Quote Originally Posted by Tel
Gah, Linux is the best, Macs suck mostly cause of the iPod (Seriously, Why do you buy those gay things? There EXTREMELY overpriced.), Windows sucks cause of the Viruses and bugs, Linux sucks cause of the limited compatibility. But with Linux, Pretty much everything is free. Plus the fact that its open source, which means that if you have the ability, you can REALLY customize or even make your own Operating System.

Enough of me ranting, Those commercials were pretty good, but they weren't exactly funny.
Eeek (a girlie scream)! Macs and iPods don't go together. Yeah, the big iPods are overpriced. But my little Shuffle does a great job and was in line with the price of similiar players. For a fancier unit, I would look around first. The iTunes store sells the iPods, I have yet to see any online store that is more complete.

Lots of the free stuff you get on Linux also works on Windows. I have Open Office (although MS Office is vastly superior), SciLab, Firefox, Thunderbird, Opera, TrueCrypt, free Zone Alarm, etc. Come to think of it, the only commercial products I've paid for on my personal Windows laptop is UltraEdit (fantastic for about $30) and MS Office - even that was free because I work for the college and its covered under the site license.

Those little inconsitencies are what holds Linux back from The Show. I want to play a DVD on my laptop without having to hack or steal software. I want to edit photos with a good software package. I want a first class editor that didn't get stuck in the muck of the 1980s. I want device drivers. I tried going Linux-only and lasted about a week at best. But, with just some small changes, that could be very different.

Maybe the new Ubuntu 7.04 now in alpha testing..?