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Anybody here use Linux?
If I ask this question at a Linux ng, they'll say XP sucks. If I ask at an
XP ng, they'll say Linux sucks. From what I've read Mandrake is the best for desktop apps and for newbies (like me). I've been using windows since 3.11(currently XP home) and was wondering if anybody here uses Linux, and how does it compare to XP? |
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No, no one here would even THINK of using xinux. ;^)
What do you plan to use the OS/system for? All the latest software, games, tax programs, accounting, CAD? Admittedly its been awhile since I dabbled, but I think the biggest limitation would be that there is not allot of mainstream software to be had. However, it is on an ever increasing amount, as I have seen many titles coming out with Linux versions. "GlueGum" wrote in message . .. If I ask this question at a Linux ng, they'll say XP sucks. If I ask at an XP ng, they'll say Linux sucks. From what I've read Mandrake is the best for desktop apps and for newbies (like me). I've been using windows since 3.11(currently XP home) and was wondering if anybody here uses Linux, and how does it compare to XP? |
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GlueGum wrote:
If I ask this question at a Linux ng, they'll say XP sucks. If I ask at an XP ng, they'll say Linux sucks. From what I've read Mandrake is the best for desktop apps and for newbies (like me). I've been using windows since 3.11(currently XP home) and was wondering if anybody here uses Linux, and how does it compare to XP? i use linux sometimes. two out of three of the systems on my KVM use a free unix of some sort (linux or freebsd) and the third uses XP. how do they compare? that totally depends on your goals. if you use (or aspire to use) unix tools in the workplace, linux makes a cheap and compatible home system. beyond that, there are plusses and minuses. a CD set from mandrake will have more bundled apps (totally free, and not demoware) than an XP install .... but if you try to move beyond that starting set you won't have as many options as XP. .... it goes on and on, plusses and minuses, but disk space (or even a secondary system) is cheap, so give it a try if you want. fwiw, here is the story of somebody choosing a $40 computer (plus extras) to try linux on. the main site, LinuxBeginners might be a good place for you to surf anyway: http://www.linuxbeginner.org/modules...rticle&sid=372 |
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"GlueGum" wrote in message . .. If I ask this question at a Linux ng, they'll say XP sucks. If I ask at an XP ng, they'll say Linux sucks. From what I've read Mandrake is the best for desktop apps and for newbies (like me). I've been using windows since 3.11(currently XP home) and was wondering if anybody here uses Linux, and how does it compare to XP? I use as many OS's as I can get my hands on. Mandrake is probably as good as any to get started on... give it a try and judge for yourself. |
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In article ,
GlueGum wrote: If I ask this question at a Linux ng, they'll say XP sucks. If I ask at an XP ng, they'll say Linux sucks. From what I've read Mandrake is the best for desktop apps and for newbies (like me). I've been using windows since 3.11(currently XP home) and was wondering if anybody here uses Linux, and how does it compare to XP? Suse is real slick IMHO. Knoppix is nice to have in the toolkit, and to see how things work in Linux without screwing you your system (it runs of the CD and a RAM. It can read NTFS and read/write FAT32. It needs at least MB ram) -- Al Dykes ----------- |
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Al Dykes wrote:
In article , GlueGum wrote: If I ask this question at a Linux ng, they'll say XP sucks. If I ask at an XP ng, they'll say Linux sucks. From what I've read Mandrake is the best for desktop apps and for newbies (like me). I've been using windows since 3.11(currently XP home) and was wondering if anybody here uses Linux, and how does it compare to XP? Suse is real slick IMHO. Knoppix is nice to have in the toolkit, and to see how things work in Linux without screwing you your system (it runs of the CD and a RAM. It can read NTFS and read/write FAT32. It needs at least MB ram) I'll echo Knoppix for a 'look-see' at linux, but I've just got MEPIS Linux (www.mepis.org) and IMO is superior to Knoppix. Really nice, java, realplayer, flash - all working straight away, openoffice, lots of stuff :-) XP isn't bad I'll admit but it's Micro$oft shudder |
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GlueGum wrote:
If I ask this question at a Linux ng, they'll say XP sucks. If I ask at an XP ng, they'll say Linux sucks. From what I've read Mandrake is the best for desktop apps and for newbies (like me). I've been using windows since 3.11(currently XP home) and was wondering if anybody here uses Linux, and how does it compare to XP? Comparing two operating systems would require a book. Yes, people here use linux. No, we're not going to write a book for you. Ask a specific question, otherwise, all you're asking is 'which do you like better', and the responses to that question should be predictable: whichever the respondent is using. -- spammage trappage: replace fishies_ with yahoo |
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On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 18:49:32 GMT, "GlueGum" wrote:
If I ask this question at a Linux ng, they'll say XP sucks. If I ask at an XP ng, they'll say Linux sucks. From what I've read Mandrake is the best for desktop apps and for newbies (like me). I've been using windows since 3.11(currently XP home) and was wondering if anybody here uses Linux, and how does it compare to XP? I just started using Fedora Core 1. I thought about Mandrake, but since it's made in France I decided to go with the American product. Linux takes a little more know-how than XP. If you like of games use XP. If you want lots of security, use Linux. There are many flavors of Linux (see http://www.distrowatch.com/index.php ), only two kinds of XP. Most Linux O/Ses are free, XP is not. You can easily get the source code of Linux, but not XP. Linux is community driven, XP is M$ driven. More choices of application software for XP than Linux. |
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on Sat January 24 2004 3:42 pm, Phisherman decided to enlighten us with:
I just started using Fedora Core 1. I thought about Mandrake, but since it's made in France I decided to go with the American product. Linux takes a little more know-how than XP. If you like of games use XP. If you want lots of security, use Linux. There are many flavors of Linux (see http://www.distrowatch.com/index.php ), only two kinds of XP. Most Linux O/Ses are free, XP is not. You can easily get the source code of Linux, but not XP. Linux is community driven, XP is M$ driven. More choices of application software for XP than Linux. Cheers on you decision to avoid French products. I started to go back to Red Hat possibly due to the whole deal with the French/German/Russian thing, but I thought I'd wait for Fedora to mature a bit before I tried it. Maybe by Core 3 I'll give it a look. Besides, I really like SuSE... Depends on what games. Frozen Bubble is awful addicting... ) -- Big Daddy Ruel Smith My SuSE Linux machine uptime: 8:37pm up 48 days 5:22, 2 users, load average: 0.07, 0.23, 0.35 My Windows XP machine uptime: Something less... |
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