Are you referring to ham radio applications or other more "normal" applications? I haven't had any problems with normal/regular Linux programs and even many ham radio programs...but I'll admit that some of the ham radio progrmas take a lot of work to get them loaded correctly and running correctly.
Walt/K5YFW -----Original Message----- From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Michael P. Brininstool Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 10:12 AM To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [digitalradio] Linux versis Windows: Let the debate begin!! From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin O'Rorke Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 5:47 PM To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Linux versis Windows: Let the debate begin!! 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. . I have been using *NIX since 1986 (before Windows) and have never like Windows. The installation problem to which you refer will probably never be fixed in Linux. That is because, to do so, means standardizing distros and configs --something die-hard *NIX fans will not stand for. The reason I prefer *NIX is that I can have it my way. The analogy I like to use is this: You go in the the M$ (MicroSoft) restaurant and sit down, the waiter brings out your meal. You do not have a choice in what to order, or how it is prepared, just how many copies of the meal. I go into the *NIX restaurant, and talk to the cattle barron, and negotiate which cow he will let me purchase and for how much. He then hands me a butcher knife and sends me into the field. As much as I do not want to have to butcher my own meat, if that is the only way to get beef instead of the mystery "meat" of the year, and get it cooked to my specifications, then I will do it that way. Pre-packaged distros are just paying someone to butcher and wrap the meat for you. The problem I see, is that Linux interfaces are trying to become M$ Windows, and are starting to lose their original appeal.
