I love *nix and I'd really prefer to use BSD but I have apps that it doesn't support (high-end video stuff) so I'm really stuck with GNU/Linux.
You'll note how I write GNU/Linux and not just Linux. Linus didn't invent an OS, he built a kernel with a shitload of help and without GNU there would be no Ubuntu, Mint, RedHat, Arch... etc. as we know them.
But Linus is happy to take all the credit and has become something of a dictator of the worst kind. In fact, I'd use BSD on my non-work laptop but I can't get some of the hardware to work (WiFi/BT stack) so that's me buggered.
The INSTANT I can get away from that wankfest and back to the true meaning of *nix as a desktop OS (KISS princpipal) I'm there.
It amazes me that more developers haven't followed suit - and this is, I expect, precisely the reason why Linus has become such an asshole over the years.
Tag me on that one too!
You'll note how I write GNU/Linux and not just Linux. Linus didn't invent an OS, he built a kernel with a shitload of help and without GNU there would be no Ubuntu, Mint, RedHat, Arch... etc. as we know them.
But Linus is happy to take all the credit and has become something of a dictator of the worst kind. In fact, I'd use BSD on my non-work laptop but I can't get some of the hardware to work (WiFi/BT stack) so that's me buggered.
The INSTANT I can get away from that wankfest and back to the true meaning of *nix as a desktop OS (KISS princpipal) I'm there.
It amazes me that more developers haven't followed suit - and this is, I expect, precisely the reason why Linus has become such an asshole over the years.