At 07:44 PM 5/23/2006 -0400, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
On Tue, 2006-05-23 at 15:11 -0400, Doug McGarrett wrote:
As I mentioned, I believe that an earlier version worked on this machine. I guess that 10.0 is not compatible with the Ethernet port on this ASUS P4PE mobo.
And you couldn't throw in another NIC until a kernel update fixed that? That's what I have to do on _Windows_ servers sometimes! ;->
/snip/ Sure, I could put in a new NIC--but why should I have to? Linux used to work, and somebody in SuSE broke it.
I run it because I don't want to be enslaved to M/S.
_Wrong_ reason! Dead _wrong_! There is nothing more distracting than users who are pulling themselves along with Linux, bitching all the way.
People use _applications_, _not_ OSes.
That's not absolutely true. You have to interface with your computer, and that requires that you live with the OS, and its GUI (if any). But you're right, without the aps, what good is the computer? So make AutoCad run on Linux. The clone, I'm told, is absolute junk. Someone offered to send me his copy so I could see for myself. I just sent a message to the list (which I have not seen) about Ansoft running on Linux. This is good news for the Linux crew, unless they are only willing to run software they don't have to pay for.
You can run Windows, and then run 100% open source on Windows. You can use your "superstore" hardware without most issues. You can have a familiar desktop, experience, etc... All while creating 100% of your data in _open_ formats.
What's an "open" format in Windows? Writing to the command prompt? But Word Perfect works fine for me. I paid for it 7 years ago, and it still works fine.
Activation? Get over it. It's not that bad. Sorry, but true. It's a $100 product (essentially $25 if you got it from a tier-1 PC OEM). If it does the job, then it's worth $100.
Not if I have to pay the $100 every October.
Again, read my blog -- it talks about what that $100 buys you.
With the exception of the infamous Registry, Linux looks and works more like Windows with every new release.
I disagree entirely! It's still good'ole UNIX/POSIX-SUSE, GNU/Linux and X11/GLX!
(I speak for KDE only--Gnome is ugly, AFAIC, and I don't want it. If SuSE forces Gnome on its customers, I will look elsewhere.)
Umm, last time I checked, KDE was far more like Windows than GNOME.
Yes, that's my point. There's nothing at all wrong with the Windows interface, and the KDE people obviously realize that.
GNOME is a _real_ network object system using CORBA. And Mono developments are building a _real_ .NET system, _unlike_ Vista/Longhorn itself (which is still the bastard we know as Win32, _not_ .NET).
Who cares whether GNOME is a _real_ network object system? I don't! I don't even know what that means. Why should I? I'm just running a home PC, I'm not running a shop with 100 or 1000 PC's on it. The only network I need is the one that comes by cable into the house. And only works on my _other_ computer when booted into Linux 10.0. Not _this_ one. Phooey!
I have no doubt that Linux is easier to someone who came from UNIX. Apparently CPM was easier to someone who came from UNIX--I had my problems with it, and had to find an old UNIX hand to write my printer driver. But other than that, it was do-able.
Sigh. Windows is more like CP/M than UNIX.
-- Bryan J. Smith Professional, technical annoyance mailto:b.j.smith@ieee.org http://thebs413.blogspot.com -----------------------------------------------------------
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