Linux failed to satisfy old PC Users
Some months ago, i wrote an article “3 Reasons why we shouldn’t use Linux“, after a lot of comments on the article in the favor of Linux, I thought i should also try Linux. So i downloaded Fedora 13. Then i made fedora 13 Live USB and boot my computer from USB, after boot fedora logo came and then system went on Standby. I thought that Linux was loading Files so i waited a long. After 10 to 15 minutes of wait, nothing happened, my system was on Standby, when i pressed power button, system turned off. I thought that was Fedora fault, then i downloaded Ubuntu 10.04, but i faced the same problem with Ubuntu.
I searched a lot on Google, then i found that it was because of Low Graphic Card and Linux Requires Higher Graphic Card. Only High Graphic Cards can Support Linux Frame Buffer, and if someone using Low Graphic Card then he/she will have to disable Linux Frame Buffer. Without Linux Frame Buffer the Graphics are not good, you cannot use high resolution i.e. only available resolution is 640×480.
Linux says “Linux is for everyone”, if Linux is for everyone so why Linux isn’t supporting My GX270 machine with 2.80 GHz and 1 GB DDR RAM? Windows XP, Vista and even Windows 7 works fine on my machine. New Linux is only for those peoples who has higher configuration Computers.
So isn’t it better to switch to Windows, because Windows is for everyone, even for Old Computers.
Well, I am not used to Linux and that’s the problem.
I am afraid you must of been very unlucky as one of my systems is exactly the same as yours – GX270 – and it boots Linux very well indeed. I dual boot mine (WinXP/Linux) and it works without any mods to frame buffers.
Maybe its the choice of Linux. Fedora is known as “bleeding edge” (sic) and from my understanding of Ubuntu is that although it probably the most used distro, it has lately become very poor at doing the basics with the recent releases.
**** … but even none of the Windows XP/Vista/7 support video cards out of box.
So why blame linux for it?
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Download yourself a bunch of Linux distro’s I suggest PCLinuxOS and Linux Mint.
Burn to CD/DVD or Use Unetbootin for Windows to create your install USB and check again. After finding the nicest looking distro install it on your HDD, for questions visit the forums and after 14 days of NOT using Windows I want to see another article by you. Good luck, **.
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You obviously know very little about linux. You mentioned only 2 distros you tried. There are distros that will run your old hardware. Did you try PClinuxOS?. How about Puppy Linux?. I think you gave up to easily. Sure Windows is for everyone. Everyone who pays for it. Then your computer can be controlled by that big Brother in Redmond. Then you can be forced to upgrade and have to shell out more money. I wont even mention the enormous virus threat that Windows users face everyday. I could go on and on. I am trying to figure out if this is a joke or if your are serious. If you are serious man do you have it wrong. Once you find the right distro for you then you will see that Linux is for everyone. Everyone that is willing to learn new things. Linux is not Windows. Thank God for that.
Now go and buy a ball of a sport you don’t practice and write that is not for everyone.
I read your “3 Reasons why we shouldn’t use Linux” and shows little comprehension of what Linux is, go and argue with the owners of the fastest supercomputers on earth. On the other hand I install Linux in old computers (mainly Pentium II and III) of schools in low income areas, son don’t tell me Linux is for “higher configuration Computers”
Linux is not Windows, that’s the first thing to know. I’m not a programmer but I’ve been using Linux for several years now and I was the only person in my office who didn’t format and reinstall every 3 months due to virus, now several use Linux.
Sure, you have to learn to use it, same as the first time you used Windows. BTW I just installed PCLinuxOS 2010.07 (KDE4 and all) in an old machine a VAIO VGN-fs730f, lower specs than your computer but runs fairly well.
If you honestly want to learn to use Linux and invest the proper time come to the forums, people here is friendly and willing to help http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/
Where it says “On the other hand I install Linux in old computers (mainly Pentium II and III) of schools in low income areas, son don’t tell me Linux is for “higher configuration Computers””
should say “On the other hand I install Linux in old computers (mainly Pentium II and III) of schools in low income areas, so don’t tell me Linux is for “higher configuration Computers””
Should say “so” not “son”. Sorry
Try PCLinuxOS.. it’s really worth it.. I have tried it on everyone of my OLD PCs and it works pretty fine..
PCLinuxOS is the best Linux Distro if I may say.. Good Graphics “Even For Old PCs”.. it’s very light..
I use several versions of Linux including Ubuntu and Lubuntu.
The OP didn’t do something right because every machine expect a
netbook I have runs Linux really well. In fact many versions of
Linux don’t need a gb of Ram. Ubuntu is more resource hungry then
some other versions of Linux but works well with 512 mg of Ram.
Any machine that supports XP or 7 should work well with Linux.
I read your three reasons right now and they don’t make any sense whatsoever.
You have failed to acknowledge that even if companies ran only on donations, if the users grew, they would receive more donations. Don’t you think?
And about too many distros, even if all of them did not survive, many of them would.
About application installation, nothing is as easy as linux. I read Apple is planning to have apt based system for their Mac OS (like the iPhone OS, the same is used in Ubuntu).
You said: “New Linux is only for those peoples who has higher configuration Computers”
I don’t quite understand by that. You clearly don’t have an understanding of Linux and that is understandable. You need not have all the information to be able to use it. But to make a comment, you should have at least looked up what sort of devices Linux currently runs on.
About your problems here, I’m sure it is Plymouth related. However, I am not very sure and I don’t know the exact config of your PC so I won’t be able to help much.
You should try out a Ubuntu Alternate Installation CD:
http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/alternative-download#alternate
and If it fails to boot and gets stuck at startup, just go to recovery console and remove plymouth-x11. I don’t know if that will work, but it is worth a try. You can also ask questions in Ubuntu forums.