I've seen better. It looks more like an ill-conceived joke than an attempt at trolling.

Come on, how can you expect to spark a flame war with such low grade fuel?

i agree, it would cost me thousands to hire software engineers to integrate firefox into the kernel so i could have as many vulnerabilities as windows :scratch:

some things are left better loosely knit, i could replace a window manager easily without f*king up my system , i could replace the file manager, audio player, video player, or even some core system programs (lilo/grub, glibc, gcc, .. and in some cases the kernel (tho it cant be called linux then) and it goes on and on) , i can even add patch's to the kernel to get things like a picture for a background on the frame buffer, better security, or make it work a bit different .... all without to much panic from other programs ......... in windows you can even totally replace the web browser ..........

(ok, granted in kde/gnome where things are to tightly knit, taking something away can pretty much ruin how it works ..... but I'm talking installed and setting up programs separately here ..)

i like how "loose" linux is. if i dont like konquerer, i can delete it. probably not hte smartest thing to do but...

I think that tightly integrated, loosely-knit and all those are just buzzwords to dazzle the poor non-techie into buying Microsoft products. But that argument is growing a bit old.

Hey, Microsoft, can't you think up of something new to attack Linux with?

as for multimedia capabilities, the Matrix was done on a Unix farm... all the professionals use Unix. Granted, Solaris is not Linux but it sure ain't M$ either.

Yes...You're a bit too twisted!

"Dead Penguins Don't Wear Plaid"

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/johnve...2d.jpg&.src=ph

You might complain about windows integrating the GUI into the kernel and IE but I want you to show me a faster browser or GUI. Speed it is really is the only thing that matters to desktop users and you can bet that IE will start faster than any other browser in existence on windows.

Umm... You really don't have a clue... Newsflash! Ideas are not protected by a software license.

PS: If you delete konqueror you will screw your KDE.

i know, iknow, just an example.

BUT, firefox starts faster than konq for me in linux, which is tightly woven in. but really, the fastest browser in windows is firefox in a linux install in vmware :P

i wont disagree that IE starts up WAY faster, but its WAY more insecure, and slow at loading pages, and crashes so often the fast startup cancels itself out

Well that one doesn't look too dead;)But I'm still likely a bit too twisted...

LMAO. Thats a great response :p

But the open-source code will be protected. If they could have stolen the source-code and patented them from the open-source community, do you think that Linux would still exist? Microsoft would have finished them off in the beginning long before Linux had a chance to compete. I believe a lot of the source code has remained open only because of the GNU GPL and the commitment of the community to open source.

IE is faster in Windows than Firefox in Linux? That's not a very true or smart statement. IE C.R.A.W.L.S even on my fast machine while Firefox just flies in KDE or Gnome.

Please don't argue just for the sake of arguing. Windows and Speed? The two don't even go together.

You know what is funny....the fact that what really holds back linux is the community.

Think about it you all desperately jump at ever shadow that shows its face outside of linux and bash on it for several pages and talk about how high and mighty linux is. You then go ahead and insult people who use Windows implying that they are fools just for using the OS they want to and even suggest at times that they are computer incompetents just for using Windows. On top of that if anyone tries to defend Windows as their choice OS they are over and over how bad their OS is whether or not its true. it comes from MS so this automatically implies that its bad or something stupid like that.

And also there are viruses and Internet attacks that are clearly done just to spite MS and other enemies of the linux community. You attack people for using the OS they want tell them that Linux is the only way to go, you tell them only neophytes use Windows whether or not its true, you tell them that its buggy and crashes all the time despite the fact that this argument has been rebuked over and over again.

You go out of your way to point out how evil everything that comes of MS mouth and for the much fewer incidents of MS or Window supporters for lashing out linux you all freak out like "OMG THEY ARE INSULTING US QUICK INSULT BACK!" despite that you all do it day in and day out.

I frankly think the weakest point of the open source community is how rabid the fans are of it. I mean I have seen fanboys for nvidia vs. ATi and intel vs. AMD but at least they don't go around blowing up processor plants or hacking the websites just to let the world know of their opinion of a certain company. Quite unlike the linux community. And then you wonder why people don't want to switch.

Anyways thats my rant. I have no personal vendetta with linux as software but I think you guys need to cool your jets on the whole "Lets bash MS and use the stupid ass M$ and microsucks and microshaft or windoze comments like usual"

Hi stabile! Just wondering when you would get into the fray!
:D :D

You seem to love to hate these MS vs. Linux threads!! ;)

No offense meant.

Seriously you know. I feel just like what stabile mentioned in his post.

This MS vs. Linux thing is growing old...

There are insults coming from both sides and it'd be nice if people were more level headed while approaching this rather than treating their OS as a religion.