Re:They're somewhat correct... (Score 1)

First boot always goes to the desktop hmm? Why do we want this? Think about this, if we allow them to be lazy and boot with GUI like windows they will use it and they will learn nothing. Do you want to be the one in the irc channel explaining to them about console or what xterm really is? I sure dont. Unix varients are ment to be stable right, well turning it into one big GUI mess isnt gonna help that path any. Yes i realise that you said a "choice" but you know, if we offer the user EVERYthing there will be too much bloat, it would be like SuSE ;D When i first started in linux I used Mandrake (eck) and it pretty much told me "Use GUI!" and I did, I remember the GUI login and i used to think "hey tihs is cool" Until i realised the whole new world of the linux console *ominous overlude* I am 10x faster in console than any GUI, and far more productive in work and in learning. As for linux being a game? Well, Sure anything can be considered a "game" windows script kiddies consider DoSing poor deffenseless and innocent people a "game" but is it? You dont HAVE to upgrade or tweak anything. The reason opensource is great is because so many people can work on 1 projects code and discover new bugs and fix them when possible, can you do that in windows? Not much at all that ive seen. the Unix mindset is far superior to Windows in a Business world. As weve seen in past slashdot articles Windows barely fixes its long list of security holes =] at least our OS tries to keep us informed and safe.