im a linux user (ubuntu, debian, slax, and knoppix)
but i have to use micro sith at work viruses and all
company's management is too cheap to get antivirus and too stupid to use linux

gnuuser wrote:

too stupid to use linux

^ and thaaaaat's exactly the condescending elitist attitude that keeps people away from linux.

leileilol wrote:

You wouldn't like any Linux flavor either. It's pretty constricting to 'try' it on a small partition, then it insists you must use your home folder for everything, and games being installed to /usr/share or something that definitely sin't the familiar tune to "D:\Games\"

Yeppers, I keep doing the following when I'm working on a Cent or Fedora Core server:

dir or dir /s

And then when working on a Windows machine I end up typing in the command shell:

ls or ls -al

And this isn't counting all the alias's that I are setup on both operating systems.

leileilol wrote:

^ and thaaaaat's exactly the condescending elitist attitude that keeps people away from linux.

I get this point, but I've seen it from every OS fanboys point so it's nothing new.

However, I'm an old CP/M hack from days of yore, TRS/80, Kaypros and Osborne machines.

My favorite was CP/M Plus on the CBM 128 😁

leileilol wrote:

gnuuser wrote:

too stupid to use linux

^ and thaaaaat's exactly the condescending elitist attitude that keeps people away from linux.

on the contrary I am also a linux instructor and i have offered training to them free
including custom setups to make things easier
but some of the turds i work with are more concerned about butt kissing than anything else.
or blaming others for their screw ups

plain and simple with windows users they are too comfortable with their buggy software and too scared to try anything new.

elitist attitude no but a bad attitude yes
38 years as a computer tech and you wouldn't believe all the crap ive had to deal with

Malik wrote:

Stojke wrote:

Malik wrote:

It's not just the 'start' button.

What else is there that stops you from using it exactly the same as you used windows 7?

Windows 7.

LoL, funniest post in the thread.

gnuuser wrote:

plain and simple with windows users they are too comfortable with their buggy software and too scared to try anything new.

Elitism and generalisations.

gnuuser wrote:

38 years as a computer tech and you wouldn't believe all the crap ive had to deal with

You will never influence people by belittling their preferences.

you know what this got off to a bad start
either that or ive fallen into a trolls nest.
that was my first post and ive been attacked for it.
you call me elitist and condescending listen to yourselves

so far ive had a very poor welcome to the forum

gnuuser wrote:

you know what this got off to a bad start either that or ive fallen into a trolls nest. that was my first post and ive been atta […]
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you know what this got off to a bad start
either that or ive fallen into a trolls nest.
that was my first post and ive been attacked for it.
you call me elitist and condescending listen to yourselves

so far ive had a very poor welcome to the forum

Your first post was essentially "Anyone not using Linux is an idiot."

What kind of welcome did you expect, exactly?

gnuuser wrote:

you know what this got off to a bad start either that or ive fallen into a trolls nest. that was my first post and ive been atta […]
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you know what this got off to a bad start
either that or ive fallen into a trolls nest.
that was my first post and ive been attacked for it.
you call me elitist and condescending listen to yourselves

so far ive had a very poor welcome to the forum

Seems to me you got into this forum just to argue in this thread. Don't take it the wrong way. I would most likely be using linux if it was not for my games.
But for someone with as much IT experience as you, I would expect you would have a bit more tact upon approaching a new forum community.

i said our management
I did not say anyone not using linux
If you mis understood what i said I apologize for the comment

I am not a gamer I am a hardware and software specialist and it was my mistaken thought that i might be of some help on this forum.
I program in java, python, ruby, perl, qbasic,fortran, c, c#
so for this matter this is my last post

gnuuser wrote:

I program in java, python, ruby, perl, qbasic,fortran, c, c#

Damn, back in high school I would hit the computer during the lunch break and program some Qbasic demos. That was the good time when I wanted to become a programmer. Then I tried C++ and decided I would do something else after all.

again I apologize for the remark
but understand where it came from and why
I had just finished a 36 hour stint of rebuilding a server farm because one of the twits decided to store some porn on it that caused the feds to confiscate every computer.
including all the backup tapes, drives, and optical media
that meant setting up 18 servers, 26 workstations , software installs, going into every machine and retrieving the control programs.
even with the automated processes for my installs it took a lot of time (stress and all)
my budget is shot for the next 5 years

and some of our management does not have the common sense of a road killed toad!
when you have to correct the same damn problems 8 or 9 times a year due to someone going to banned fun sites and downloading viruses.
you tend to get a bit testy

we have evac fans that are run by 5 hp three phase motor
twice now some idiots stuck their fingers in the cage to see what direction the fans turn immediate loss of finger
2 inch wide yellow label with direction arrow on the fan case

i was not putting anyone down here believe me
as long as ive been a tech I know full well the knowledge one needs to run a cli such as doss and other cli based programs
and visualise the amount of work involved in writing the programs for all of our old favourites.
and i applaud those who want to keep the old games and programs going.
these are skills few appreciate

gnuuser wrote:

I am not a gamer

Which make it odd that you are posting here.

collector wrote:

gnuuser wrote:

I am not a gamer

Which make it odd that you are posting here.

actually i registered because of my skills with hardware and software tricks
I do have a kind of love for restoring old hardware.
like I said in an earlier post i started off on the wrong foot as i was tired and irritated and i shouldn't have posted then
believe me I didn't mean it the way it came out

The same attitude still comes across with that avatar.

i have no problem with microsoft only the lawyers who run it
would you rather i have an avatar of a lawyer being burned at the stake?

gnuuser wrote:

i have no problem with microsoft only the lawyers who run it
would you rather i have an avatar of a lawyer being burned at the stake?

I like the new one with the glass of beer 😁

BigBodZod wrote:

gnuuser wrote:

i have no problem with microsoft only the lawyers who run it
would you rather i have an avatar of a lawyer being burned at the stake?

I like the new one with the glass of beer 😁

i could have used this one

BigBodZod wrote:

gnuuser wrote:

i have no problem with microsoft only the lawyers who run it
would you rather i have an avatar of a lawyer being burned at the stake?

I like the new one with the glass of beer 😁

Just came back from my short vacation. What was the previous avatar? what did I miss? 😁

P.S. I'm no linux techie but I do have one flavour of Linux or another installed in all my machines, alongside Win7 and XP and Win98 machine, etc.

Malik wrote:

What was the previous avatar? what did I miss? 😁

A Tux sprite from SuperTux with the Windows XP logo and a yellow bezier curve made between the two.