   
Larry
Dec 22, 1999, 16:51:55  
Quite true in most cases. Printer suppor ...   Quite understandable   
me
Dec 22, 1999, 16:55:22  
This article is not even worth respondin ...   Clueless   
Dave
Dec 22, 1999, 16:59:37  
Quick! Someone post a turnaround version ...   Turn it around1   
Ed Centanni
Dec 22, 1999, 17:00:40  
The common misconception of these journn ...   There we go again   
Ignasi Palou-Rivera
Dec 22, 1999, 17:00:53  
The time and effort you used to learn ho ...   windows is not linux   
Phil Cameron
Dec 22, 1999, 17:05:32  
"I find I can’t make my cable modem work ...   Huh?   
Kent Warner
Dec 22, 1999, 17:05:52  
Another rehash of the "OH MY GOD ITS NOT ...   Do i dare post at all?   
Mike
Dec 22, 1999, 17:08:01  
I use linux everyday at home and at work ...   he's right   
little
Dec 22, 1999, 17:08:41  
"To get my printer to work, I must first ...   *** NO SUBJECT ***   

Dec 22, 1999, 17:11:04  
I don't know whether this guy is clu ...   Linux problems ???   
Eric Fletcher
Dec 22, 1999, 17:14:14  
as I think about the flames this guy is ...   I am sweating....   
Jerry
Dec 22, 1999, 17:16:16  
You are generally correct in your statem ...   Your Experience   
Dave Van Abel
Dec 22, 1999, 17:23:01  
or a perceived flaw that is.. average j ...   addressing a flaw   
Jason
Dec 22, 1999, 17:24:55  
and every one of them is of the opinion ...   17 response so far,   
(l)user
Dec 22, 1999, 17:27:22  
VI a word processor? Okay, if you think ...   VI a word processor?   
Ivan Samuelson
Dec 22, 1999, 17:31:15  
some M$ psychophant (employee, paid?) pl ...   We'll see more of this kind of farce where...   
JerryKreps
Dec 22, 1999, 17:31:39  
I use Linux, Solaris, and Windows regula ...   What kind of users do we want?   
Aaron J. Ginn
Dec 22, 1999, 17:34:09  
Those who are complaining about this art ...   Perception over reality   
Mike Zauzig
Dec 22, 1999, 17:37:28  
This guy might be an expert for all we k ...   Help USA TODAY Hit Rate   
apksr
Dec 22, 1999, 17:44:15  
Whoever told this guy to use 'vi&#39 ...   *** NO SUBJECT ***   
Kevin Shaum
Dec 22, 1999, 17:46:26  
This guy probably couldn't install W ...   Linux can't increase your IQ, and it can't   
Jack Webb
Dec 22, 1999, 17:47:04  
I recently built a new PC from scratch. ...   Windows is harder to install   
Cathy James
Dec 22, 1999, 17:49:37  
"On one hand, the Linux community wants ...   Linux people *are* helpful   
Cathy James
Dec 22, 1999, 17:58:44  
Greetings, Four years or so ago, I pick ...   Windows vs. Linux, con't   
David A. Lane
Dec 22, 1999, 18:01:41  
Dear Mr Rodger,Please don't write of ...   my letter   
Tim Dion
Dec 22, 1999, 18:06:17  
Then he has time to recover. Try this, ...   I hope he is a young fool   
James
Dec 22, 1999, 18:13:28  
We are a small ISP and we use Linux, Fre ...   don't shoot the messenger   
Lonnie Nunweiler
Dec 22, 1999, 18:13:45  
MS will be sponsoring more and more of t ...   Astroturf II   
Rich
Dec 22, 1999, 18:13:51  
I tried many times to use Windows becaus ...   Honestly I found Windows harder than Linux   
Ramana Juvvadi
Dec 22, 1999, 18:20:52  
This guy has a PC that runs Windows. All ...   Okay, let's look at this again.   
