???!
windows may work fine for most people, but it uses more system resources and is slower and unstable than mac or linux
(l.verity [Insert witty signature], Wed 7 Apr 2010, 14:54, 2 replies)

I suspect those differences are barely noticable
my computer has vista home on it, and it works perfectly fast, and aside from my shit netgear usb wireless dongle being shit, I've never had a single crash, and it is popularly thought that Vista is slower and shitter than most of the other windows versions.

edit: I've got off my original point here which was: have these views by all means, feel smug and self-satisfied by them, but don't let on to anyone, it is very unlikely to advance your case with the boy/girl/creature of your affections (should they actually exist in the real world)
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 7 Apr 2010, 14:56, closed)

I dont think that there are many people who would judge somebody by the operating system that they use, and besides who would want to date them???
(l.verity [Insert witty signature], Wed 7 Apr 2010, 15:04, closed)

it's not about what operating system they use
that's the point.

it's about them not wanting to date someone who would talk about their operating system, so I was advising you not to.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 7 Apr 2010, 15:05, closed)

I hardly ever talk about the fact that im a linux user, and in no way do i think that linux users are better than windows and mac users.
(l.verity [Insert witty signature], Wed 7 Apr 2010, 15:15, closed)

The REAL problem is to do with prolifieration...
there are so many different people using windows that they need to make a one-size-fits-all solution which invariably leads to problems.

Linux on the other hand, when I installed Ubuntu on my (not old, not brand new) spare PC at work, the display didn't work and I needed to fuck around, dredge forum after forum to find a solution - wheras Windows... just... worked...

if OSX or Linux had the numbers of windows, only then could you stand on your socially-stunted pedestal and feel smug. Unfortunately, it's not going to happen any time soon so you'll just have to continue pissing in the wind
(likeajackhammer, Wed 7 Apr 2010, 15:02, closed)

with linux there are many different distributions to cater to everybodys different needs, they don't need to take a "one size fits all" approach
(l.verity [Insert witty signature], Wed 7 Apr 2010, 15:08, closed)

but don't you see, this is far more intricacies that the average user wishes to go through just to type up their essay

(likeajackhammer, Wed 7 Apr 2010, 15:16, closed)

thats what ubuntu is for, ubuntu is for those who don't want to have to decide which distro to use, ubuntu does most things that the aforementioned would need to do, and lets not forget that linux is FREE aswell as faster
(l.verity [Insert witty signature], Wed 7 Apr 2010, 15:22, closed)