Quote Originally Posted by Dr Unne
THAT'S YOUR FAULT FOR NOT USING IT RIGHT SINCE MAC NEVER GIVES ME PROBLEMS! I think that's the generally-accepted response.

I don't care what anyone uses, honestly. Just saying, Linux is better in many ways, so that for people who themselves care about such things, they can know. If you like Windows, then have fun using it.
To listen to most Linux users, you'd think it's better in not many, but all ways, and it is for absolutely everybody, no matter what. I think if people like that got listened to more often, there would be a lot more computer-related suicides in the world. Yes, Linux has its uses, but so does Windows. And I suppose, in some cases, some insane yahoo might even want to buy a Mac, but I would counsel intensive psychiatric therapy as a happier alternative.

The Linux community coined the term "FUD," or Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt to describe Microsoft's activities...but you know what? Nobody spreads FUD better than a Linux user. Nobody. Not even Ballmer, and Ballmer's pretty bloody good at spreading FUD.

And this, of course, has the effect of making me sound like a Microsoft evangelist just because I am no more willing to listen to senseless one-sided propaganda from the Linux community than I am from Microsoft. I must respond, just as I respond when a clueless Windows user bashes Linux with little or no basis. You don't see much of that online, because most of the people I deal with online actually have a clue about how to work a computer, so the ones spreading the FUD are invariably the Linux camp. I especially love the emphasis on "Free this" and "free that." Linux is only free if your time isn't worth anything.

And Doom, go with Mandrake. Red Hat has officially dropped the ball. Fedora's a piece of crap. It would be better if you thought you could handle Gentoo, but if you can't, then definitely go with Mandrake.