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Re: [SLE] Yes I am bitter.
- From: Sandy Drobic <suse-linux-e@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 18:56:40 +0100
- Message-id: <4401EBD8.5030002@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
kai wrote:
There is a rumor floating around that the OS is meant for programs to run and not the other way around. If his priority is to have the display running at the specified resolution, so he can use it efficiently without burning his eyeballs out, I would consider that a valid reason to change.
Perfect hindsight, as it happens often. I agree, he should have made certain BEFORE buying his hardware that it will run with the desired distribution. It is after all well known that driver issues are a source of trouble when you buy the latest hardware.
Maybe it would help if you encounter some people who see the computer as a tool to do their work. They don't really care what OS they are running as long as they can use the programs the have to work with, store their files print them with ease.
I regularly encounter users that I have to explain to how to save a file and how to find it again after they saved it.
No, just equate it to using the known tools and having no need and no desire to learn something else. Sigh... yes, there are people like that all around us, they even present the majority of the users.
Sandy
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On Saturday 25 February 2006 11:09 pm, Bryan S. Tyson wrote:
On Saturday 25 February 2006 5:13 am, Per Jessen wrote:
I have to say - someone who switches operating system ("I haven?t used
Linux since November") purely because his graphics card isn't supported
needs a rethink of priorities.
There is a rumor floating around that the OS is meant for programs to run and not the other way around. If his priority is to have the display running at the specified resolution, so he can use it efficiently without burning his eyeballs out, I would consider that a valid reason to change.
Yes, why not switch his videocard instead of his OS. Switch to Nvidia which
the article repeatedly states has much better Linux support, then email ATI
telling them why you switched and that you will not be buying any more ATI
cards until the Linux support is up to par.
Perfect hindsight, as it happens often. I agree, he should have made certain BEFORE buying his hardware that it will run with the desired distribution. It is after all well known that driver issues are a source of trouble when you buy the latest hardware.
I can't imagine downgrading to Windows just because of the video card. It is almost as pathetic and stupid as my co-workers who insist on having Wintendo around just to "play games."
Maybe it would help if you encounter some people who see the computer as a tool to do their work. They don't really care what OS they are running as long as they can use the programs the have to work with, store their files print them with ease.
I regularly encounter users that I have to explain to how to save a file and how to find it again after they saved it.
I equate that to removing all airbags and half the brakes on the car in order to drive faster.
No, just equate it to using the known tools and having no need and no desire to learn something else. Sigh... yes, there are people like that all around us, they even present the majority of the users.
Sandy
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