Comments on: Why People Should Shift To Linux? http://www.coolwizardz.com/2008/05/08/why-people-should-shift-to-linux/ Technology Reviews in the Coolest Way! Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:34:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: bushy http://www.coolwizardz.com/2008/05/08/why-people-should-shift-to-linux/#comment-1690 bushy Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:27:13 +0000 http://www.coolwizardz.com/?p=538#comment-1690 What about web buildind applications like dreamweaver? What about web buildind applications like dreamweaver?

]]> By: Jessica http://www.coolwizardz.com/2008/05/08/why-people-should-shift-to-linux/#comment-1675 Jessica Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:23:26 +0000 http://www.coolwizardz.com/?p=538#comment-1675 you should switch to linux because its FREE and also it gets no virus!! you should switch to linux because its FREE and also it gets no virus!!

]]> By: Ashish Maheshwari http://www.coolwizardz.com/2008/05/08/why-people-should-shift-to-linux/#comment-1500 Ashish Maheshwari Fri, 16 May 2008 06:42:05 +0000 http://www.coolwizardz.com/?p=538#comment-1500 @Shantanu Goel First of all, I know that your comments were in a good spirit. So don’t think that I am ignorant or something. Secondly, you are right that homes in India really don’t have fast Unlimited Net Connection but then how many of them actually know that Ubuntu is so user friendly? This post was for motivating them to break those strands of XP and try something new. Also I understand that Apt just indexes all the apps available in the default repo but I am a normal user and till now I have never seen that I search for some App name and it does not come in Ubuntu, geeks will remain geeks and will need additional repos but my article is not targeting any geek out there! Regarding the 4th point in your first comment, Ubuntu is not affected with files which are already infected with a Virus. Example - The Deadly pen drive virus which created an autorun.inf file and spreads the virus like anything. @Shantanu Goel
First of all, I know that your comments were in a good spirit. So don’t think that I am ignorant or something.

Secondly, you are right that homes in India really don’t have fast Unlimited Net Connection but then how many of them actually know that Ubuntu is so user friendly? This post was for motivating them to break those strands of XP and try something new.

Also I understand that Apt just indexes all the apps available in the default repo but I am a normal user and till now I have never seen that I search for some App name and it does not come in Ubuntu, geeks will remain geeks and will need additional repos but my article is not targeting any geek out there!

Regarding the 4th point in your first comment, Ubuntu is not affected with files which are already infected with a Virus. Example - The Deadly pen drive virus which created an autorun.inf file and spreads the virus like anything.

]]> By: Shantanu Goel http://www.coolwizardz.com/2008/05/08/why-people-should-shift-to-linux/#comment-1495 Shantanu Goel Wed, 14 May 2008 16:35:09 +0000 http://www.coolwizardz.com/?p=538#comment-1495 Ashish: Looks like you didn't read my previous comment and that you don't understand how the apt tools work. Basically Synaptic/aptitude/apt whatever don't really index the packages, repositories do. apt then just downloads the list of the packages available. Anyways, I'm not going to repeat rest of the things again. It's your wish whether you want your article to be correct and taken seriously or not. About fast paced connections, just check the stats where India stands in %age penetration of broadband, and even the homes that do have broadband, I can bet a big majority still have fast but data limited connections. So, don't just take it for granted that everyone can download CDs. Where did I say shipit is sending out gutsy CDs? I said that hardy CDs sent by shipit haven't started reaching most ppl yet. Anyways, my comments were meant in a good spirit for you to improve the article so that things that weren't right/misleading could be corrected. Sometimes, it is good to accept mistakes. If you don't want to, it's okay, it's not my loss. Ashish:
Looks like you didn’t read my previous comment and that you don’t understand how the apt tools work. Basically Synaptic/aptitude/apt whatever don’t really index the packages, repositories do. apt then just downloads the list of the packages available. Anyways, I’m not going to repeat rest of the things again. It’s your wish whether you want your article to be correct and taken seriously or not.

About fast paced connections, just check the stats where India stands in %age penetration of broadband, and even the homes that do have broadband, I can bet a big majority still have fast but data limited connections. So, don’t just take it for granted that everyone can download CDs.

Where did I say shipit is sending out gutsy CDs? I said that hardy CDs sent by shipit haven’t started reaching most ppl yet.

Anyways, my comments were meant in a good spirit for you to improve the article so that things that weren’t right/misleading could be corrected. Sometimes, it is good to accept mistakes. If you don’t want to, it’s okay, it’s not my loss.

]]> By: Ashish Maheshwari http://www.coolwizardz.com/2008/05/08/why-people-should-shift-to-linux/#comment-1494 Ashish Maheshwari Wed, 14 May 2008 15:55:48 +0000 http://www.coolwizardz.com/?p=538#comment-1494 @Shantanu Goel That 90% of the applications needed by users are available in Synaptic package and its very rare that a user will not be able to find the application he is looking for. Also about the latest version, today everyone has a good fast paced internet connection so I really don't think that anyone will have problems downloading the newer version of Ubuntu. Also dude Shipit is shipping Hardy Heron CD's and not Gutsy Gibbon. Have a nice day! @Shantanu Goel
That 90% of the applications needed by users are available in Synaptic package and its very rare that a user will not be able to find the application he is looking for.

Also about the latest version, today everyone has a good fast paced internet connection so I really don’t think that anyone will have problems downloading the newer version of Ubuntu. Also dude Shipit is shipping Hardy Heron CD’s and not Gutsy Gibbon.

Have a nice day!

]]> By: Shantanu Goel http://www.coolwizardz.com/2008/05/08/why-people-should-shift-to-linux/#comment-1466 Shantanu Goel Sun, 11 May 2008 10:45:01 +0000 http://www.coolwizardz.com/?p=538#comment-1466 @Rajesh: Just because the latest version is out does not mean that everyone would have access to it. Many people don't have the resources to download and burn it and shipit CDs for hardy have yet to start reaching people. So, there is a high chance that they are able to get only a gutsy or feisty CD. Moreover, you couldn't be more wrong if you said that synaptic can get you "all" the software in this universe. First of all, with the default repos, you will not be able to get many sw, off the top I can recollect mtpaint and many multimedia codecs, which are definitely not "low-grade" things. Secondly, most of the times the versions in the repos are not latest, and many of the times they are so old that they are unusable (e.g. synce). Basically, my point is that linux and ubuntu can do with less misinformation than is already being spread. If it is a newbie, you are trying to rope in, better tell it like it is, rather than promise him the moon and give him a replica in the end. @Ashish: I had just one question (pt. 4) which wasn't answered, rest were comments that you might wish to incorporate into ur post (it's ur wish anyways). @Rajesh:
Just because the latest version is out does not mean that everyone would have access to it. Many people don’t have the resources to download and burn it and shipit CDs for hardy have yet to start reaching people. So, there is a high chance that they are able to get only a gutsy or feisty CD.

Moreover, you couldn’t be more wrong if you said that synaptic can get you “all” the software in this universe. First of all, with the default repos, you will not be able to get many sw, off the top I can recollect mtpaint and many multimedia codecs, which are definitely not “low-grade” things.
Secondly, most of the times the versions in the repos are not latest, and many of the times they are so old that they are unusable (e.g. synce).

Basically, my point is that linux and ubuntu can do with less misinformation than is already being spread. If it is a newbie, you are trying to rope in, better tell it like it is, rather than promise him the moon and give him a replica in the end.

@Ashish: I had just one question (pt. 4) which wasn’t answered, rest were comments that you might wish to incorporate into ur post (it’s ur wish anyways).

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