Something doesn't have to be "just like" something else to work the same way. What I mean by "work the same way" is, to be an environment within which I can run the applications I need to run to fulfill my reasons for using the computer in the first place.
If my intent is to spend time playing with, tweaking, patching, exploring, experimenting, etc., then fine, a CLI based OS is probably fine. If on the other hand, I want - or need boxes which set there ready and host the applications I need, and allow me to do so without having to type in a long string of commands and parameters and whatever each time I want to run one of the apps, or worse yet, to upgrade a driver or app, I've got to download some code and go through a compilation process, which may or may not work. My interest IS looking for a Windows replacement. Windows (NT, 2000) work just fine and do everything I want and need them to do. However, I, like most if not all of you all have had it up to our ears with MS and their bull. I am dead serious in that I think MS needs real competition. Not only in the server world but on the desktop as well. No OS will ever be serious competition for Windows unless it can be a viable "replacement" for Windows. And no, you can't use Linux "instead" of Windows unless you can do with it what you can with Windows. I've got a well functioning domain network here at my house running 2000 Server and previously NT Server hosting several other computers, running 24/7 with none of the claimed MS crashes. So, my expectations for a replacement OS are very high. Sorry for the rant, folks but this has been a sore point for me for a long time. Dan W. Dooley WB5TKA Bedford, Texas e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web address: http://www.qsl.net/wb9tka May Goddes love blest ye alle ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Doe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2002 9:09 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Speed differences between OSs > I am sure I'll get flamed for this, but I don't think Linux is a > "replacement" for Windows. Linux is a robust *nix clone. I think you can > "use" Linux instead of Windows. > But I personally hope that Linux is never a "replacement" for Windows. I > don't like Windows and don't want Linux to be just like Windows. >
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