[mdlug] Putting together some FUD-dispelling points

[Robert Adkins]

Linux is just plain faster on the same hardware, even when running far 
more services than it's Windows counterpart.

Case in point:

I have an ATI-TV Wonder card.

This is installed into a Dual-Boot Windows/Linux machine and the 
drivers/control software for this card on both platforms is installed 
and working.

On Windows, the signal conversion is slower because the entire TV 
experience occurs approximately 2 seconds after they do so on TV in the 
living room. Sure, the video and sound are in sync on the PC, but they 
happen slower than the dedicated hardware TV.

On Linux, the signal conversion is instantaneous as the sound and video 
is perfectly in sync with the TV in the living room.

-Rob


Ingles, Raymond wrote:
>> From: Michael Corral
>>     
>
>   
>> Wow, the wintrolls accomplished their goal: getting you to waste your
>> time trying to win them over. My question is, why even bother?
>>     
>
>  I'm not trying to win *them* over. When that stuff comes up in other
> contexts, I just want to be able to point them at something to help
> *others* see through the crap. A little time invested now to save plenty
> of time later.
>
>   
>> 1. I think it's better to stay as distro-agnostic as possible when
>> discussing the benefits of Linux. I thought you way had too much of an
>> Ubuntu emphasis, only one mention of Suse and no mention of Fedora.
>>     
>
>  Ubuntu's what I'm familiar with. I like it. My examples come from there
> 'cause that's what I'm using. However, I tried to be fair to other distros.
>
>   
>> 2. The 'Linux is "Too Hard To Use"' section is a little bit unfair to
>> Windows when discussing debugging app crashes. A lot of applications
>> in Windows do write useful information to the Event Logs, which are
>> easily viewable in the Event Viewer. A lot of Windows users don't know
>> about the Event Viewer, but then again a lot of Linux newbies don't
>> know how to debug Linux apps either.
>>     
>
>  I've seen a lot of completely useless binary dumps in the Event Log, too.
> More often than useful info. And the two main problems I've had on Windows,
> file corruption and video driver crashes, I couldn't find anything useful
> in the event logs at all.
>
>   
>> Also, you say "My wife uses Linux to read email, surf the web, do
>> word processing, watch amusing videos, etc.",
>> but didn't you just post to the list recently about how your wife was
>> giving up on OpenOffice and wanted to go back to MS Office? :)
>>     
>
>  Yes, I will be updating that. And it turns out Crossover wasn't enough
> for her; she had trouble with copy/paste and some things were sluggish.
> Surprised me, given the reviews, but oh well. I've picked up the cheapest
> possible Dell and it'll run her Office stuff. In some ways it works out
> well, I'll have the whole Linux machie to myself. :->
>
>   
>> 3. The link "Linux only follows the work of others and does 
>> not innovate."
>> <http://ingles.homeunix.org/rants/fud/follower.html> appears 
>> to be broken.
>> I'm getting a 404 Not Found error when clicking on that.
>>     
>
>  Yup, haven't finished that one yet. You can see I've been wasting
> every waking hour on this. :->
>
>  Sincerely,
>
>  Ray Ingles                                                (313) 227-2317
>
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