JOHN said > I have this mental picture of linux users hunched over their > computers, eyes red and glazed , looking for WMD (What Microsoft > Did), toiling for hours to make unsupported software run. > > Sorry Guys, I'm with Bill Gates, he developed an operating system that > mostly works, and let's me get on with chasing DX instead > of trying to make it work. If he happened to be very rich doing this, > good on him!!! > > John > VE5MU
I am one of those interested in Linux , and have reached the stage where I know my way around it fairly well, I have experimented with a variety of distro's,.and they are mostly a superb replacement for Win in the ordinary Home or Office environment, BUT the biggest problem with Linux for the ham or experimenter is the installation of programs. You download a program, and attempt to install it. You get a message that you need such and such a thing (library or whatever). You go on the Internet, download that, go to install that, get another message " you need x", you get "x", go to install it and get a message "you need version y of x", you attempt to find version "y" and cant find it. At this stage you give up, have three triple brandy's, and fire up Windows! I know some geeks out there will say "get a pre-compiled version". You cannot find one for your distro, or not one at all. Seriously, until Linux programs can be installed as easily and reliably as Windows programs (I HAVE NEVER EVER HAD AN INSTALLATION PROBLEM IN WIN) then Linux has not a dogs chance in Hell of competing with Windows. I enjoy the challenge of fighting with Linux and consider myself an apprentice geek in that realm, but really what John says is, unfortunately true. Kevin VK5OA PS. I am aware of Harvs Hamshack Hack, and have it.
