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:5 Reasons Why Switching to Ubuntu is a Really Dumb Idea
5 Reasons Why Switching to Ubuntu is a Really Dumb Idea
Jun 2, 2008, 22 :30 UTC (24 Talkback[s]) (8163 reads)

(Other stories by Pablo Richie)

"So you want to get with the 'cool' crowd, drop Uncle Bill’s operating system, and switch to the very free and completely open source alternative Ubuntu Linux.

"Here's five reasons why you should think very carefully before even attempting that installation..."

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why did you put this on your site? this  ...   nonsense   
Richard
Jun 2, 2008, 22:56:19
 
Hi ...   Troll (don't read my comment either)   
GaAsP
Jun 2, 2008, 23:06:27
 
This article is garbage.  I am not reall ...   Garbage   
Ken
Jun 2, 2008, 23:35:21
 
The author uses logical fallacies to pro ...   MS troll alert!   
judecn
Jun 2, 2008, 23:46:06
 
This is possibly the dumbest article I&# ...   Dumb   
Craig
Jun 2, 2008, 23:50:37
 
It should read "Don't switch to Ubun ...   There's a typo in the title   
Greg P
Jun 2, 2008, 23:52:11
 
If you are afraid of scary computer term ...   It depends   
Will
Jun 2, 2008, 23:54:45
 
the article is simplistic and super bias ...   don't you let yourself fouled by linux's "   
Daniel
Jun 2, 2008, 23:56:46
 
This guy is a really dumb user. He does  ...   Dumb User   
Stomfi
Jun 3, 2008, 00:49:20
 
Not worth a click. Sorry that I did clic ...   Troll   
Kurt
Jun 3, 2008, 01:02:28
 
i guess they wanted some traffic... noth ...   Re: nonsense   
d
Jun 3, 2008, 02:31:46
 
Brian, do you remember that discussion a ...   Not enough ad revenue, Brian?   
Brandioch Conner
Jun 3, 2008, 03:08:20
 
Gimp = MS-Paint?I had to stop reading it ...   Don�t loose your time reading this article.   
faco
Jun 3, 2008, 03:14:37
 
super!d> Brian, do you remember that dis ...   Re: Not enough ad revenue, Brian?   
d
Jun 3, 2008, 03:35:39
 
Everything in Linux kind of works. The l ...   Everything in Linux Kind of Works.   
bravo
Jun 3, 2008, 11:34:38
 
Yes, this article is a steaming pile of  ...   Missing the point   
cob
Jun 3, 2008, 15:17:52
 
Everyone needs to calm down.  When I saw ...   Know Thy Enemy   
Joe in DC
Jun 3, 2008, 15:58:14
 
It is important to publicize obvious tro ...   Troll yes - but worth while reporting   
Gordon
Jun 3, 2008, 17:02:06
 
> For me Linux became a reasonable OS ch ...   Re: Everything in Linux Kind of Works.   
Rainer Weikusat
Jun 3, 2008, 17:05:49
 
Something I had to troubleshoot @ work t ...   An XP story.   
Rainer Weikusat
Jun 3, 2008, 17:19:07
 
...It is important to publicize obvious  ...   re: Troll yes   
Brandioch Conner
Jun 3, 2008, 19:53:15
 
> You are confusing two completely unrel ...   Re: Re: Everything in Linux Kind of Works.   
bravo
Jun 3, 2008, 21:22:37
 
> I have done the setup of the monitor b ...   Re: Re: Re: Everything in Linux Kind of Works.   
DDahl
Jun 4, 2008, 08:45:32
 
[long text about X video on monitor conf ...   Re: Re: Re: Everything in Linux Kind of Works.   
Rainer Weikusat
Jun 4, 2008, 09:33:41
 
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