Windows the devil, but many use it

Yes, when you enter a Linux website, everyone speaks ill of Windows, fragmentation, viruses, that it is ugly, that it is proprietary and a thousand other things.

It is embarrassing that then those who cry out to heaven about the evil of Windows, the NSA and the empire of evil, are usually the first (not always, but in most cases) to have a dual boot and of course, in this great hypocrisy, They are capable of inventing a thousand excuses, that if it is for work, that if it is for games, that if it is for Photoshop.

Many times those who say it is because of the games, are the same as in the forums and linux websites, they said that if Steam carried Dota 2, they would not use Windows again (lie!).

The hypocrisy that is often breathed in this environment is quite great, to give a great example, the same people who cry out to heaven about the Windows license, then have bought an iPad, an iPhone or any Apple Gadget, reminding me of those people who tell you what to do but they don't do it (like most religious people).

I ask people to be consistent, if you are using Windows, please do not tell us that you should not use it, if you are using an Apple Gadget, do not come to lecture us like an enlightened Stallmanian about the benefits of freedom and to punish us with the LPG whip.

The man of two "souls" is fickle in all his ways said an old book, live and let live and be consistent with your actions, do not demand from others, what even you are capable of doing.

Finished, I take my hat off to those who have managed to do without all these proprietary tools and are consistent with their actions and words.


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  1.   FIXOCONN said

    I use linux, I do not use windows because it is true and I neither play nor testing distributions that are so many that I have tested 10%

  2.   elav said

    … live and let live …

    Those users you criticize could tell you right now, because they have every right to use whatever Gadget they want, even if their hypocrisy later allows them to proclaim that Windows or Apple are the devil. Don't you think friend?

    Anyway, I understand your criticism and first of all I respect your opinion. I am one of those users who has managed to live without Windows on their computers for more than 7 years. At work I have a PC with dual boot and why lie? I go into Windows to play NFS, Hawks and the like. I do not remove Windows because the PC came from the factory like that and why put another pirated Windows on it later?

    Anyway, everyone who makes the drum they want with their leather.

    1.    Martial del Valle said

      Amen !!!

  3.   KZKG ^ Gaara said

    Honestly, I don't know what this post is about, what is its goal, to create a flame?
    Pandev, clarify for me ... it must be that since I spent the morning without sleeping, I'm a little slow today.

    1.    elav said

      Apparently he suffered some trauma after an obvious battle with GNU / Linux users using Windows hahaha.

      1.    KZKG ^ Gaara said

        But personal blogs are for trauma, or not? 🙂

        1.    aragorn said

          Hahaha very true, the post does not contribute anything useful other than publishing his trauma

    2.    pandev92 said

      What is she coming for? Well simple, here it is always full of anti Windows and anti Apple comments and then it turns out that there are 4 cats that do not use it, if you are going to use it, do not screw the others.

      1.    Alecs said

        Commenting from Windows? 🙂

        1.    let's use linux said

          Touch!

        2.    pandev92 said

          and you?

      2.    ALX said

        As the post is as headless as those who radically put on the Open Source shirt and then go around asking how to use MS Office with wine ... (apart ... what have the religious have to do with free SW ??) ... as well says the master, all extremes are bad ... my case for example, I'm a fan of 2 of the graphical interfaces most hated by radical cynics (Metro from win 8 and Unity from Ubuntu) and yet they have plenty of excuses to continue using them ... I like them Apple devices and the style that Daddy Jobs left them, especially the ones on the table ... I love video games and stuff ... but in the end I don't have a mac ... or win, or ubuntu (well, almost) ... I manage with my dell studio with elementary os ... amen hahahaha

  4.   diazepam said

    I thought there was a trolls strike today, but it seems they went back to work.

  5.   Carlos said

    I have Debian at home, but at work on a computer that is not mine I have Windows 7 installed with which I work, at home on my personal computer I avoid it, if at some point I have to take work home if it doesn't fit I have no choice but to use a proprietary tool, what I do is connect via VPN to the work computer from home and work remotely.
    One thing is what we want to have and another thing is what we must have, in many cases we must use proprietary tools as a business rule, for example the files generated with LibreOffice are compatible with Microsoft Word but not 1005 unfortunately.

