OneAndOneIs2: Linux is Not Windows

“If, as I do, you spend any amount of time on a Linux forum,
you’ll eventually grow exasperated, as I did, by the number of
posts that run something like this:

“‘”Hi! I’ve been using Linux for a few days, and it’s mostly
great. But, it’s a shame that [something or other] doesn’t work
like it does on Windows. Why don’t all the developers completely
rewrite all the software so it acts more like Windows? I’m sure
Linux would get lots more users if they did!’

“You may even have had a go at answering these questions, only
to be shot down in flames by a Linux newbie who takes it as read
that his idea, based on years of experience with a different OS
plus a few hours on Linux, is revolutionarily brilliant, and you
only don’t like it because you’re an ‘old-school Linux user’ who
thinks that GUIs are the spawn of the Devil and everybody should be
forced to stick to the CLI…”

Complete
Story