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The situation of games on Linux has been much worse. Today there are many emulators, simple games and few commercial games of high quality, but there is still much to be desired in this area. Even if the Linux user searches much, you will not find as many games as there are for Windows, which at this point is unbeatable. If you are a gamer, Linux is unlikely to appeal to you. Unless, of course, you do not use Linux to play and have a video game for fun.
Microsoft Office is the best, most used, most complete and most famous package of office tool in the world!
Much of what you do in MS Office, can be done in LibreOffice. Still, the standard Windows office suite takes advantage of having much more complete tools (though the average user may not make a difference) and is more popular.
Each Linux distribution is a different system, although all are Linux. For the novice user can be a problem the existence of hundreds of different distributions because one instruction is not always suitable for all Linux distributions. When talking about Linux, the beginner has no idea of the existing sea of distros.
Many well known programs such as image and design editors and other commercial software of featured in industry, which are standard on the market, are difficultly to have a version to Linux , forcing qualified professionals not to use Linux or to specialize in less complete software.
Windows supports more hardware than Linux.
How Windows is winning Linux on the desktop?
Exist error in my message that I quoted above?
If yes, please correct the wrongs of my message that I quoted above, I want to learn the truth!
Last edited by pompous ninja; 01-18-2018 at 04:13 PM.
I won't try to respond to all the misconceptions on OP's post, but I will tackle this one.
It's not true.
What is true is that Microsoft will only allow Windows to be sold pre-installed on "certified Windows computers," which means that Windows users almost never encounter a hardware compatibility issue because MS ensures they will not.
Linux supports much more hardware than Windows. For an example, that a quick look at the variety of versions of Debian that are available: amd64, arm64, armel, armhf, i386, mips, mips64el, mipsel, ppc6el, s390x
Where there are issues with hardware support in Linux, it's generally because the manufacturers of proprietary hardware (in particular manufacturers of certain printers and USB and PCI wireless cards and the occasional video card) make it difficult by concealing hardware information needed to create Linux drivers.
this bot has been getting around on many *nix forums lately. As reported before: LinuxQuestions, Ubuntu, openBSD, in addition to previously here as well. might be time to implement a (i'm not a bot captcha) for posts and user creation etc...
Reference: Debian Forums: http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.p...35804&start=15
And HuangLao is liar!
HuangLao lied when he said that I has been getting around on openbsd forums!
HuangLao is liar!
HuangLao will be moderate or banned because of the lie that he spoked?
If someone will accuses me of having been banned from any forum, please post the source of the answer!
I saw that pompous_ninja posted this link himself and my eyes popped out of my head.
What it shows is... the exact same text that that pompous_ninja just posted directly above it! He's just copy and pasting text that he previously posted elsewhere.
See also this thread. I can't link to the exact posts because it's been locked, but you'll get the idea from a scan of it. Lots of copy-and-pasted content between that thread and this one.
I saw that pompous_ninja posted this link himself and my eyes popped out of my head.
What it shows is... the exact same text that that pompous_ninja just posted directly above it! He's just copy and pasting text that he previously posted elsewhere.
See also this thread. I can't link to the exact posts because it's been locked, but you'll get the idea from a scan of it. Lots of copy-and-pasted content between that thread and this one.
You're playing a game called "Bait the Trap". You ask a question you already know the answer to and when the time/response is right you snap the trap and trip them up. I know it well.
You're actually a pretty smart guy, and I can understand where you're coming from. Precisely. But you're really wasting your time and abilities on this IMO.
P'haps something more worthwhile would be more beneficial to you in the long run?
You have been warned about your continued posting style. Attacking fellow LQ members is not warranted and causes off topic postings thus violating LQ Rules
Admin warned you about this type of posting. If you wish to continue as a member here at LQ then I suggest that you follow the advice given.
If you intended to quote a site post or any other site then use the quote tags and reference that quote with a link. Not go back to OP and edit to suit your arguments. Lifting content and creating a thread is not something you should do.
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