Jim, I accept your argument, but at the risk of boring
the pants off everyone else on the group, all I will
say is that yes, Linux can be hard work but as a basic
operating medium it is fine and would suit many people
who just email and browse.
The version I use is probably the most user friendly
of all the distributions I have tried but the biggest
difficulty is weaning oneself off Windows. Windows is
very easy, has a vast database of commercial software
that we really don't need and is also the way a lot of
people make lots of money!
Go on, throw me a virus! It wont be a problem because
I wont be able to find it :))
Linux makes you think, the thinking has already been
done for you by MS!!
Rick
PS Is it true that bearded men wont give up an
argument? If so, watch out :))
--- JIM wrote:
>
> Rick,
>
> > Not sure how someone could use and not use
> something
> > but be able to tell the difference between them
> anyway?
>
> Depends on what kind of difference you are talking
> about.
> But what is important is not that there is a
> difference but
> whether they know why there is a difference. Most
> people
> would not care why, and many don't really know for
> certain
> what the difference is. Once you have invested the
> time
> to learn a new OS you might be unwilling to admit
> that
> the difference is not so much better but just
> different.
>
> > OK! A real OS is the human body! Built in immune
> > system,
>
> Or maybe that human body stays away from the disease
> carriers.
> I'm still not convinced that the apparent lower
> incidence of Linux
> viruse and hacking isn't just that Linux is a vastly
> smaller uers base
> and thus not worth writing viruses for or hacking.
>
> > brain sensing keyboard, excessive amount of
> > RAM and can tell the difference between spam and
> > french fries :-))
>
> I can't speak for other Windows users. I can talk
> from experience using
> Linux. I have never been able to do anything
> productive with it, especially
> when it comes to editing my existing files. I have
> tried about five distros
> and several versions of some of them. And each time
> I try it I get so
> frustrated not being able to do anything that I
> eventually just give up. If
> I were really down on Linux I would not keep trying
> it. It is a bit of a
> mental exercise. So is arguing with the Linux people
> talk like they are
> brainwashed, saying the Linux is better because it
> is better.
>
> I really wish that someone or company could set up a
> bunch of Linux machines
> and a bunch of PCs and have some virus people write
> viruses for each type of
> machine and see whether the Linux machines are
> really secure as Linux users
> think they are.
>
> Jim
>
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