On Mon, 2002-04-22 at 16:39, Damon Register wrote:
I just signed on to this list after a long absence so I missed the beginning of this thread. What is the joke?
Welcome back Damon, The joke , as usual, has been long become lost in the play on words, deliberately using the term "XP" for both the AMD processor and the MS latest OS. But never mind.
So, now more than ever, I am interested in Linux once again. In the past when I experimented with Linux I thought that it seemed to run a bit slower or require more resources than W95 but with the latest performance of Windows 2000 and XP, I figure that perhaps Linux is now way ahead in the performance area. Is anyone willing to give an honest opinion of W2K/XP versus Linux? Am I correct in thinking that now Linux will blow away W2K/XP?
For me, having used MS XP pro and SuSE Linux pro side by side, I would it akin to having a Sat Navigation on board a Lexus 400 and none on a Honda NSX . I know that's a bit so-so. But within city limits, XP pro ,like the Lexus is just smooth and you dont get lost, thanks to all the hand-holding. Now, when out of town, with all the traffic cops happily on paid leave..... Hehehehehe.... ...Boy, does Linux like the NSX fly or what. And now, imagine you have the chassis/powerplant designer on board with you too. <GRIN> <GRIN>
In the past I hadn't really pursued switching to Linux because I was still trying to learn C++ so that in the future I would be able to use Borland's Kylix to port my projects to Linux. Now that I have learned some C++ and have ported one of the projects to C++ I would really like to know more about Linux performance because the latest MS products seem so bad.
Well then, you have definitely entered Shangri-la. Take your pick of C/C++ IDEs from Anjuta to KDevelop. What are you waiting for ? Please forgive the allegories. -- Kemdi IN_SuSE_d Since 5.2 123792 of counter.li.org ICQ:112290572