Linux Last Man Standing

[Jokerswild]

I drove linux long enough that it's engine isn't all it's cracked up to be. How come your still running XP and Vista if linux is so great?

[Hitman]

Originally Posted by Jokerswild

The world wouldn't stop if linux went away.

Actually it would stop, here is a very shot list of things you rely on everyday that are ran by Linux/Unix Operating systems.

ATM's
Traffic Control Systems
Debit Pay Systems
Bank Systems
Defense and Commercial satellite systems
Military Weapon Systems
Military Navigation and Battle Control Systems
Playstation 3
DVD Players
Home DSL/Cable Routers
Industrial Servers
Industrial Robotics
Aircraft Navigation Systems
Security Systems
Police and Emergency dispatch systems
Hospital Records Systems
Medical Equipment

[Jokerswild]

Bull Crap there are other server OS's.

[Hitman]

Originally Posted by Jokerswild

Bull Crap there are other server OS's.

No one said there wasn't.

[Jokerswild]

Originally Posted by Hitman

No one said there wasn't.

Then those systems will not stop the OS would be replaced.

[screwballl]

There may be other server OS's but none can run those programs fast, well or securely. Why else would they use Linux.

The only real reason I use windows myself is for a few games. I am working on getting full GPU acceleration from my X1950GT which has little linux support at this moment.

[Jokerswild]

Originally Posted by screwballl

little linux support at this moment.

That says it all.

[screwballl]

says nothing at all, my specific single choice of card is not officially supported yet. Most other major ATI cards ARE supported from the 8500 to the latest HD2900's. Many times drivers for a particular item that needs them are written for linux first since it is small and easy to do and then they work on Win drivers afterwards. ATI drivers on linux are one of the few that are released after the fact, not before.

[Hitman]

Originally Posted by Jokerswild

Then those systems will not stop the OS would be replaced.

By what a M$ OS? Doubtful. Most of those systems were put in place long before Windows was anything but a buggy desktop OS based on DOS. Keep in mind that Unix has been around for quite a bit longer then windows. Unix has always been the main server OS. M$ is new to the Server network world. Windows NT was their first server OS back in the mid 90's. Unix has been around since the late 60's early 70's. It's not going anywhere. For that matter Linux isn't going anywhere either. Yeah it's probably not the best OS for the common home user, but it has it's place in the world. Mostly in systems that require low resources, high security, and minimal downtime due to being mission critical.

[Jokerswild]

Just giving you a bad time. Actually I never had a driver problem with my 9800 or 1600 on linux. But linux just isn't there yet for a desktop OS. At least for the majority. Kind of funny to see the linux community always pushing their OS but people still are not going to it and I don't see game developers moving to it either, in fact I wouldn't be surprised to see developers leave computers all together and that would be a boon for linux.