He's the kind of Angry Nerd(Tm) I used to be in decades past. Bringing his rant to light has more to do with showing how not to approach a product review that the merits of his critique itself.
How he downplays problems with Linux, such as the enourmous ammount of time that it takes to customize a compiled-from-scratch distribution while overstating perceived problems with MacOS is definetely not a way to approach the issue.
We were all there once, some of us call them the "Linux Youth(tm)". It perfectly describes the honeymoon period where they're cheerleaders for their favorite distributions and can find no fault with anything related and nothing but fault with all of the competition. "My WIFI doesn't work, the DVD tray won't close, and the display doesn't come on but it works perfectly! hah! I know the compiled from scratch distribution pain all to well.
My WIFI doesn't work, the DVD tray won't close, and the display doesn't come on...
Oh, yes. the (not so) good old days of checking harware compatibility lists before buying any gear. If we have it easy today, we have to thank, of all companies, Microsoft. They used their monopoly power for good for once, they forced hardware makers to adopt standard interfaces, so they could use gwneric drivers on windows Vista and forward. This is why pretty much any PC today works with Linux without fuss.
He's the kind of Angry Nerd(Tm) I used to be in decades past. Bringing his rant to light has more to do with showing how not to approach a product review that the merits of his critique itself.
How he downplays problems with Linux, such as the enourmous ammount of time that it takes to customize a compiled-from-scratch distribution while overstating perceived problems with MacOS is definetely not a way to approach the issue.
We were all there once, some of us call them the "Linux Youth(tm)". It perfectly describes the honeymoon period where they're cheerleaders for their favorite distributions and can find no fault with anything related and nothing but fault with all of the competition. "My WIFI doesn't work, the DVD tray won't close, and the display doesn't come on but it works perfectly! hah! I know the compiled from scratch distribution pain all to well.
Oh, yes. the (not so) good old days of checking harware compatibility lists before buying any gear. If we have it easy today, we have to thank, of all companies, Microsoft. They used their monopoly power for good for once, they forced hardware makers to adopt standard interfaces, so they could use gwneric drivers on windows Vista and forward. This is why pretty much any PC today works with Linux without fuss.