  6.   pukurín said

    I've never been a big fan of mixed solutions, because I think that in the end you end up with all the drawbacks and none of the advantages. Once you get into Linux, I have a hard time thinking about using Windows again. And that it took me 3 months to become a 'fixed' user, after loading my computer several times and reinstalling many distros. Now I have seen the light and I am happy with my Ubuntu, it is all fast and stable and I have access to the ordinary tools that I need. I admit that I have given up on AAA games, but I don't have time for that anymore and I can use NDS and PS2 emulators to get addicted. The balance, despite the lights and shadows, is positive. Now I can judiciously say that yes, Linux is better OS

  7.   f3niX said

    Post looks for flames activated. Well the truth seems to me that it is another post that does not go with the theme of the blog, although I respect its content and its author, in addition to agreeing on some parts of its content, it seems to me that it is not the form or the place.

    A greeting.

  8.   rocholc said

    I have at home my company 3 netbook and the desktop with dual boot. In principle I installed it like this in case I needed a specific program, but having seen what I have seen soon, I will leave the two teams with Magic 4, which is already on the right track. At work it is possible that we look at Linux to work with remote servers, because the licenses are worth a fortune and according to this the thing and for what a normal user does, Linux is left over and enough on the clients.

  9.   Elijah RM said

    99% of the time I use Linux, I do not recommend using Windows and I censure those who hack it, but I do have a dual boot with Windows (original) and Linux. In my case, I have Windows because I am a cross-platform application developer and some games do not go with wine.
    I do not see where the hypocrisy is, whenever someone asks my opinion I will tell them that Windows is not a good option, that they use Linux whenever possible and leave Windows for the cases where there is no alternative.
    Do not forget that it is my opinion, it is not a sacrilege to use Windows.

  10.   Chaparral said

    pandev92 I do not know you personally but what you just wrote is a truth like a temple and I subscribe to the commas of your writing. What you write is brief but concise and you put your finger on the problem.

    I try to be consistent with what you write and on my computers, even though I am a novice user, the Windows monopoly is not used at all. I try to learn GNU / Linux and I use these utilities.

    It also happens that factory computers use hardward that has been tested and modeled for Windows and of course, when you buy a computer you have no choice but to buy Windows and after paying for a license it is not a matter of throwing it away. For this reason when I had to buy a computer I bought a clone one and I have had no problems with it. I believe I am consistent with what I am thinking of the monopoly.

  11.   Alecs said

    What kind of input is this? I thought this was a blog about GNU / Linux, not to criticize people for what they do or don't do.

    I am a Windows and GNU / Linux user and I always say that you have to do without Windows as much as possible, but sometimes you just can't.

    And if a person decides to recommend GNU / Linux to everyone while using Windows, where is the problem?

    Live and let live? Well, you should apply the story and be consistent because your hypocrisy smells from here. Letting others live means staying out of their business and ultimately letting them do what they please.

    I really don't know how you let these things be published. I understand that there are different authors, but to read opinions and nonsense criticisms there are already comments. I hope this nonsense does not become frequent because you will turn one of the few blogs about GNU / Linux in Spanish into rubbish.

  12.   sk2040 said

    I have "used" Linux for a long time, I think it was the first version to use RedHat 5, and it cost me so much to install it that I didn't move it until fedora came out. Although I always had a separate Windows machine with games, the Linux Team used it to navigate and experiment.

    when I go to study computer science the same is a computer with linux (desktop), and a computer with windows with games, VS Studio SQL Server, which is what they asked us at the university.

    Then when I bought my first laptop, I had dual windows vista + Ubuntu (it was the only one that worked with the wifi at the time) then I got bored very quickly and it only worked with windows vista.