Brandioch Conner
Dec 22, 1999, 18:26:14  
The User Friendly Operating System is no ...   The User Friendly Operating System...   
extrasolar
Dec 22, 1999, 18:26:24  
A lot of this perception is about what y ...   What you're used to - and an example: Save on   
Richard Corfield
Dec 22, 1999, 18:36:22  
I had the misfortune of having to use Wi ...   That's funny...   
Bobby D. Bryant
Dec 22, 1999, 18:39:31  
Cathy, I agree that Linux users are help ...   Re: Linux people *are* helpful   
Aaron J. Ginn
Dec 22, 1999, 18:41:34  
I've been a Linux user for about 2 y ...   Linux   
Keith
Dec 22, 1999, 18:42:05  
...was that he thought he already knew h ...   The real problem this guy had...   
Phil Harrison
Dec 22, 1999, 18:48:28  
From the article the author is at least ...   Don't flame him! He's trying.   
Kurt
Dec 22, 1999, 18:51:02  
Cathy, maybe it would help if you broke ...   Re: Windows is harder to install   
Cathy\\'s Helper
Dec 22, 1999, 18:59:17  
...and wrote articles about all of the o ...   If only I was a journalist...   
Greg Kondrasuk
Dec 22, 1999, 19:14:28  
Everybody pretty much knows that linux i ...   That's why Red Hat is rich now.   
Damion Hancock
Dec 22, 1999, 19:17:24  
First: I am a dedicated Linux fanatic. ...   Community Arrogance?   
Derek Simkowiak
Dec 22, 1999, 19:55:37  
is that he hasn't bothered to unders ...   The REAL reason this guy's a few buns short of   
dinotrac
Dec 22, 1999, 19:56:11  
So, you don't like Linux. Fine. Plea ...   This is what I e-mailed him   
Chris Bragg
Dec 22, 1999, 20:02:05  
For years, hardware and software comapan ...   You're forgetting one thing   
Sanity Clause
Dec 22, 1999, 20:06:28  
Cathy\\'s Helper said >> "Windows9 ...   Hardware Support   
Donald A. Sime
Dec 22, 1999, 20:28:34  
Yeah, I guess that Windows is easier to ...   Windows easier than Linux?   
Raven
Dec 22, 1999, 20:52:46  
Who remembers in the old DOS days when W ...   Wanna learn Windows? How long did that take   
Richard M. Kadoi
Dec 22, 1999, 21:03:13  
> IMHO, Linux ultimately is MUCH easier ...   source code = user friendliness?   
Kevin Reichard
Dec 22, 1999, 21:31:17  
Why didn't this guy's helper poi ...   *** NO SUBJECT ***   
Dave S
Dec 22, 1999, 22:01:50  
USA TODAY REPORTER IN ROSWELL NEW MEXICO ...   Roswell Post: UFO's are no good   
SteveOC
Dec 22, 1999, 22:58:39  
Don't get me wrong. I love Linux, b ...   You are correct, for now.   
Kevin Patton
Dec 22, 1999, 23:02:55  
You make some excellent points, Mike, an ...   Re: Perception over reality   
Bill Dearing
Dec 22, 1999, 23:10:03  
Derek, unfortunately... You are quite ...   You guys crack me up...   
James Hall
Dec 22, 1999, 23:37:37  
And James Hall, if someone doesn't w ...   People, it's USAToday. What did you expect?   
An Enquiring Mind
Dec 23, 1999, 00:57:20  
Wouldn't you rather have a dependabl ...   Lazy or Gates drone?   
Paul A. Nankivell
Dec 23, 1999, 01:35:23  
I am SO burned out on clueless people! T ...   Uhh...   
rbf
Dec 23, 1999, 05:11:40  
That's a bit plain old trolling. Hel ...   Old troll (sigh...)   
Yves VAGANAY
Dec 23, 1999, 10:05:20  
I sent him a note more or less stating t ...   Only a couple weekends?   
Dave
Dec 23, 1999, 16:08:22  
Text of e-mail sent to the author of thi ...   Roast 'em and toast 'em!   
Bill Brier (BCS Technology)
Dec 23, 1999, 23:22:48  
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