On Thu, 2004-05-27 at 12:45, Brooks wrote:
On Thursday 27 May 2004 10:37, Togan Muftuoglu wrote:
I do not think when you buy Windows XP Home edition, it comes with all the additional stuff as well. You will also need to install additional libraries, programs etc. to have the functionality you have in your mind.
Yes, but Windows is easy to update and has the added advantage of everything being written for it and made to install easily. Linux has not quite achieved that yet. That's the difference. But this is not meant to be a linux/windows comparison thread. I only brought up Windows because that's what SuSE is marketing KDE as a comparison to on its website.
As someone who is responsible for Win98se ME and XP-Pro systems, I can tell you that I find my Linux boxes easier to update, and keep in tune. You are right about the amount of stuff written for Windows, I keep asking the Intuit folks when I'm going to be able to ditch ME and run their software natively on Linux. I'm sure that it will take a number of folks asking that question before they think about it. Mike