Re: [gentoo-user] OT: just a comment

[Matthias F. Brandstetter]

-- quoting Andrew Farmer --
 Don't know about you, but here (in the US) I can get an eMac (1GHz G4,
 40GB HD, 128MB RAM) for $800 (or 1.98 ounces of gold, at current
 exchange rates). It's not a supercomputer, but it's still a decent
 machine.

Don't want to say anything against a Mac, I am sure they are great 
machines. But here in Austria you can get for ~640 Euro (thats equal to 
your $800) a normal PC with:

*) Intel P4 with 3GHz
*) 512 MB RAM
*) 80 GB HDD
*) DVD drive

etc. (just looked up a complete system)

If I would buy a new computer, I would think twice if I really want a Mac, 
if there is such a difference between Mac and PC for this price...

Greetings, Matthias

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Re: [gentoo-user] OT: just a comment

[Matt Garman]

On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 11:56:20PM -0800, Sami Samhuri wrote:
 I haven't run into any problems that someone else didn't have already.
 In my experience if you spend long enough on google, you'll find the
 answer. It may come around as parts of different problems or fixes but

There's a boatload of great information on the web.  Proficiency in web
searching is an invaluable skill for any computer user (Linux or
Windows).  These days, whenever I have a problem, I usually spend more
time looking for the answer on the web than I do actually fixing the
problem.  Whenever I get stuck, my first thought is someone has been
here before.

It's actually somewhat of a crutch---I often search the web before I
even read the docs!  I have to laugh at myself whenever I need help,
search google groups or mailing list archives and find someone who's
asked the same question, only to be given a bunch of RTFM responses.

 it's always there. I bet you'll think more clearly tomorrow and trust
 me... there's no going back to Windows.

Yup, everybody gets frustrated once in a while.  Sometimes it helps to
rant and vent.

The thing to keep in mind, as many have pointed out, is that most things
in the Linux world are done on a volunteer basis.  It's really hard to
keep that in perspective when you consider how much good software has
been created in the OSS world; it's easy to start thinking of it as
free beer as opposed to free speech.  (I'm guilty of this from time
to time.)

Many anti-OSS folks used to (still do?) rant about lack of support.
Granted, you have to know where to look (web, google groups, mailing
lists), but once you do, the support for a lot of OSS is quite
impressive.  When you take into consideration that a lot of this is
hobby/volunteer work, I personally think it's astounding how robust the
support is.  I've seen OSS projects that have more structured support
facilities and bug tracking than I have at work.

Just my thoughts (this is my feel good message for the day :)
Matt

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