Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on August 06, 2004 03:57 AM
Blah. You guys are all kidding yourselves and, deep down inside, you know it.
I only shut down my XP box when I go away for the weekend. It runs for a month at a time with no problems. I run the latest games with no problems or delays. I run the genuine, mainstream software products that Linux/open source products (like OOo) strive to emulate. I never, ever, have to use a command prompt, wacky config files, or FAQs written by teenagers to figure things out.
I've installed many, many distros and copies of Linux from SUSE to RedHat to YellowDog. Bottom line, Linux is great for server functions and is decent as a personal desktop OS, but it's 100% crap to say that it's anywhere near as polished, compatible, and easy-to-install/understand as XP.
If you choose to put up with Linux's quirks, bruises, and inconsistency because you dislike/distrust MSFT, at least have the sack to say that's your reason.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on August 06, 2004 03:57 AMI only shut down my XP box when I go away for the weekend. It runs for a month at a time with no problems. I run the latest games with no problems or delays. I run the genuine, mainstream software products that Linux/open source products (like OOo) strive to emulate. I never, ever, have to use a command prompt, wacky config files, or FAQs written by teenagers to figure things out.
I've installed many, many distros and copies of Linux from SUSE to RedHat to YellowDog. Bottom line, Linux is great for server functions and is decent as a personal desktop OS, but it's 100% crap to say that it's anywhere near as polished, compatible, and easy-to-install/understand as XP.
If you choose to put up with Linux's quirks, bruises, and inconsistency because you dislike/distrust MSFT, at least have the sack to say that's your reason.
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