Compared to Linux, Windows does suck in some respects, however in many
respects Linux has a long way to go to catch windows. The fact that you
think windows sucks doesn't mean you won't be using it. People have always
know that Windows sucks, but yet it is the most popular OS in the world by
far. We have become enslaved by windows due the software we like, games we
play, things we are used to. Everyone knows that a Volvo is a better car
than a Hundai, but there are more Hundai cars on the road, there are other
factors that determine what we chose (or are forced into).
I for one think that Linux rocks, and if I could do everything in Linux that
I could do in Windows (and as easily) I would glady abandon windows
completely. But the fact remains that this isn't true yet. We are getting
there though, and I welcome the day when it comes.
my $0.02 worth
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jaguar [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2000 6:48 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [[newbie] More probs with dual boot]
>
> If Windows sucks @$$! so badly...why would you WANT to put is back
> on????????????????
> You and quite a few others are hypocrites...saying Windoze sucks, ad
> nauseum,
> yet wanting to dual boot. Make up your minds..either it sucks and you
> want
> NOTHING to do with it...or quit bashing Windows.
> my $0.02 worth
> Jaguar
>
>
> "bryan pryor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Let me just get this out of the way. WINDOWS SUCKS @$$! Ok, I feel
> better
>
> > now. I'm trying to go with a dual boot win98/mandrake 7.0 system b/c i
> > can't get my modem to work with linux and have run out of $$$. Someone
> said
>
> > that it is possible to get my modem (modem blaster PCI) to work with
> Linux,
>
> > by setting it as a generic hayse compatible, but gave me no more info.
> > Being new at this, i don't know how to do that.
> >
> > Back to my dual boot probs. I have read many emails on this list about
> dual
>
> > booting, and I'm trying to install Winblows first. I put in the 98 CD,
> > booted from it, and ran setup. It said that It couldn't recognize the
> > filesystem (or some other bull****), and to run fdisk. so I ran DOS
> fdisk,
>
> > and it said that my 6.4 gig hard drive was a 473 MB drive. So I
> reinstalled
>
> > Mandrake. Install went perfectly, recognized my 6.4 GB hard drive,
> etc...
> > but still no modem. So I uninstalled LILO with lilo -u at the bash
> prompt,
>
> > used Linux cfdisk, deleted all partitions, and put a 3 GB FAT32
> partition
> > and a 3.4 GB Linux partition on. Ran win98 setup, still doesn't like
> it.
> > Ran DOS fdisk, and it says i have a 473 MB hard drive again. By now, i
> was
>
> > so pissed off, i put mandrake back on and gave the whole hard drive to
> > linux. If you could give me any help, I would really appreciate it.
> Please
>
> > keep in mind that i'm a brand newbie, so keep the advice in english if
> > possible.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Bryan
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