Work completely in Linux, abandon windows

Windows has not been used for six months. Linux has completed all my work efficiently.

Not everyone wants to use GNU/Linux. If you only need to deal with general transactions and play games, you do not need to understand the following.

I am not an avid freelancer, although I like it very much. This article is not used to promote the free software movement, although I think the free software movement is very good.

This article does not compare Linux and Windows Kernel efficiency, file systems, and network services. I am talking as a user rather than a developer. Our discussion is based on operations and application layer. It is to tell scientists and college students who do not know or understand UNIX, UNIX is more suitable for scientific research than Windows. Please understand how UNIX works, do not use Windows standards to require Linux, but use scientific standards to require yourself and arm yourself with UNIX ideas.

I am apparently opposed to promoting Windows in universities, especially science and engineering majors. I am also opposed to using Windows in computer enlightenment education for dolls. Because Windows, technically, economically, and in terms of ideology, is incompatible with our goal of cultivating high-tech talents. The popularity of Windows is a legacy of history. Grandpa-level people are of course irretrievable, but we should not let the next generation go astray.

UNIX is not a computer expert patent

When I suggest some non-computer professionals use Linux, many people say: "UNIX is used by computer systems, and we cannot understand it. "UNIX is used by boys. We don't need girls. "

But in fact, most scientists and engineers in the world use UNIX as their computer tools. It is simple, reliable, stable, powerful, and interesting. In most cases, UNIX is the only choice.

You said, "We all use UNIX. What do you do with computer professionals? "Fortunately, some computer professionals are dedicated to providing you with such powerful and convenient computer tools. If they only use the tool they make, what is the use of the tool?

To understand GNU/Linux, do not use Windows standards to require Linux.

Since the term GNU/Linux is too long, if it is not specified below, "Linux" refers to GNU/Linux ".

In this age, I am afraid no one needs to introduce what Linux is? If you think "Linux is just something similar to DOS", could you ask the Linux users next to you, what is Linux?

So why should I write such an article? Because, I found that many people do not understand Linux and UNIX. Although they are using it, they sometimes ask: "Why cannot Linux be like Windows ......? "," How to Redhat Linux cannot mount NTFS partitions! "," In Linux, what are hard drives used? "," When will OpenOffice be fully compatible with Word files? "," What else can't Linux do for Windows? "......

They have 40 Gb hard disks, but only allocate 2 GB space for Linux. Sometimes they complain, "How does this occupy so many hard disks! "Windows seems to occupy most of the hard disk. They don't seem to trust Linux to store important data in Windows partitions. They are always looking for novel, nice-looking GUI programs everywhere, and are dismissive of command line things. They are very interested in Drag & Drop, menu configuration, and automatic upgrade. If they find a Linux program that looks like a Windows program, they will be very happy to say: "haha! Linux ...... Now! "If Linux wins Windows in a certain test, they will jump up happily. They cannot solve the problem in Linux, or even run Windows programs using Wine. Sometimes there is no way, so we have to restart Windows, or simply save the trouble, to download a VMWare Virtual Linux in Windows.

If you see the above situation, it means that your thoughts have been influenced and misled by some subtle influences of Windows. You have not been able to understand the UNIX ideas that exist in Linux in essence. You support Linux. If you like Linux, you can feel happy. What you need to understand now is that Linux has never been a toy and is a descendant of genius UNIX. UNIX is the greatest invention since the invention of a transistor, and it has been better than Windows since its birth.

You need to understand what it is called "design". A bad design won't be better after the seams are completed. A good design can not only remain unchanged, it can also affect latecomers. An outstanding design coupled with an outstanding implementation is an outstanding invention. Linux is such an outstanding invention. Linux does not need to catch up with Windows or beat Microsoft. Its ultimate goal is to change the entire computer world and let people feel free and give people fun and convenience.

Unix is simple. You don't need to be a genius.

UNIX designer Dennis Ritchie said: "Unix is simple. it just takes a genius to understand its simplicity. "But I don't think so, because I am not a genius, but I am brave enough to completely delete Windows. When I encounter something I don't understand, I try to solve it in UNIX mode, instead of asking for help from Windows. Now I have realized the ideas and benefits of UNIX. I can work several times more efficiently than Windows. Because I believe in the belief that "Linux can do things that Windows can do, and it can do better. "

The beginning of this section should be changed to: "Unix is simple, and you do not need to be a genius or computer expert. However, in this world where Windows's misconceptions go wrong, you need faith and courage to understand its simplicity. "Let me tell you something I understand. First, you need to know that Microsoft has no position in the international science field.

