/me Jumps on this here bandwagon

UberC0der's Opinion ####

Ok, I can see someone arguing that a new Linux user that isn't really sure how to even mount their CDROM yet is a little `bandwagon'ish' for making such an outrageous claim that Linux is better than Windows.

Then again.... Do you have to use something for 1,2, or 3 years to know that you like it and kinda think it `rocks'?

Perhaps,..These bandwogoneers know something. Maybe they know for themselves, in their own set of values, and thirst for knowledge that Linux and other free Open Source Unix's have more to offer. More to offer could be any reason that person sees it as.

UberC0der's Clarification on *his* feelings about Unix ####

I am guilty of being too generic in my speech when talking about Unix sometimes. There are several Unix's that I do not care for. All of these are proprietary and the hardware they run on is damned expensive (good, but expensive). If you think Windows is expensive, check out some of the proprietray Unix's and the workstatiosn they run on. It may surprise you to know that it is not all that uncommon to find Unix workstations that cost upwards of $20,000 US dollars, some cost more than that. These are workstations, not even servers.

The only Unix's I support are Linux, Free/Open/NetBSD, and to a certain extent Solaris. Why? Lot's of reasons, but a very good one is that FreeBSD in particular is consistently at the top of all servers on the net with really high uptimes and service reliability.

UberC0der's Unix concise Unix history crash course ####

Unix is not becomming a presence on the internet, it *is* the internet. Every major protocol used on the internet was developed on Unix. Most if not nearly all of these were developed on BSD Unix. i won't bore you with a timeline, but smtp and tcp are from the mid 1970's for example.

Love it or hate it, if you use the internet, you interact not only with Unix almost constantly, but no matter what OS you use, much if not all of your networking infastructure on that OS was developed in Unix.

UberC0der's `Linux will never be a desktop OS' rebuttle ####

Keep in mind that Linux can be anything the developers want it to be. It is not cast in some defined and unbreakable shape.

There are two mainstream schools of thought in Linux where traditional computers are concerned. One is the `alpha-geek' philosophy that can be seen in Distributions like Slackware. The other is making leaps and bounds at `User-Friendly' orientated Linux. (Suse, and Mandrake are good examples of this). As the popularity of Linux builds, so are driver support, commercial software and other things for Linux.

Simply put,... you may never use Linux as your primary Desktop OS, but do not be surprised if your children do.

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Disclaimer: UberC0der has been known to rant and talk about himself in the third person, these bizarre and disturbing personality traits should be ignored as bet as possible.