My take on all of this... (was [newbie] Linux Partition)

2000-04-20 Thread George Jones
Ok, so I had my little fun with this. Let's be real here. I've been using computers since I was 8 years old (I'm now 28), I've seen 'em come and go. This little debate over Linux vs Windows reminds me of the ST vs Amiga or Atari800 vs Commodore64 bbs flame wars. I've owned the following:

Re: My take on all of this... (was [newbie] Linux Partition)

2000-04-20 Thread George Jones
Ok, so I had my little fun with this. Let's be real here. I've been using computers since I was 8 years old (I'm now 28), I've seen 'em come and go. This little debate over Linux vs Windows reminds me of the ST vs Amiga or Atari800 vs Commodore64 bbs flame wars. I've owned the following:

Re: My take on all of this... (was [newbie] Linux Partition)

2000-04-20 Thread Michael Holt
I agree, sometimes it's hard to explain why I like it (Linux) so much. I can't really, in good conscience, try to get everyone I know to convert to Linux because of the simple fact - most people don't care to spend their evening 'configuring' things, they just want to sit down and write and