    When I started working on systems, I used centos on the servers, and desktop I used Windows. the same old story compatibility 🙁

    In my current job we are a Microsoft partner so they gave me a Lumia 800 with windows phone and I have a lenovo e431 machine with windows 8.1 (before I had a lenovo x200 (a small one with a dock, I don't remember the exact model) with windows 7). The issue is that due to the number of remote desktops, 95% of which are Windows and Cisco VPN networks. I mainly use two Shrew programs for the vpn (it is also for linux and OSX 🙂 and it connects to more than one vpn at the same time it is incredible) the issue is the RDP client. I currently use codeplex Terminals. It has exactly what I need. The program has a master password, I can enter all the credentials and then when creating a machine I select the previously entered credential and I can add tags to the connection. Very comfortable and very tidy result, especially when you have several vpn, azure machines, rackspace, amazon. etc. in addition to using almost the entire screen once you remove the menus, use tabs to switch from one desktop to another quite comfortable and plenty of space to work.

    my preferred distro is Fedora, but I recently tested Elementary with a couple of tweaks. I really loved the slim-panel or something like that, in addition to the quite comfortable dock. The result you can use the full screen to work is very comfortable, the problem is that RDP clients suck, the amount of space they use in menus and panels that they are of no use to anyone. they also don't have smart scaling. I used vinegar, remmine, and how much program I found and nothing like terminals. needless to say about outlook. There is still more emphasis on the design of Linux applications, more minimalism and functionality, that is why I think that Elementary although it is an old kernel, many people prefer it. Although if it were based on a fedora it would be ideal. from what i tested on fedora 20, at least the gnome folks are on the right track removing bars and maximizing space.

    at least now we are adopting new technologies and little by little we are integrating more linux servers, but my boss likes ubuntu and my centos and that's where the discussions begin. at the moment there are more teams with Centos 😉

    Regarding the article, I think it should be more realistic, one uses what is most comfortable and ready.

  13.   dwarf said

    Black, I love you, but I don't know what the hell you wanted to do with this post.

    We have already touched on the subject of quality in DL and you come out with this ... What happened? Did you write and send him thinking the YOLO? No damn, no ¬¬

    1.    clow_eriol said

      Hahahahahaha! .. .. you made me laugh .. xD

  14.   Yoyo said

    Well, I don't use or have Windows, I only have Linux and OS X 😛

    1.    eliotime3000 said

      POSIxero until death.

  15.   babel said

    I think the point is to relax and use what works for you. I use Gnu / Linux for everything except video games because even though there is steam and many games have migrated, the support for AMD and Nvidia is still lousy.

    I think the point is not to be a fan and spank yourself because someone uses a specific brand or not.

  16.   Cocolium said

    Compadre to "posts" like this, I put it in quotes because it is an English word, you should put the word opinion before it, because that is what you just wrote.

    In any case I agree with you, I am antilinux on the desktop, you know that I like to use it on servers and things like that, but on the desktop I hate it, and if I need something in that operating system then I simply run it on a virtual machine , and I say, all the users who are complaining that if Windows or not Windows why not do the same? Total no one has trouble doing it right?

    1.    desikoder said

      Sincerely Cocolio, I don't agree, I think that in your life you have seen a well tuned desktop, what happens is that people see unity and gnome, they don't like them and they say that linux is bad at the desktop. ! You should see an Openbox or a tuned Enlightenment! Right now I am using Openbox, almost everything I do with keyboard shortcuts, I have a linux wallpaper and a conky, and in the future I may put a dock / bar or whatever.

      1.    Cocolium said

        uffff

        Brother do you think I speak for a turnip? hahaha no then, tune…. Well Unity seems to me the worst garbage on earth by far, cinnamon and mate smashed a desktop that was too good as it was Gnome that was the one I used because it seemed much more customizable and without being a cheap copy of Windows (any version) , I have put an incredible amount of docks, conky, desklets and a long etcetera.

