peter.constantinou@ukonline.co.uk wrote:
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I think installing and running a Linux environment is not like running
Win98. It is infinitely more complex, and the help and
hand holding is much more patchy.
Agreed, however the rewards are greater. Knowledge for one. I can run circles around most self proclaimed "Windows Experts" even on windows which I don't use except at work or school.
I think Linux works well for the hardware that people have written drivers for and is popular and well tested. In windows if the driver for your hardware is not included in the OS then the harware supplier will give you one and support it. This just isn't the case for Linux.
One shortcoming that seems to be on the upswing. Look at Lucent and their "winmodem" drivers.
Having said all that, I don't believe a Linux based network is any more complex to configure and administer that an NT based one, and it is a lot more stable and robust.
Yep.
It is, like anything, a case or horses for courses. Linux will not take on the MS brigade in the home or even the office workstation market. If people are trying to use it in this sphere (creating PowerPoint presentations, etc) they are destined for failure. As a backend server, administered by people who know what they are doing, it is second to none, in my opinion.
Disagree. I use Linux at home on all my computers, including my laptop. I do my homework, which includes Powerpoint presentations and Word documents on Star office. So far I have run into zero problems. Once I get into the programming courses I'm not sure how that will work out since I have very little programming experience but I don't foresee a problem there either. -- B. L. Jilek <bljilek@bigfoot.com> | ICQ: 10733954 | Linux user: 163800 PGP: DSS 0x800B3A69 RSA 0x3F1963C5 | OS: SuSE Linux 6.3 --------------------------------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/