Novell Linux, Mac, PC

Novell Marketing Video for Linux playing on the popular Mac vs PC videos.

What is Linux? See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux


Some points for Linux off the top of my head:

- Free (as in speech). I have the freedom to tweak the system as I wish.
- DRM Free
- Superior method of software updates, installation
- Solid stability (servers I run have been up for 1+yrs, my desktop 1+ month)
- Can scale down to very old/obscure hardware (I have a Linux file server running an old 266, 24MB ram
- Virtually Spyware/Virus free
- Variety of system tools not available in Windows. Extensive programming interface.
- Very cool eye-candy ahead of other Operating systems. Youtube search "compiz", see the upcoming KDE, see the current version of Gnome.
- I know exactly what my computer is doing. Can't say the same thing with Windows, OS X
- Although I agree gaming is lacking, I personally don't game on PC but what I do see is the amazing benefit of being able to have access to the thousands of OSS packages out there.
- Luxury of using technology backed up by contributions and usage by companies such as IBM, HP, Sun, Google, many governments, military orgs, NASA, universities, super computer research. Outside the desktop Windows presence is not the greatest.
- Constant updates to all my software. You can choose to run cutting edge or run stable.
- Ability to decide what to install and what not to (can't say the same thing about XP)
- Freedom of not depending on one single vendor. I know my needs will not be put aside by the needs of a corporation anytime soon.
- Decades of solid tested UNIX (like) technology (see OS X benefits, not XP though)
- The ability take a part in the development process of the OS I use.
- Oh, did I mention it's free as in beer?

Category:

Comedy

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• mac
• linux
• spoof
• windows
• pc
• advertising
• commercial
• novell
• suse
• osx
• ad

[MadMAxx765]

i think it's impossible to someone who's not crazy to use a Linux on a MAC, come on that makes no sense, everyboy who's inteligent knows that the Linux it's just a copy of the MAC OS. My god..

[loconet]

@MadMAxx765 ... "Linux it's just a copy of the MAC OS". ehh..no. You do know that Linux came before the version of MAC OS (OS X) that is based on a version of Unix right? And Unix came before both of them. Nobody is copying anyone. Although they have a similar base, they're different OSs.

[2fast4uFED]

question, just a question: linux is open source right? so doesn't that make you VERY vunerable to downloading a virus while you think you're downloading linux?

[loconet]

@2fast4uFED

No. The complete opposite is true. Because Linux is open source, and usually available for free download under the various distributions, people rarely download it from non-official locations (ie. no need to pirate it and hope you are not downloading viruses). Official distributions (ubuntu, fedora, debian, etc) offer plenty of download options, which not only are fast, but also provide ways to verify that what you are downloading is in fact what you intended to download.

[brainslurper]

Hey, I am linux. I dont have native support for steam, battle.net, or mac app store games. I also have no support for adobe after effects, dreamweaver, fireworks, flash catalyst, flash, illustrator, indesign, OR photoshop. I also have no support for sony vegas OR final cut. I am great if you intend on not being able to do anything.

[loconet]

@brainslurper That is extremely misleading. You are not using the word "support" properly. Linux "supports" those programs as much as any other Operating System. It's just software. You can compile and execute instructions just like any other OS. The fact that vendors of those applications choose to not create a Linux version of their applications is a completely different story that has VERY little to do with what the OS "supports" and more about what makes business sense for their company.

[quantumdude]

Linux is a KERNEL people....and it should actually be called GNU/Linux :D.

[Mastermind12358]

@brainslurper

Hey, im Brainslurper. Im both ignorant and extremely stupid.

[evilunixuser1]

@MadMAxx765 - completely wrong - Linux is Linux - simply a kernel with supporting programs around it. MAC OS is derived from BSD Unix - which is different.

[3chint]

i say linux is a mix of mac and pc ! :P

[brainslurper]

@Henrikhnwi The problem isn't my inability to use it- it is more efficient to use an interface that I couldn't mold from my own poop. I'm sure there are some interface mods out there, but I really have no use for blender right now.

[Henrikhnwi]

@brainslurper

You just have to learn how to use Blender's interface. There is plenty of tutorials online.

[brainslurper]

@Henrikhnwi Photoshop is made by adobe. GIMP isn't. GIMP doesn't even have a working Mac version, so that's a large portion of the graphic design market that can't use it, not that they would be using it anyways if they could afford photoshop. Blender might actually be useful if it's interface wasn't in chinese.

[Henrikhnwi]

@brainslurper

Well, most. Photoshop for example, it has an open-source version called GIMP.

[brainslurper]

@Henrikhnwi There is no open source version of anything I mentioned.

[Henrikhnwi]

@brainslurper

There is open-source versions of those.