Please for give me for not staying in character but since I'm about to leave...might also want to check out gentoo if your going to do a source based linux.
I will look into that, thanks for the tip! I have seen you post about it a few times before
HAHA that is so very funny at 7:50 a.m.
im sorry but even though you guys have cookies i cant come to the dark side
or just move to the UK where the courts are forcing Microsoft to be open source!
No come, linux is calling you
OMG, perfect write-up
You'll have people behind you on this ordeal Aja!!
Thank you! I think I am going to need the support LOL
You know, I read all these complaints about BSOD's, but I cant help but think that the screens people get here are not necessarily XP's fault. I have used XP for years without a BSOD, when not OCing.
I OC my machines just like most on these forums, and yes I may get a BSOD while trying to find my stable speed, but once stable I never see them again.
SO, I am more inclined to think its user error causing the BSOD's a lot of the time.
If you OC, perhaps your system is not as stable as you think
My question to you aja is WHAT did you do to get the BSOD?
And lets NOT FORGET that Linux has its form of a BSOD as well.. Kernal Panic FTW!
You are misunderstanding my post and my situation. I was using the term BSOD to refer to what windows meant to me, what I identify it with. For me:
Windows=BSOD; start button; BSOD
Linux=confusing; free; customizable
Mac=one-button mouse; cool laptop keyboard design; too damn expensive
In any case, it is not an issue of "well if I get one more BSOD..."
BSOD!
"fine, no more Windows for me..."
It is so much more than that. It has to do with the fact that the latest and greatest Microsoft has to offer no longer appeals to me. When I was using Windows 98se I couldn't wait for this rumoured XP thing to arrive. Now that I am using XP, I dread the day I have to start using Vista. This is not from what I heard, but from my personal experience with the operating systems.
I have been using PC's for a long time. I grew up with DOS. In my honest opinion it was (and in a perfect world still is) the perfect operating system. I watched as Windows evolved further and further away from the structured command line into something that I find illogical and counterintuative to use. I taught myself how to use every operating system up until Vista. Now I have had enough. It seems that other than gaming or running specific programs, the daily tasks of emails, surfing, research, typing, programming etc are so much more convienient to me in the linux world. I have a very limited experience with Linux, but I knew more about it in 15 minutes than I did after my first few hours with Vista(And I am a windows-only user, and I am a PC tech!).
This is a personal choice, like choosing your next make of car. I will always have windows around, for CAD design and games etc. But I would also like to learn something new.
(As a direct answer to your question, I have experienced many BSOD's that were software related on stock clocked machines. I am not the type to overclock, get a BSOD, then go around badmouthing Microsoft. The non-overclock related BSOD's have been due to bad initial installs, corrupt system files and system hangs etc. I have experienced BSOD's on several PC's(I maintain a call center), using identical equipment. After a re-install it goes away, so it is not hardware related. Ghosts in the machines, maybe? I don't know. In any case, I want more than Microsoft can offer, in terms of being able to utilize what my computer is capable of)
QFT. All OS's have their annoyances. XP does a lot of things right, and is a great OS in a lot of ways.
One advantage to GNU/Linux is that it is very transparent; errors are logged and traceable, so things can be fixed usually, without the proverbial "Windows reinstall".
I must add though, that I didn't have nearly as many annoyances with Windows as with GNU/Linux, partially because there's not much to fiddle with, comparatively speaking.
With Windows, I used it as a solid, static platform to which I added software that I needed. GNU/Linux is different because it allows you to build from the ground up, and such customization invariably requires more maintenance and brings the potential for more breakage.
The 2 are quite different, even though they are used to do the same things.
I guess you will know what I mean when I say that I couldn't be happier with my XP Pro x64, it is just that I want something more.
I am a convert to Linux.
One thing I have found out. MS will always be a loose association to my computing. In a bad way? No, but personally. I will lean towards the Herd. I understand that we need tools for certain tasks.
As for the BSOD.... What are them things you talk about? I have to admit, They are rare, unless you have hardware issues. I have had more Kernel panics then the BSOD in the last.. oh.. 4 years. My bad though.
My machine: 99.9% GNU/Herd - 0.1% NTFS. (PITA for HW switch over)
Wifes machine: Used to be 100% GNU/Herd. Now it is 2x boot via GRUB. It is our simple gaming "older" machine running 2k( Xp was heavier then this, and I have legit copies<keys> of both.. and every one since forerever....) And yes, I crushed the network stack. When she needs files. She boots into Linux and moves the files over to the F32 drive. '98 does not support some of the hardware *angry* So 2K it was. I like Xp alot, but I want simple NTFS type gaming and none of the tom-foollery of the crap that is pushed!
You have to use what works for you. As does the kernel you choose. It may be one distro or a pick or Windows,
I treid to kill MS off my machines. I found out. My wife LOVES gaming. So MS will always have some place on our HD's/ No one says we have to have a network with it.
As I mentioned above, I will always have Windows around, I cannot do certain things without it. But I want to have the operating system behave exactly how I want it to behave.
I've had my share of bsods with Windows, and several kernel panics in Linux; that end of the user experience is not so much of an issue with me. I strongly resent the activation thing, and the whole mindset that the software purchase you made doesn't really "belong" to you, even though you paid for it. Of course, it goes without saying that piracy is not only illegal but immoral as well. I don't know what the solution is, for software developers that are trying to protect their intellectual 'rights', but for me as a consumer...I choose to use software that does not have those kinds of issues.
I love the fact that you can install Ubuntu (or equivalent) and switch it on. Yep thats right, just switch it on
No phoning and typing in stupidly long CD-keys. No stolen activations. No lost CD-keys. No lost CD's. No accidental deactivations. No "is your software genuine..." check. No "you have activated too many times"
Just switch it on