Is Linus Torvalds Speaking for Linux Anymore? 417
An anonymous reader writes to tell us CNET is currently running a story asking 'Is Linus Torvalds even speaking for Linux anymore?' It examines both Torvalds' recent public statements on other operating systems and his current approach towards Linux. The author wonders if his utopian view of how an operating system should be viewed and used is just too alien from what the majority of users are really looking for. "if it were up to Torvalds, beauty and intuition would take a backseat to functionality. But when you look at distributions like Ubuntu or OpenSuse, it looks like no one is paying attention. 'An OS should never have been something that people (in general) really care about: it should be completely invisible and nobody should give a flying [expletive] about it except the technical people.' Sure, that statement makes some sense, but in the grand scheme of things, it's the design and usability factor that makes the operating system much easier to use. And while both Mac OS X and Windows have their issues, for the average person, it makes more sense to use those than Linux."
set in stone (Score:5, Funny)
Re:FUD alert (Score:5, Funny)
'An OS should never have been something that people (in general) really care about: it should be completely invisible and nobody should give a flying [expletive] about it except the technical people.'
It sounds like this Linus guy should focus his energy on the Linux kernel then huh?
Someone friendly & flexible should speak for L (Score:5, Funny)
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tag?)Re:People don't choose an OS for an OS. (Score:1, Funny)
We don't -want- your type on Painfully Masochistic oS, anyway!
Re:set in stone (Score:5, Funny)
Re:FUD alert (Score:2, Funny)
Re:People don't choose an OS for an OS. (Score:5, Funny)
I bet 99% of all people using Linux don't know how to change the current directory under Linux (on x86 it's: Load register eax with 12, load register ebx with pointer to zero-terminated string naming the new directory, call int 80h). But that's OK, because the user usually doesn't have to know it. Instead he interacts with some piece of software which does all this for him, be it the shell (where he'd type cd directory), or some file manager (where he probably would klick or doubleclick on a symbol representing the directory of choice; although that probably won't actually result in a change of directory, but just in the display of the desired directory; but then, the user couldn't care less how the functionality is implemented under the hood).
Logic is cheaper at CNET! (Score:5, Funny)
Brilliant. Just brilliant.
I didn't RTFA and I'm not going to RTFA. Whenever I hear logic like this, it makes me reach for my revolver.
And while I'm in the mood, don't get me started on how CNET isn't really complaining about Linux, it's GNU part - you know, the part that seems to be always denied by not using the proper name, GNU/Linux, but always gets trundled out as a defense mechanism.
I hate the smell of bad logic. I love the smell of napalm in the morning.
And for anyone tempted to not get it - this post isn't flamebait. It's a retaliation against the slagging my intelligence was just given.
Maybe I'd be in a better mood if the summary went, "An anonymous reader laughed his fucking ass off when he saw this crap, and thought - correctly - that any of us in a bad mood might find fun in slagging CNET. Here's their latest proof that journalist with IQs below 50 can get a job at CNET - because they know their market:
Yeah. That's the ticket.
Re:set in stone (Score:3, Funny)
Re:FUD alert (Score:5, Funny)
Karma please!
Re:FUD alert (Score:3, Funny)
"Hello? I can't see my operating system. I think its invisible. Can you help me?"
Re:FUD alert-Plug leak. (Score:5, Funny)
As far as I understand... it goes something like this...
IP "I got some shit!!!"
TCP "you got some shit? I know what to do with that shit!!!"
HTTP "this shit makes sense, thanx TCP"
TCP "No problem HTTP, but IP deserves most of the credit, thank IP"
IP "Your Welcome"
meanwhile NIC sulks in the corner who deserves all of the credit for the entire conversation.
Re:Operating System != GUI (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Semantics Nazi alert (Score:5, Funny)
I propose an acronym for this behavior, much like FUD... that is "CNET". and it stands for "CNET: Nothing Except Trash". Phoenetically, you can say it as "Seen'it, nothing except trash." making it more suitable for things outside of CNET.
kthxbai
Re:People don't choose an OS for an OS. (Score:2, Funny)
I think part of my brain squirted out of my ear and I kinda need that right now.
"If it weren't for my horse, I wouldn't have spent that year in college."
--The Most "Get Off My Lawn" Being Ever, Lewis Black
Torvalds vs MacOS (Score:3, Funny)
In the red corner weighing....maybe 10% market share, it's MacOS and it's loyal zealot fans
Who will win in the fight of the decade? Who's bugs will triumph. You too can gamble your future by becoming intimately familiar with one of these Operating Systems and ignoring the other (plus the other mainstream elephant in the kitchen!!!). Tickets are selling fast. Price is your loyal zealothood and your soul. Hurry in today!
Re:FUD alert-Plug leak. (Score:4, Funny)
Re:FUD alert-Plug leak. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:FUD alert-Plug leak. (Score:4, Funny)