On 04-01, Rick W wrote: > > Linux has not been very successful here in the U.S. with most ham > computer users.
I understand the Golden Arches sell more "food" than any other restaurant too... > Even the ones who are very techy, such as myself, find > it mediocre as an operating system. That's interesting.. Consider the common denominator?? >Several of my ham friends have tried > it over the years too and abandoned it. A nearby ham, who is very tech > oriented decided a few months ago that he was going to really get into > Linux, until he really tried it and realized it just was not going to > work for him and he is an electronics engineer. So... > That has been the case > with most other hams I know and some of us, myself included, really, > really, wanted to like the OS, even with its shortcomings. What shortcomings except comments like yours?? > But it just > has not been very practical at this point because like so many things in > life, the trade-offs are too great:( Because too many refuse to think?? Just my 0.02 worth.. :^).. -- Vy 73 de Hal--W8MCH UNIX-GNU/Linux - Slackware 11.0, 2.4.33.3 .