Comments on: Internet radio exec: don’t mention Linux!

By: Laurence

Laurence — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:15:26 +0000

My TomTom sat nav runs Linux and I never get lost with it.

There is only one thing stopping me using Linux all the time. Will they please sort out the dogs breakfast which is the colour gamut settings for photographic work and colour printing? sRGB is fine for play and web but if you want something like the Adobe 1998 gamut or even HD then the sane option is to go straight back to XP or Mac. XP will run most of the important image software for Linux since it is platform independant.

By: Gunner

Gunner — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:27:16 +0000

There is no “best” operating system, as it depends on the intended use. For security and less exposure to virus/malware you gotta go with Unix, Linux or Mac (Unix).

By: Mark O'Neill

Mark O'Neill — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:56:29 +0000

I once kicked an ATM and no money came out, so I rebooted it.

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Seriously, though, this makes me sad. Fuck Microsoft and their aggressive marketing and FUD

By: stokegabriel

stokegabriel — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:53:19 +0000

Initiating server query …
Looking up IP address for domain: http://www.pcpro.co.uk
The IP address for the domain is: 212.100.242.151
Connecting to the server on standard HTTP port: 80
[Connected] Requesting the server’s default page.
The server returned the following response headers:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:50:23 GMT
Server: Apache
Set-Cookie: PHPSESSID=h1npgc2nuvpg4iegt2oels3om0; path=/
Expires: Thu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT
Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0
Pragma: no-cache
Set-Cookie: dennisreg_sid=fe5933d9788f9c164bdee753968e1e34; path=/
Vary: Accept-Encoding,User-Agent
Content-Encoding: gzip
ServerID Query returns:
Content-Length: 13407
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
Query complete.
NUFF SAID!

By: merwolf

merwolf — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:26:36 +0000

After watching the server guys spend three weekends out of four in the datacenter patching hundreds and hundreds of Windows servers every month the news something runs Linux in our environment gets nothing but enthusiastic applause.

By: cavassin

cavassin — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:01:34 +0000

Dell: Linux v Windows netbook returns a ‘non-issue’
http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2009/08/12/dell_reality_linux_windows_netbooks/

so the “linux return” is a myth planted by ms

By: jobob smiff

jobob smiff — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:16:41 +0000

Reminds me of the time I went to Picadilly Circus, and saw the big Coke sign crashed with a windows message box….
Great advertising, for BOTH companies!

By: Kyle C

Kyle C — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:43:15 +0000

Hey, I only buy devices held together with silver screws.

By: Alan Pope

Alan Pope — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:32:28 +0000

Perhaps they are scared that the perception will be “I need to use a command line to configure this thing!?”

By: Krayon

Krayon — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 05:44:13 +0000

“PC retailers have largely retreated from Linux-based netbooks following reports of consumer confusion and a marketing onslaught from Microsoft.”

Consumer confusion? Where did this “fact” come from?