In lieu of the recent thread on "how crappy Linux is, and how many problems there are," I would like to just give my kudos to the oS and linux developers. Because I really to believe that we tend to be quiet except when we run into problems. (And besides, even if we did give kudos all the time, it wouldn't turn into a 50-post-long thread as different folks suggest different potential fixes...) So from my experience, of using *nix daily at work and home... I rather enjoy running oS 13.1 on my work computer (which I use every single day, overall without problems,) with several of my coworkers saying "I wish that I could do that too, if only program XYZ worked on Linux." I loved being able to pick up an old broken HP TC4400 "tablet" computer that could barely run the Windows XP that it was designed for, and install oS Tumbleweed, and have the thing fly as if it was a brand new computer :) It's awesome having a teeny tiny arm-based single-board computer "server" at home, with a measly 5 watt power requirement, running Debian, doing the exact same thing as my old 120-watt Intel-based server used to. I loved being able to upgrade from oS 11.4 to 12.1 to 13.1, on the same machine, without so much as a hiccup, and without performance degradation. Try doing that with a Windows computer... It's wonderful running SLES on our boxes at work, and the performance and capabilities of those boxes far exceed what we can do on our Windows machines. From patching, upgrades, remote management, added performance/security for not running a GUI, being able to do stuff like "su," the fact that a base OS install takes less than 4GB versus Windows' 40GB+, ... - things just work better. So yes. While I know things aren't always perfect smooth sailing, I wouldn't go back to Windows. And any time I have to use a Windows computer, I find myself so incredibly hampered by the missing features that I take for granted on Linux, it takes me a lot longer to do my job, and I look forward to sitting back down at my oS box :D Cheers :) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org