> On Thursday 10 June 2004 08:18 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote: > | > Teilhard Knight wrote: > | > <snip> > | > > | > | > | Indeed. Although most of the things you say are new to me, I can appreciate > | command-line Linux is a much more powerful OS than DOS ever was. To be > | honest, I feel impatient for seeing the end of the Micro$soft empire and > | its blue-screen world. Maybe that's why I would like to see in Linux only > | improvements over $ill Gates toys and a friendly environment. However, the > | more I learn about Linux, the less I picture it like an OS for a secretary, > | for example. I agree with someone who said that $ill Gates has a stronghold > | in his Control Panel. But that doesn't mean I cannot appreciate the > | advantages of Linux over Windows, and the speed it is evolving. > | > | Cordially, > | > | Teilhard > | > | ------------------------------------------------- > > Once you get it setup (and quite often--depending on hardware--it is setup > right on install) anyone can use it, and use it well. My wife's computer was > converted to Linux a couple of years ago and she has no trouble with it > whatsover, across a couple of upgrades from 8.2 to 9.1, which she is using > now. As she told a friend a few months ago, "Linux is easy to use--it must > be if I can do it". > As for myself, I was a network administrator back in the NT 4 days--what Linux > has now is far simpler than NT was then. I can't say about W2K or XP > administration, but I think just keeping up with the updates for security > vulnerabilities appears to be far more trouble than I want to go to. > Contrary to appearances, the famous Windows ease-of-use is really a facade > because the administration of the system is a nightmare. I learned back in > my day that I couldn't just install a security fix because there was a > chance, a very good chance, that the fix would break some essential > application. From what I see on the newsgroups, it doesn't appear that this > Windows feature has changed much over the years.
I have always had problems with networks in windows. I am far from being a network administrator, but I have had some such at home from my ISPs who rarely fix something for me in that area. I am using Mandrake 10,0 in one of my machines, but in others I have installed previous versions. The first time I installed the distro, I got delighted everything was working. With 10.0 I have no sound and I haven't been able to make it work. It is here where I find Windows more friendly to what one can do to fix the problem. But, as you say, past the configuration, Linux is a very friendly OS. Maybe I feel a bit lost because I am a newbie. For example, it is essential to me the support of this list and I do not belong to any Microsoft mailing lists. All in all much have been said about Linux Vs Windows, and I have read all sort of things, including people who try Linux and reject it like the pest going back to their Windows. Cordially. Teilhard. ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through CWMail: http://www.crosswinds.net
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