On Friday 31 Oct 2003 7:02 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ... that BEFORE you get Linux, those who speak in favour of it say > things like "oh, get Linux coz it is far less demanding on hardware" or > "you have much more control configuring hardware" or "you are in control" > > Then when you do install Linux and the gee whizz GFX card won't work or > the CD-ROM can't be mounted or the poor network performance is the fault > of that low end NIC (all which work very well on another OS :-)), the > experts all respond in unison - "for Linux you need the very BEST > hardware. Get rid of that crappy junk. Buy new. Buy the best" > > :-) > > Feeling mischievous....
When you have problems on windows it takes you a day to solve them and you come out of it knowing no more than when you started, totally demoralised, knowing the computer got the better of you and feeling like you've done ten rounds against Mike Tyson. When you have problems on Linux it takes you two days to solve them, but you have fun, learn a lot, and come out of it feeling more in control than when you started. You *can* run Linux on crappy old hardware, but not crappy new hardware, because it uses windows to do the work. If the hardware is too old you might have to start from scratch or strip the distibution to bare bones and find old drivers on the net that the distributer didn't package. There is no free lunch; ten year old hardware will give you ten year old speed and power. You wont be running KDE on a 32MB 486, but it would make a decent firewall/mail/web server. -- Richard Urwin
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