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That is completely untrue. Windows and *nix are conceptually different, and in terms of implementation are poles apart. They do the same job in very different ways. The GUIs may look somewhat the same but that is a very superficial similarity.
That is completely untrue. Windows and *nix are conceptually different, and in terms of implementation are poles apart. They do the same job in very different ways. The GUIs may look somewhat the same but that is a very superficial similarity.
I was surprised too. It's not like comparing cars from two countries, wherein they share the similarity of being cars. According to the "Linux is not Windows" article someone showed me, it's comparing a car to a motorcycle.
I was surprised too. It's not like comparing cars from two countries, wherein they share the similarity of being cars. According to the "Linux is not Windows" article someone showed me, it's comparing a car to a motorcycle.
Or an F1 car with a Ford Fiesta (the one with the gas tank issue). Now, Ubuntu is more like a semi or large bus, but it's probably better than a Fiesta.
I say Ubuntu is like a modified limousine. You sit in the back seat and can move freely, but the partition separating you from the front is raised, locked in position by the driver, and tinted too dark to see. If you pick up the phone in the back seat and try to talk to the driver, he won't answer. It's possible to wonder whether you're actually in a police car.
I say Ubuntu is like a modified limousine. You sit in the back seat and can move freely, but the partition separating you from the front is raised, locked in position by the driver, and tinted too dark to see. If you pick up the phone in the back seat and try to talk to the driver, he won't answer. It's possible to wonder whether you're actually in a police car.
And the mechanic always tells you to buy a new car everytime anything goes wrong!
Now I don't understand those two analogies. I was insulting Ubuntu's policy of locking the root account, but I'm not sure what you are getting at. Does the mechanic analogy refer to Ubuntu's unusually frequent release schedule?
Now I don't understand those two analogies. I was insulting Ubuntu's policy of locking the root account, but I'm not sure what you are getting at. Does the mechanic analogy refer to Ubuntu's unusually frequent release schedule?
Definitely, check the Ubuntu forums, it breaks real easy, often because of a bad update, and nobody has a clue how to fix it.
Yeesh. In light of that, Ubuntu's being the most popular distro (according to Distrowatch) makes many Linux users look foolish. What were they thinking?
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