        Why does it suck on the desk? One, especially the graphics drivers are disgusting, not to mention those open versions that really hurt, then good to do updates and others are a real headache, the truth is I can't stand it, that's why I prefer to use Windows, I have not had to format for years and it works fine for me, can't complain.

        1.    desikoder said

          1. I missed an answer to your comment in response to the main post
          2. Problems updating? Well, I don't know about you, but for me the most comfortable thing in the world of linux is precisely that, updating things, be it the kernel or a desktop environment. I don't have to be downloading each program separately and updating, which in windows can take you a long and tedious afternoon. If you refer to the graphics drivers in terms of updates, for example I use the nouveau ones with an nvidia graphics from the Pleistocene era and I have never had problems updating the graphics drivers, I do not understand well what you mean by what to update

          However, I do admit that free graphics drivers have some deficiencies, but you think that proprietary drivers are from companies that know their graphics like the back of their hand, and yet to give an example, nouveau has managed to make a driver for a graph doing reverse engineering to the card, which takes a lot of work. It is as if tomorrow I invent a technology called TOT (Totally Obfused Technology), absolutely proprietary, and I complain about free alternatives because they are not fully compatible with the hardware that TOT uses, without taking into account that they leave their lives to do reverse engineering on gadgets with TOT to write a free version ...

          regards

  17.   Jose Luis said

    In my humble opinion this post does not contribute anything good. Do not forget that the unnameable OS users 😉 are (we are) captive users. What is to be celebrated is that people are encouraged to use GNU / Linux (or whatever we call it) as best they can. Using proprietary software shouldn't be a cause for contempt, it seems to me.

  18.   TheGuillox said

    Users with double standards have existed for a long time and will continue to exist ... simply do not have to create a post of this type, they serve as food for trolls

  19.   Mysta said

    Unfortunately, I cannot jump over the office barrier, especially at work, because from that point on you cannot go against the current, and I have tried to find manuals to use LibreOffice but I cannot find manuals in Spanish (perhaps there is a complete manual and I did not catch him), but this point of the language I do not do as criticism because if you claim because something does not exist, you must create it, period.

    In all this technological universe I think that it is not worth criticizing and complaining against Windows, everyone should use what they see fit, maybe the GNU Pro will burn me at the stake but I have no conscience in using a proprietary software, although this universe would be better if everything were free. I use GNU / Linux because I like it, not because it is free, and I feel more comfortable in Linux than in Windows, but until Linux does not have a space on Desktop it will only be a very good alternative to this monopoly.

    1.    Felipe said

      I have seen the problem with LibreOffice today in the compatibility of the doc or docx formats of W., I think it is a problem without much output, but the alternative is to abandon the doc and docx files (you can agree to send files PDF or view them with poor compatibility in LibreOffice). If they ask you to send in Word, it is easy to turn to people and tell them that you do not handle that software, that you generate them separately and pass them a PDF (or a very simple doc with little formatting if it is something not very important). If you will use it to generate your own reports and transfer it to PDF, I think there should be no problem in using it and there will be more than one manual out there (it has a fairly extensive help too).

  20.   eliotime3000 said

    It's not because you're a troll, but this time, you just made a fire that will catch the trolls' attention.

    From the beginning I said that I am using my Windows Vista SP2 Dual-boot with Debian Wheezy, and that most of the time I am using the Debian partition so it precisely accommodates my needs and I have no problems with performance. On the Windows side, I hardly use it to enjoy Netflix and work with proprietary tools such as the Adobe suite, CorelDraw, Office 2010 when LO and Kingsoft Office cannot open my CV in a decent way, which is a document OOXML text with macro, and the occasional F2P game that doesn't even have a Linux port. Ironically, there are few times in which I turn to Windows on my PC and many times I stop on other PCs for study and / or work reasons.

    Although Ubuntu has popularized GNU / Linux, it must also be remembered that thanks to the growing number of Ubuntu users, there is already an increase in ports of proprietary software for Linux natively and even Valve has decided to support Linux. on the Steam platform and Andamiro, since 1999, has been using Linux in his arcade games.

