Its also more stable ebcause a small crash in windows will take the system
with it. Under linux the same small crash will take down the application but
will leave everything else untouched. If you accidentially put your program
into an endless loop you can just switch console and kill it.
----- Original Message -----
From: Revenant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2000 12:37 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Why use linux at all? - not heresy, just want a
straight answer please
> Tom Brinkman wrote:
> > On Friday 29 December 2000 04:41 am, David and Alicia wrote:
> > > ok, here is the real question: why do people try running linux?, the
> > > impression i had gathered was that it was a lighter os and could be
> > > used on older machines, (i386 etc). I was a little dismayed when i
> > > saw the download size. How much disk space will a bare install need?
> > From zero (you can run Linux on a floppy) to as much as you care to
> > let it have. Keep in mind that only the kernel is Linux, everything
> > else is (GNU) applications and the various configs, libraries, etc,
> > that they need. Read /. and you'll hear of people running Linux on a
> > wristwatch ;)
>
> Some bloke got it going on a Dreamcast too.
>
> My reasons for running Linux:
>
> (1) It's free (as in beer, not speech). And not just the OS, but
> the software. The GIMP alone saves you $1,000+ over using
> Photoshop.
>
> (2) It's free (as in speech, not beer).
>
> (3) "It's more stable". In my experience, what this has meant is that
> the OS won't glitch or die on you for no discernable reason - but
> it can and will glitch or die on you for reasons that are obscure
> at best to the newbie. Essentially, Linux will let you into its
> guts to fix the problem when something goes wrong while Windows
> doesn't. I hope to learn enough to take advantage of that.
>
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