On Wednesday 11 June 2003 11:15 am, jfweber@bellsouth.net wrote:
*** Reply to message from BandiPat
on Wed, 11 Jun 2003 11:00:21 -0400*** I think I would have have to disagree first of all that Linux is not also a desktop OS now.
I haven't been able to figure out where, exactly, this prejudice against a LINUX desktop has sprung from. From 6.3 which I only used for a few weeks ( newer SuSE version came out shortly after the book w/ 6.3 arrived ) And it seems to me that , certainly from 7.1 onward .. the desktop portion has become an install and forget setup... 7.2 got my husband from commenting on how long my (desktop) box had been up and not needed a reboot to actually installing and beginning a Linux life of his own. His data doesn't disappear, this is very important to him, since he's a writer /lecturer / and general "you name it" in the world;d pf medical journals and magazines , and occasionally , even the odd book. He had heard and read the general FUD that surrounds the possibility that anyone might consider not using an MS product. Tho, I suspect he was less , um, "panicky" than most as he had never used MS much himself
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Dear JFWEBER, Your view of the situation is always good, I look forward to your observations. Thanks for sharing! PeterB -- -- Proud to use SuSE Linux, since 5.2 Loving using SuSE Linux 8.2 May 2003, The City of Munich, Germany ordered 14,000 Workstation Lic for SuSE 8.2, despite M$ cutting their bid to $0.10 on the Dollar This will be remembered MyBlog http://vancampen.org/blog/ "Non Sanz Capsicum" "Not Without Cayenne" --