    Anyway, I would have liked that this publication had been published in the forum, since here the issue of Dual Boot is still a taboo.

  21.   cookie said

    I will only say one thing: the world is not black or white but a range of grays.

  22.   Oscar said

    I know that such pandev92, and he is only on the internet to be a vile troll and raise controversies and incidentally is involved in the world of politics supporting wretched people who deserve to be burned by satan like the people of the PP who hate 90% from Spain, but of course, this is a free blog and riffraff, so you have to let her comment.

    Greetings.

  23.   x11tete11x said

    eye with spit up .. http://imgur.com/Rgmd5UY

    1.    diazepam said

      liberal thinking! = open mind

      1.    x11tete11x said

        I meant that he firmly believes in opensource but we have already seen that there is no linux or bsd or that he is doing well xD

        1.    x11tete11x said

          D: I am censored the symbols that I like to use so much xD, after neither bsd nor (was this: put your opensource project here)

    2.    pandev92 said

      LOL? And what does that have to do with the post? that he believes in opensource has not made him walk like some telling him not to use Windows and ranting about him. Totally offtopic tete.Go back to the batcave xd.

  24.   Felipe said

    It seems to me that this post does not reflect the contradiction in which we can live day by day. For example, I may be fed up with going to school or going to work, found that I can learn more or be more productive in another area. However, that ignores the reality we are in and it is probably very difficult to eliminate that from our lives and take alternative paths. Probably a few (of course, privileged) will take the flags and jump into the pool who no one knows if it has water or not.

    You forget, pandev92, that there are bureaucracies in the workplace that make it impossible to use free software and other technical characteristics that make its use impossible. A clear example is the use of CAD. Notice that even the developers of free software for CAD tell you that their software is not yet mature enough to perform precision tasks (it is a matter of seeing why FreeCAD, one of the iconic CAD projects in free software, is still in its branch 0.x, despite the great number of years [that purist person can already find details in the OpenCascade license, a fundamental part of that program]).

    In the technical analysis work that concerns me, it is necessary to present results to different State organisms, which only accept results from proprietary programs (in the absence of free software that can do it). Creating one of these softwares is a huge task, but believe me that we are already moving the adepts of free software to create alternatives.

    In addition, many times at work you are forced to occupy the infrastructure that is chosen, there is nothing like installing your own operating system and you can work. It is something much more complex than that. As in my case, most of the processes are made for Windows and there is no alternative for another operating system. That simple

    Finally, you forget to mention that the majority of governments (99,5%?) Use proprietary software as standard, so what you have to deliver must be in the format they ask for. In this way, they force you in some processes to buy proprietary software (or derivatives of it as digital certificates), without having the option to install them on a free platform.

    For this and many other things, it seems to me that the work hypothesis is not an excuse, since unfortunately we have to work to be able to have some money to be able to subsist without luxuries. I find your analysis of this point quite poor and I hope that you and the other users who are not aware of the work part take more reason about how the world actually moves.

    Even using proprietary software, it seems to me that it is important to create an idea of ​​moving towards free software in the workplace atmosphere (I see this unlikely in large companies). For example, in the company where I work, I think we are the only company (hopefully not so) in this country that must send its reports to the State through reports (in PDF) generated with LaTeX, using Inkscape, Python, scientific programs in Python and own scripts.

    I firmly believe that free software is a very powerful tool, but we must not ignore the enormous work that companies in favor of proprietary software do that have an advantage in various fields, but hopefully their days are numbered.

    I don't like Windows, I hate to use it, but when I have to do it, there is no other choice. The idea is to keep alive the idea that free software is the only possible alternative to live in a slightly better world. In this way, you are aware of the problem and sooner or later you will rebel to take a step forward and completely or almost completely abandon the alternative that does not keep you happy.

    1.    eliotime3000 said

      Give this guy a medal.

      1.    waflessnet said

        I can't give you laiks; (

        1.    eliotime3000 said

          Well, I know this isn't Disqus, but at least this commenting system isn't prone to trolling.