Microsoft's position

Microsoft's reputation in universities in Europe and the United States, especially in computer science, may be heard. I know MIT, Stanford's professor, Bell's lab expert, and even a high school computer teacher from a small European country. In their eyes, Microsoft is only a small company with no real technology, dedicated to commercial propaganda and monopoly in backward countries. This "small" does not mean that it has fewer people and less money, but that it has fewer advanced technologies.

I wrote an algorithm demo program in my last cooperation with Wang Yi. The algorithm was a brilliant invention by Steven Fortune, a scientist at Bell Labs. In order to make the program available to most people around me, we chose VC + MFC as the platform. I also received enthusiastic encouragement from Fortune when analyzing algorithms. I sent me a piece of information and wrote back several times to explain many details. However, after the program is completed, I sent the sample to Fortune. He replied, "Sorry. No MFC is available on my machine. "It's very polite, but I already feel that he is not so fond of Windows. Then I compiled the MFC static program into the program and sent it to him, so he didn't reply back. He obviously does not look down on me, but does have difficulties.

How do you feel this scientist's attitude towards Microsoft and Windows? It's not dislike, but he has no such thing as Windows! Microsoft has not developed in the high-tech field. How can it survive? When they develop in developing countries, their people still have no idea about computers. I may even be able to enter the computer department of a university. I sent them software, I donated money to build the building, and I paid for the Tuling Prize winner to give a speech, making them think we are all scientists!

Now, almost all Chinese universities, including Tsinghua, are installed with pirated Win2000 and Office XP. The course selection system of the school is not IE and cannot be viewed correctly. The paper is edited by Word and presented by ppt, the email notification attachment is a doc file. You don't need to open it in Word. You can use VC to write programs for 863 projects. A long time ago I saw a newspaper saying, "Why does Microsoft not crack down on piracy? "This article says that Microsoft is not only not cracking down on piracy in China, but also is laissez-faire. "I want you to pay me back more than twice in the future! "Indeed, its goal is achieved quickly.

Computer Education in China under Windows

Bill Gates was my idol a long time ago ...... // Blush

In China, Bill Gates has been regarded as a sacred "Teenage computer genius" by many people. Even some people refer to his name as "Give a fist to Heaven. Many people talk about Microsoft's "new technology" and "high technology. Various books such as "VC Programming Bible" and "have a deep understanding of Visual C ++" will have very boring words on the first few pages. "In the chaos of that group, windows 1.0 was born as an amazing genie ...... "

How do people use these pirated programs when Microsoft software has been stolen by so many people? First, let's take a look at the computer training class, which teaches some DOS commands, typing, basic Windows operations, Word document processing, PowerPoint, and advanced classes, which may include Excel, Access ...... The number of people taking Microsoft certification exams, MCSE and MSDE, is endless. All the exam tutoring classes have been labeled with "280 yuan, so far. Exam references are even more expensive. Some computer bookstores use Microsoft Press for two full bookshelves. I have a student who takes the certification exam. Each exam requires more than 200 yuan. In addition, you will not be able to take an exam again, but you will have to pay for it again. Later, he also talked with me with relish and said that, seeing me, I spent XXXX (a four-digit) yuan to pass the Microsoft certification, get a signed Bill Gates certificate and a Windows XP Internal release worth RMB 6000.

"The computer is starting with the doll." Let's take a look at what the dolls learn. After most parents buy their children a computer, they will first install a pirated Windows, and then buy a pirated game to start playing. If a child uses Delphi to compile a program, that would be terrible. The newspaper reporter and television station rushed to report that the junior high school student of XX school has already used Delphi to write programs when others are still playing computer games. The camera also targeted Bill Gates in the photo frame above his display!

I didn't know what an operating system I was when I first joined the Computer Science Department of the University, because I used to only use "Chinese learning machine ". The new students talked about Windows 95 and VC "...... I think that I have been behind for decades. I can't answer any questions from them. I finally found a familiar student and asked, "What are the things you talk about every day? "A:" win95 is an operating system, which is similar to DOS. "" What is death? "" You don't even know what DOS is? Don't confuse the computer. "Of course, the school does not talk about VC programming or other things, but Pascal's teacher once said," Hi, our school is really lagging behind. Now we are talking about Pascal when others use C, C ++, or even VC. I don't know when the VC class will be available. You also need to use VC to go out, so you have to learn by yourself. "As a result, some students often hold a very heavy book such as" Windows Programming Daquan "in class, and do not attend lectures at all. "Code optimization is endless" and "Hungarian naming convention"