XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: flatfish99_spmrmv@yahoo.com   
      
   On Sun, 05 Dec 2010 10:14:32 +0100, Hadron wrote:   
      
   > Lawrence D'Oliveiro  writes:   
   >   
   >> In message , Snit wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> I know when my wife first saw Ubuntu she thought it was some OS from the   
   >>> late '80s or early '90s just from the look.   
   >>   
   >> As opposed to Windows XP, still the most widely used version of Windows,   
   >> which looks like a reject from a particularly bad brainstorming session in   
   >> the marketing department at Fisher-Price.   
   >   
   > Are you pretending to be this stupid or does it come naturally? Windows   
   > XP came out in 2001 or so. It is purposely a "base look and feel". The   
   > ones being compared in this thread are modern UIs on the plethora of   
   > distros that only seem to vary in the default theme... ie a waste of   
   > time and effort that dilutes resources.   
      
   This idiot is one of our regulars.   
   He appeared in November and seems as dumb as a loaf of bread.   
   He also likes to move the goal posts.   
      
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   Desktop Linux doesn't suck, it's just ignored.   
   Here are Linux desktop usage figures:   
   http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/69108   
      
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