  25.   beny_hm said

    It is the most stupid post I have ever seen, after the reaction of another student of systems ing screaming against winbug without anyone saying anything to him. It is stupid because even if you think that there will be people who use winbug, it is not for pleasure itself, it is not because I like to use winbug but point 1. As in systems you must know and know how to use all or most of the existing OS, now the other point 2 is to be a hardened gamer, even though I looked for myself the way to be able to play Battlefield 4 and many new titles of Video games cannot be used, it is a taste that is linked to a great evil that is winbug, therefore you »if you do not have these 2 difficulties or needs, do not speak for other people arguing nonsense without knowing the true situation of each person. Therefore I USE winbug but I do not recommend it and I recommend using linux! why ? because it suits me.

  26.   oscar said

    The people you mention are mere liars and you know that old popular saying: "A liar is discovered before a lame man."

    I do not understand why someone would buy something from Apple or Microsoft and then say that it is hell, one of two or has a problem or is an idiot (sadly there are many of the latter).

  27.   Leo said

    I have android x86 installed on the PC lol 😛
    Now talking about something important. I think it's a good topic but it's not a good place to discuss it. Let's remember why it was created DesdeLinux: help newbies avoid having seizures when installing gentoo... Or something like that.

  28.   waflessnet said

    That is why it is called opensource philosophy, you are always thinking about it and you try to apply it in your life.
    I use linux for everything. and yes it is true, I want to play xd !.

    1.    beny_hm said

      What happens is that the author fell into the evil of Evangelizing the system, something that many of my colleagues cannot do or cannot do in the case of being a systems engineer. Even the damn title demands that I know about the systems, and the other is that I like to play recent video games…. what you have to teach is to stop evangelizing promoting it but it does not mean that you do not use or cannot use or do not know how to use others. WRONG! by the author.

  29.   ferchmetal said

    Well, I am sincere; I like GNU / Linux and I use it a lot, but from what I studied (Graphic Design) I have to use proprietary Adobe software, I could learn to use free design programs such as INkscape or GIMP but the truth is that I have been lazy to learn to use them, but I don't deny that I use windows, I don't like it, but it's my turn. 🙂 greetings!

    1.    eliotime3000 said

      True Story, my friend. TrueStory.

      And by the way, how long have GIMP, Inkscape and Scribus not join forces to promote its use in educational institutions?

  30.   DCOY said

    xD

    1.    eliotime3000 said

      ok

  31.   Raphael Mardechai said

    The truth is, we are free to use Open, Free and Paid software. (Always don't get Pirated xD)

  32.   Blaire pascal said

    I am consistent with my words and actions, just look: [statement] I am writing from Windows 8.1 with a large number of proprietary applications and in dual boot with openSUSE because I want to, although I do not need to use it [/ statement]

  33.   Akira kazama said

    I have not used Windows for so long that I have already disconnected the hard drive where I have it installed, I just leave it inside my computer in case I need it in an emergency.

    Although yes, I have Office, Photoshop and League of Legends installed through Wine. Also, not all the native software that I have installed is free, for example, I use Steam, Opera and Maxthon, which I try now.

  34.   Ivan Gabriel said

    "(Lie!)" Just that!

    Already. teamviewer is the only one that is saved on my machines. And for the record, it runs in Wine xD
    I am also seeing a quite interesting change of habits: friends who before did not know anything other than Window $ (photo of them in a square ...), now have Ubuntu or Mint in Dual Boot, but the best thing is ... that they use it!
    Slow, very slow, but many Linux distros are leaving the "usual" communities to reach the less experienced user, the one who opens the browser, office and the occasional casual game. That is good.

  35.   beofox said

    nice article (answer written from a windows)

  36.   nocturnal said

    In my remote control I have several channels that broadcast trash TV, do you mean that I consume it? That I am a hypocrite for not eliminating them?

