# LINUX: You're holding our kids back!
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-youre-holding-our-kids-back/59578
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [December 11, 2008, 2:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-youre-holding-our-kids-back/59578 "2008-12-11T14:00:41Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2008, 2:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-youre-holding-our-kids-back/59578/1 "2008-12-11T14:00:41Z")
> **[Linux - Stop holding our kids back](http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2008/12/linux-stop-holding-our-kids-back.html)**
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> This blog is momentarily interrupted to bring you a snippet of recently received email. "...observed one of my students with a group of ot...
Pretty sad that some people think Microsoft is the end-all be-all of software even now with Apple and Linux becoming more and more powerful.
I personally love the response and agree 100%. Linux is a great way to learn the in’s and out’s of a PC and how its constructed.
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### Author:  [@ILC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILC)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2008, 2:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-youre-holding-our-kids-back/59578/2 "2008-12-11T14:03:46Z")
HAHA My sister is 13, She is running Kubuntu, and already knows PERL. During her winter break she is going to be learning HTML, CSS, and other web Dev things.
I had nothing to do with this :snky:
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### Author:  [@BillysRevenge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BillysRevenge)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2008, 2:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-youre-holding-our-kids-back/59578/3 "2008-12-11T14:15:50Z")
Linux sucks
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### Author:  [@lightningbolt444](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/lightningbolt444)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2008, 2:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-youre-holding-our-kids-back/59578/4 "2008-12-11T14:21:20Z")
> [@BillysRevenge](#):
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> Linux sucks
Must either A. Not want to take the time to learn it or B. Is a Microsoft leg humper Seriously i run Fedora on my laptop and its so much better than Windows more stable more secure and you can do so much more not to mention it and all its programs are free
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### Author:  [@ILC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILC)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2008, 2:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-youre-holding-our-kids-back/59578/5 "2008-12-11T14:25:40Z")
IDK why people use Linux or Windows.
Macintosh is clearly the best choice… Since it has a superior Operating system and hardware.
:drama2:
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### Author:  [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2008, 2:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-youre-holding-our-kids-back/59578/6 "2008-12-11T14:30:49Z")
linux is a great OS, just a shame that it’s not as accepted commercially. It would be nice to see photoshop and other high end applications written specifically for it.
and because of that, it makes the OS sort of difficult to learn :\
> [@ILC](#):
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> IDK why people use Linux or Windows.
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> Macintosh is clearly the best choice… Since it has a superior Operating system and hardware.
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> :drama2:
lol
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### Author:  [@MPD47](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MPD47)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2008, 2:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-youre-holding-our-kids-back/59578/7 "2008-12-11T14:34:35Z")
Linux = Green party.
Srsly.
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### Author:  [@ILC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILC)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2008, 2:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-youre-holding-our-kids-back/59578/8 "2008-12-11T14:47:01Z")
> [@MPD47](#):
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> Linux = Green party.
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> Srsly.
MAC = green party
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### Author:  [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2008, 2:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-youre-holding-our-kids-back/59578/9 "2008-12-11T14:47:08Z")
I vote republican, and I am probably one of the biggest linux users on this site.
That email sent by that woman is ridiculous beyond belief. I was seriously infuriated reading that. Such ignorance.
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### Author:  [@ILC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILC)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2008, 2:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-youre-holding-our-kids-back/59578/10 "2008-12-11T14:51:19Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#):
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> I vote republican, and I am probably one of the biggest linux users on this site.
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### Author:  [@BillysRevenge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BillysRevenge)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2008, 2:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-youre-holding-our-kids-back/59578/11 "2008-12-11T14:52:17Z")
Linux especially Fedora core is basically a windows knock off…similar GUI, just not as user friendly or as supported.
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### Author:  [@MPD47](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MPD47)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2008, 2:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-youre-holding-our-kids-back/59578/12 "2008-12-11T14:52:49Z")
I meant more along the lines of obscure left wing no one cares about useless idiots in my comparison.
