The last distribution I bought, SUSE 9.3, was very easy to install and most everything worked. Adding some programs was easy, some were hard. I wanted to use my PC with my IPOD Shuffle and getting "ITunes" replacement software working was difficult because I had to retrieve and compile several libraries. One the other hand, installing the software to retrieve photos from my HP 215 camera was simple. I got a new flash drive, Sandisk Cruzer, for Christmas and it worked as soon as I plugged it in.
I don't think the newer Linux distro's are hard to install and add on software isn't any more difficult than some Windows software. Read about the problems people are having with the new Microsoft Zuni software! Jim WA0LYK --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "Danny Douglas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That is one of the reasons I dont get into Linux. I watched others, > stressed out at school, trying to get systems operational and smoothed out. > We need things to work at college, not there to be fiddled with, because > students have only a certain amount of time to use systems, and expect them > to work - especially in an educational atmosphere. Yes - Windows has its > problems too, but once we find a solution with one, the rest pretty much > fall into place too. The other thing has been mentioned - the availability > of user programs. If it is written to do, it is written for windows, and > once in a while they follow up with a Linux program - but not too often. > Students expect us to always have the newest and bestest, since they are > going onward to jobs, which will need those skills. Thus, we do have Linux > available, but (maybe) not suprisingly, the majority do not take the > classes. Thus also went our Macs. Just not enough of them wanted to learn > Apple. > > > > > Danny Douglas N7DC > ex WN5QMX ET2US WA5UKR ET3USA > SV0WPP VS6DD N7DC/YV5 G5CTB all > DX 2-6 years each > . > QSL LOTW-buro- direct > As courtesy I upload to eQSL but if you > use that - also pls upload to LOTW > or hard card. > > moderator [EMAIL PROTECTED] > moderator http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DXandTalk