    I have had Windows and Linux on my PC for 9 years. If I only had Linux, paradoxically I would not use Windows less. I make it clear that having a choice I prefer by far the sessions in Linux.

  37.   xarlieb said

    I find it annoying to see how from the unix side of things Windows is criticized for free and without coming to mind many times.

    windows is not a bad system by itself. it will be proprietary and all that but as a desktop system it gives what the vast majority of users need. start up and run. total to upload putifotos to "feisbuk" and little else ... of course then I as sysadmin at work would never use windows because it lacks tools (in my view).

    Well, I don't usually piss off windows and although I've been a loyal and happy debian user for just over a year, I'm one of those who has a dualboot just to have a couple of games. that's why I'm so eager to see what steamos brings to the linux world.

    1.    eliotime3000 said

      We are the same with Debian + Windows dual-boot. Furthermore, the hypocrisy in the POSIX world is mainly due to Pharisee fanboys who break our patience.

  38.   Longinos Recuero Busts said

    So is. You have exposed it clearer than water.
    I liked your presentation. Congratulations on that.

  39.   jordeath said

    I agree 100% with your opinion ...

  40.   Hector Quispe said

    So if I'm a drug addict, I can't tell my friend not to use drugs, even if it's bad, because I do? ...

  41.   David said

    Well look, everything is relative, depending on how you look at it. And I tell you that I love Linux.

    I use Windows at the office because we have rented the desktop computers, which are branded and come with Windows by default, but on the servers we use Ubuntu Server and we are in the process of switching to Red Hat

    The company where I worked before was a Microsoft partner, so everything, absolutely everything was Microsoft Windows (yes, Server 2003 to 2012, System Center Configuration / Data Protection / Operations 2007 and 2012, ISA Server or TMG, .NET, SQL Server, etc. ). And it was all based on Microsoft policies.

    I think that no matter how Linux you are, you must know all the technologies, in fact computer professionals must know both sides of the coin, and in many cases we have no options, only what the client gives, it is useless to be a genius Linux if you don't know anything about Windows and how it works, and vice versa.

    I have my own opinion about the eternal Windows vs Linux fight, but at the end of the day, each company and each person implements what seems best to them, or what they can implement, from there, if a company hires you, you should manage well with what they give you and adapt. I have seen linuxeros fail with audits of Windows / Microsoft systems and the opposite as well

    1.    Cocolium said

      Amen!!!!

      And well that is the idea of ​​being a sysadmin or developer or in the field that you develop in the environment of what is IT.

      You can't go around and say that you only know this or that thing, that for me is anti-professional, +1000.

    2.    eliotime3000 said

      Please give this commenter a gold medal for the best opinion comment of 2014.

  42.   GnuLinux Freedom said

    That you let live is not really fulfilled, I would like to do everything in Gnu / Linux but if they do not let me live at university, because some software for my career is only for windows, the fact that we use dual boot does not It is because we want to or my case is not that, of course we must promote free software even if we use windows, it is our duty as citizens, and if you buy a tablet with IOS it is another very different story, the truth is I strongly disagree with your post but that's what it's about.

  43.   Leo said

    Amen

    Completely agree. I also use Windows, and it is true that many times I have no choice (I am an inveterate gamer), and I agree that the worst thing there is is Apple…. but since it's "cool" ...

  44.   ds23ytube said

    We are all free to criticize what we want and at the same time to use what we want, if we are Linux users, we are not going to behave like a Windero, and that implies not forcing anyone or taking people to your land.

  45.   Roly said

    For my part at home the only time I had a dual boot was for 2 Kubuntu (I don't remember which version), one because it was stable to work, play, etc. and the other a version that tested things that if I broke it, it was worth it! The only place that I use Windows and it is not by my own will, it is at work!
    I don't like ranting against Windows! (X does it if only) I use GNU / Linux for all the advantages that SL offers me, I like windows better and thousands more points! it is what I recommend permanently without being an obsequent fan of the SL or an anti Win.
    If I seek to be consistent in life, in every aspect and of course, as you say, the hypocrisy is not only in the social, but also in the technological. Cheers!

