Fuck you. I hope you die you cunt.

With Windows I can do everything I want, but with Linux I can only do maybe about 80%-90%. Close, but it's those edge cases which tend to burn you and make you question why you're trying to be different - and whether you're being different because you think it's better, or whether you've spent too much time on Linux forums with similar people who've convinced you that Linux is the better option.

I don't want to turn into an intolerant Linux zealot. I still want to retain at least some ability to communicate with 90%+ of the rest of computing users with respect.

Oh please. I'm in agreement with him. I've found a lot of gamers (also known as addicts) will become aggressively defensive if someone points out negative attributes of the activity. You can still enjoy them while understanding that they're unhealthy and zap time from other pursuits which can still be as fun, but also benefit in more tangible and socially acceptable ways.

You are making an assertion that Linux is superior as fact, rather than an opinion. Things such as this ARE subjective. Considering a different opinion as troll makes it impossible to have an intelligent discussion with you people.

Bullshit. You can clearly see pattens when it comes to pro-Linux and anti-Microsoft/Windows posts being moderated highly, and anti-Linux and pro-Microsoft/Windows posts being moderated poorly, regardless of the merit of what's being discussed and even the validity of their arguments.

People HATE Microsoft here, often with good reason. But they're also often unable to accept that Linux might have its own set of flaws and that it could not be anything but perfect. I've seen it time and time again - and I've argued with them time and time again (in older, now dormant accounts because it got too much). Nothing's changed in 10 years.

Can someone please explain why people say there's a toolbar in the Java installer? I have always gotten the JRE/JDK from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html and have never encountered such a thing. Am I the only one who knows these even exist?

Sometimes I wonder if people have making life more difficult for themselves just to give them something to rant about.

I know I was modded troll before, but I'll add a bit more.

Let me be very, very clear - I consider Windows 7, Office 2010 and Visual Studio 2010 to be the epitome of what Microsoft have created so far. The immediately following version of each of the above (Windows 8, Office 2013 and VS 2013) are all disasters in my opinion, not necessarily due to functionality or bugs, but due to the changes in UI. Windows 8 looks boring as fuck and Metro UI gets in the way in various areas even if you do your best to just stick to he desktop. Office 2013 looks boring as fuck and you need to choose one of the duller color schemes not to blow your eyes out (not to mention the high level of animations that actually make things feel less snappy, regardless of computer power). Visual Studio 2013 is the least affected of the UI changes, but the lack of color is still annoying but not to the same degree as the other two.

This is what Microsoft considers to be improvements to their core product line, and it's disappointing as hell. And I was marked as a troll before!

You know this, I know this, but despite all the evidence there aren't many people who can accept this on Slashdot. It would damage their eternal belief that Microsoft is on the brink of destruction.

To be honest I have enough trouble leaving Microsoft products at times, although often it's because they are the best at what they do. There's nothing that beats MS Office, Visual Studio, heck even the Explorer file manager has no equivalent in terms of speed, functionality and usability compared to anything in Linux (which might simply be because Linux file management is mostly done through the CMD, hence a lack of a desire to improve the GUI experience).

It is though. At the very least it has the virtue of being cross-platform, making it much easier to write cross-platform GUI applications in the first place compared to WPF. Of course such a benefit is less useful for Microsoft who only want their own platforms to dominate, but from a developer/user point of view it's much better.

The core Google apps for Android have always been closed source, which is why they aren't (supposed to be, anyway) distributed along with custom ROMs and you have to download them as a separate package. Since they tie in so closely with this God program, presumably said God application has to also be closed-source to prevent exposing anything (APIs, whatever) the apps utilize.

It would be nice if the core apps were open-source, but when the cards are down it shows that the open-source ideology only exists for Google when it's convenient, and not as a complete philosophy to be strictly followed.

Hey, we're not all autist...

Wait, sorry. Carry on.

I hear that as a cost-cutting measure, all flight training, simulations and tests will be instead now be performed using Kerbal Space Program.

"Of course it's an open-source OS! But we moved all the important parts to a closed-source mega-app which can give itself permission to do anything it wants."

Having said that, I'm not sure I want to start bashing Google too much. People complain about fragmentation and feature exclusion, but complain again when Google introduces a work-around to deal with slow vendor updates. Damned both ways, and if there was a simple, easy solution that did not entirely lock down the OS, it would have pushed out already.

By this point Nokia was basically a Microsoft division anyway, just without the official ownership (though there was proxy ownership via Elop). This was going to happen soon or later. It's an interesting situation though - who would license Windows Phone now that it's seen as a loser in the market AND Microsoft would be competing with you?