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### Author:  [@ILC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILC)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2008, 2:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-youre-holding-our-kids-back/59578/13 "2008-12-11T14:54:33Z")
> [@BillysRevenge](#):
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> Linux especially Fedora core is basically a windows knock off…similar GUI, just not as user friendly or as supported.
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### Author:  [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2008, 2:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-youre-holding-our-kids-back/59578/14 "2008-12-11T14:56:50Z")
> [@BillysRevenge](#):
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> Linux especially Fedora core is basically a windows knock off…similar GUI, just not as user friendly or as supported.
and totally open. You could rewrite the entire OS to your own liking if you wanted… you don’t have to use gnome either. I do agree though, it’s not as user friendly (can you imagine your grandmother hacking away in the console lol?) but support is actually pretty decent. If you ever have a problem, a simple google search will more than likely find the answer
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### Author:  [@BillysRevenge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BillysRevenge)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2008, 3:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-youre-holding-our-kids-back/59578/15 "2008-12-11T15:04:50Z")
Apache servers are the only plus side to Linux. The whole purpose of the GUI was to steer away from Command Line…yet linux still bases it’s operation around this. I understand that Linux is open source, but I’m guessing changing the kernal and so forth is not something that can be done in a couple minutes. By support I meant more along the lines of Live Help. Granted the windows knowledge center/database or w/e it’s called is insanely shitty, but there is more support via companies/phone lines/internet forums/so on for windows.
Overall I guess I hate Linux as a client. Especially installing it.
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### Author:  [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2008, 3:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-youre-holding-our-kids-back/59578/16 "2008-12-11T15:09:08Z")
> [@BillysRevenge](#):
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> Apache servers are the only plus side to Linux. The whole purpose of the GUI was to steer away from Command Line…yet linux still bases it’s operation around this. I understand that Linux is open source, but I’m guessing changing the kernal and so forth is not something that can be done in a couple minutes. By support I meant more along the lines of Live Help. Granted the windows knowledge center/database or w/e it’s called is insanely shitty, but there is more support via companies/phone lines/internet forums/so on for windows.
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> Overall I guess I hate Linux as a client. Especially installing it.
Apache has been ported over to windows btw
Changing the kernel? Download the source via yum or an rpm package…install/unpack make changes…and run the make command to compile :lol:
Weird MacOS X is built around BSD based core operating system it has a CLI…
You can get support for Linux based operating systems…You just need to buy support.
You hate installing Fedora? It takes almost the same number of clicks to install Windows XP as it does Fedora…
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### Author:  [@BillysRevenge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BillysRevenge)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2008, 3:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-youre-holding-our-kids-back/59578/17 "2008-12-11T15:13:13Z")
The instillation is more involved with Linux.
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### Author:  [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2008, 3:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-youre-holding-our-kids-back/59578/18 "2008-12-11T15:13:44Z")
> [@Dr.Stevil](#):
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> linux is a great OS, just a shame that it’s not as accepted commercially. It would be nice to see photoshop and other high end applications written specifically for it.
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> and because of that, it makes the OS sort of difficult to learn :\
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> lol
Whats wrong with GIMP 🙂
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### Author:  [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2008, 3:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-youre-holding-our-kids-back/59578/19 "2008-12-11T15:17:31Z")
nothing wrong with gimp, but put it head to head with a professional suite like Photoshop and the difference pretty clear, especially 3rd party plugins and shit. People do good work with it though
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### Author:  [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2008, 3:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-youre-holding-our-kids-back/59578/20 "2008-12-11T15:18:44Z")
> [@Dr.Stevil](#):
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> nothing wrong with gimp, but put it head to head with a professional suite like Photoshop and the difference pretty clear, especially 3rd party plugins and shit. People do good work with it though
True…Most graphics people use Macs and since they are bsd based I guess they are a lot closer to Linux.
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