    1.    pandev92 said

      Good, someone who understood the article, at no time have I said not to use windows, nor at any time have I said that there are not 4 or 5 that really need it in their jobs because they work in some computer or government printing company (that they are not all, much less the majority), but if you use it at home, do not go as a free software troll, because there is no one who supports it.

  46.   Chicho said

    Most of the comments are from Windows, people are only looking for a place to belong, they can say that Linux is the best but they continue to use Windows and it's not bad, Bender already says "Everyone did it I just wanted to be popular", it's something common of the human being, and linux is fashionable hehe, assholes

  47.   Richard said

    and this same speech is repeated for the ant-NSA, SOPA and other nonsense ... many call themselves rebels and who defend the open web tooth and nail and do it from OSX and Windows oO ... contradiction where?

  48.   FreeBSDDICK. said

    Frankly, I don't really care about this topic ... I could only say that anyone who comes to say that a solution of that system is better than the one I usually use does not motivate me in the least to migrate to that platform. If I consider a waste of real time (at least as far as I'm concerned) to use several operating systems on the same computer. When you use something like gnu linux you have to be clear what problems you intend to solve in my functionality prevails I believe that this fact is what makes many people install other systems on their computers which is not criticized in the end you can do with your life what you come in desire !!

  49.   choanm said

    I used Linux and I agree with it. Is it so hard to accept it? If it were because of what I see in the forums, I would say that Linux and OSX are majority systems and it is the opposite.

    By the way elav, "live and let live" does not apply to the one who created the article, the truth is that people who criticize Windows to be "cool" but use it, are being hypocritical, it is always good to give constructive criticism about it. And yes, each one must let the other choose what they want, but let's not be hypocritical that many would also like there to be more users on Linux and that is why many try to convince other people of the benefits of Linux. I personally use Linux and only Linux (for now), but if there comes a time when Linux doesn't give me what I need, I switched to another OS, which it did give me, period. We must recommend an OS according to what the other user looks for and needs, not according to what we want.

    I find your publication excellent! Very good article.

  50.   Carlos said

    It is very true about this article, but that happens because, the "devil", offers applications that are easier to use for all kinds of occurrences, which is not the case in Linux. In Linux to configure many things or the vast majority, you have to resort to the terminal. There is one or another graphic application, but they do not work quite well or do not do everything they should do. By ho by b, you always have to resort to the terminal. Today, as young Lao say today, "it is already." Leave the terninal for those who feel like computer bosses, users are looking for something else, among them, simplicity and speed. There is why, the "devil" is still used.

  51.   geronimo said

    The day Linux offers EQUAL or SUPERIOR solutions, in all computer fields, "THE DEVIL" disappears. But, at the rate we are going, I think Linux will never quite beat the Devil. Why ... I don't know, but all this is very strange. Years of life has linux and still does not even equal it to the devil. I repeat, it does not seem very strange. What is there beyond, what prevents Linux from really beating Windows? I would be willing to pay a license for a Linux that offers me the same as Windows, added to the virtues that it already has, with respect to the latter.

  52.   Wisp said

    The one who is born Windowslerdo will be so forever. And they are not ashamed, they even show it off with their "articles."

  53.   Angel_Le_Blanc said

    I try my best not to use proprietary software. And I don't use Windows at all, but it's still nothing remarkable. The remarkable thing, or rather the correct thing, is to really collaborate by raising bug reports, donating, contributing lines of code, and achieving one of these three promoting it. Note that they are my ideals, my aspirations, and I don't want to tell you that it has to be that way.
    The important thing is that they make a change.

  54.   The Vyasa said

    This is not a post… It is an opinion article! I am a dual user, but not for pleasure, I repair computers and almost all my clients use cherries (likewise, with mockery and everything). I cannot lose the habit of it until Linux is also the most used system in desktop PCs and laptops (which I hope will be very soon). Anyway, the entrance is very emotional! Regards.