Comments on: Rounded Corners http://labnotes.org/2006/09/04/rounded-corners-13/ Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:29:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: links for 2006-09-06 -- Chip’s Quips http://labnotes.org/2006/09/04/rounded-corners-13/comment-page-1/#comment-10257 links for 2006-09-06 -- Chip’s Quips Wed, 06 Sep 2006 02:19:00 +0000 http://blog.labnotes.org/2006/09/04/rounded-corners-13/#comment-10257 [...] Programming Quotations Thanks, Assaf. “PHP is a minor evil perpetrated and created by incompetent amateurs, whereas Perl is a great and insidious evil, perpetrated by skilled but perverted professionals.” – (tags: programming quotes humor development software) [...] [...] Programming Quotations Thanks, Assaf. “PHP is a minor evil perpetrated and created by incompetent amateurs, whereas Perl is a great and insidious evil, perpetrated by skilled but perverted professionals.” – (tags: programming quotes humor development software) [...]

]]> By: Assaf http://labnotes.org/2006/09/04/rounded-corners-13/comment-page-1/#comment-10211 Assaf Tue, 05 Sep 2006 15:46:05 +0000 http://blog.labnotes.org/2006/09/04/rounded-corners-13/#comment-10211 I run Fedora. It took me about an hour to install most of it, which is fair given the size of the distribution (IO bound) and I do it about once a year. It took two months to get the WiFi working correctly, the right video drivers to play DVDs, the sound card working after resume, and I still don't have hibernation. I wasn't trying to cherry pick, I thought it was a good analogy. As long as it's hard, it will remain in the fringe of people who can make sources and vim configuration files. And that's too bad, because Linux in all its flavors has great potential. It just needs refinement. I run Fedora. It took me about an hour to install most of it, which is fair given the size of the distribution (IO bound) and I do it about once a year.

It took two months to get the WiFi working correctly, the right video drivers to play DVDs, the sound card working after resume, and I still don’t have hibernation.

I wasn’t trying to cherry pick, I thought it was a good analogy. As long as it’s hard, it will remain in the fringe of people who can make sources and vim configuration files.

And that’s too bad, because Linux in all its flavors has great potential. It just needs refinement.

]]> By: apotheon http://labnotes.org/2006/09/04/rounded-corners-13/comment-page-1/#comment-10172 apotheon Tue, 05 Sep 2006 09:10:26 +0000 http://blog.labnotes.org/2006/09/04/rounded-corners-13/#comment-10172 (re: Linux being easy) On the other hand, <a href="http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10877-6105410.html" rel="nofollow">Debian takes about twenty minutes to install</a>, while Windows XP takes about an hour. Cherry-picking comparisons tends to end up with an apparently undisputable win for whichever you expect to come out on top in cases like this, so "Linux isn't easy" won for you. (re: Linux being easy)
On the other hand, Debian takes about twenty minutes to install, while Windows XP takes about an hour. Cherry-picking comparisons tends to end up with an apparently undisputable win for whichever you expect to come out on top in cases like this, so “Linux isn’t easy” won for you.

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