Windows 8 security feature could block dual-booting Linux

Every friggin' news here (or just about anywhere) about Windows and Linux gets filled with comments about which one is better.

Since this is the 500.000th time it is really starting get friggin' annoying. Just use which one you like and shut up.

That was my tongue-in-cheek point. Qualified experience needs not to diss another while limited experience seems to roll in it - - :sigh:

Those that have been here awaile know I'm an agnostic when it comes to platforms and use them all.

hmm; some can't use a tennis racket either but those that do have great fun and some even get well paid for doing so
eg: Linux servers are a kick to work with.

Yawn...

Uh...

What the heck was THAT?!

I AM TALKING about the GUI in Linux -- be it GNOME, KDE, or whatever else.

My point is that I want a GUI THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE A MOUSE.

I said NOTHING about using the terminal.to "surf the Internet."

And as far as ignorance goes...

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=surfing the internet

Hah.

- S

@jobeard:

Hey -- you're right. And I apologize for seeming to foist a view upon you that you did not express. That was my mistake -- and I didn't realize it until I had already posted the comment. I just wasn't expecting to get mauled by someone who wasn't reading my post carefully enough (meaning, of course, the "Guest" who over-reacted to my comment about the mouse.)

I just hate the mouse. That's it. I know -- maybe I'm off-topic. But Linux bugs me because I always envisioned it as being a counter-culture operating system -- one that would be more user-configurable. I understand that there are limitations to things -- and I suppose that my view of what an OS should be all about is different from what most others might think.

Again -- this is what makes life fun. We have endless chances -- opportunities -- to do cool things. Let's try to do that together, instead of ripping each other apart.

I use both Windows and Linux so this does interest me. I run websites that use shared hosting so uploading to these websites from home is a lot safer in Linux. Besides, I love Gimp, Kino etc. I mostly use Ubuntu/Mint. They are brilliant.

I still use Windows 7 on this drive now and then and would prefer to purchase a Windows 8 machine that I can use Linux on as well. I have four drives (only three in the image below) that I use interchangeably on my system; two with Windows and two with Linux:

https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/34F145p34g_qc7XESncItMeSFEbI8NoLw2wb6hf38Cw?feat=directlink