Jason I think you have also summed up my feelings for Linux. I have given up trying to do anything useful with it after some 4 months. There is a fascination in trying to get it to do something, but for anything to do with my work I fall back to Windows because I know it will work, and don't have to spend ages setting anything up. I have Linux installed dual boot on an older machine with very little hardware installed. When I look at my main machine with every slot occupied I think no way. It is just not worth the hassle to put it on that. This was not the intention when I bought Suse, but that now seems to be the reality. Linux still has a way to go before it becomes a viable alternative to Windows. Maybe if Lindows ever manages to overcome its problems, then that will be the easier way for most people. Somehow I don't think it will be that simple. Regards, David On Mon, 17 Dec 2001 02:42:51 -0800, Jason A.Van Cleve wrote:
You're welcome. But actually, from a usability standpoint, Linux IS as bad as you expected--probably worse. I may have started a flame war just now, but as someone who has been trying to master this OS for over a year now, I would warn you that Linux is not for the faint of heart--or the short of time. More specifically, as a server it's a wonderful platform, for it is well-conceived and well-designed as such. But configuring Linux as a workstation or multimedia platform is, in my experience, next to impossible, and the only reason I'm doing it is that Microsoft is in fact pure evil, and supporting them by running their cruddy software is bound to give me an ulcer before long. So if it's your intention to use Linux as your desktop, be aware that you're probably going to be fighting a long and bloody fight, as I have been. Consider just one example: <snip> Regards,
David