Comments on: Switching back http://www.speedkill.org/2008/12/01/2142/ Radioactive Toy Tue, 06 Apr 2010 01:19:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jeff http://www.speedkill.org/2008/12/01/2142/comment-page-1/#comment-504357 Jeff Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:06:24 +0000 http://www.speedkill.org/?p=2142#comment-504357 I don't really blame MS for the allow/deny stuff. In theory, it doesn't seem that different from Ubuntu popping up password prompts when it wants to run something as root. It's just that Windows developers got used to being sloppy and writing data where they shouldn't, so it pops up constantly. Then again, I haven't seen the full extent of it, so maybe it's more than that. I didn't even think about shell programs for Windows. A former co-worker of mine had one and I can't remember the name of it. I don’t really blame MS for the allow/deny stuff. In theory, it doesn’t seem that different from Ubuntu popping up password prompts when it wants to run something as root. It’s just that Windows developers got used to being sloppy and writing data where they shouldn’t, so it pops up constantly. Then again, I haven’t seen the full extent of it, so maybe it’s more than that.

I didn’t even think about shell programs for Windows. A former co-worker of mine had one and I can’t remember the name of it.

]]> By: Craig http://www.speedkill.org/2008/12/01/2142/comment-page-1/#comment-504349 Craig Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:24:35 +0000 http://www.speedkill.org/?p=2142#comment-504349 Vista isn't as bad as some people make it out to be, but it does hide a lot of the "power geek" type stuff from you. The "allow/deny" stuff is kind of tedious at first, but every once in a while, it saves you from stupidity. There's still some suck to it, to be sure, but then again, it's an MS product, so what do you expect? I thought long and hard about going to Linux as my primary OS on this machine, but multimedia and games killed it for me. I've messed around some with PowerShell, and while it's supposed to be powerful, I found it cumbersome and hard to use -- at least compared to Bash. Vista isn’t as bad as some people make it out to be, but it does hide a lot of the “power geek” type stuff from you. The “allow/deny” stuff is kind of tedious at first, but every once in a while, it saves you from stupidity. There’s still some suck to it, to be sure, but then again, it’s an MS product, so what do you expect?

I thought long and hard about going to Linux as my primary OS on this machine, but multimedia and games killed it for me.

I’ve messed around some with PowerShell, and while it’s supposed to be powerful, I found it cumbersome and hard to use — at least compared to Bash.

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