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TheQuirk:
Today I got my newest PC World issue (the more and more I read it, the more and more it degrades) and, guess, what, they compared Linux (SuSe 8.0) and Win XP! Needless to say, Windows won. Why?

-You must be an expert to use Linux
The way I understand it, RH8.0 fixed this, correct?

-Lagging hardware support

More and more hardware is becoming Linux compatible. Even so, most hardware that's not supported is crap (winmodems, etc.).

-Second-tier software: most Linux software can't match the Windows alternatives - like MS Office, Outlook (ha!) and Photoshop.

Seeing as how they compared StarOffice 5.2 to Office XP, they have NO right to judge. I prefer OO over Office XP any day. Outlook is a joke, with all of it's security holes, and Evolution beats it hands down. And The Gimp is almost as good as Photoshop, but if you care, you should be running a Mac, anyway.

-A confusion of Distros: Since Linux is free, anyone can package the operating system...

I think that's a good thing, don't you?

-Support at a price

Microsoft provides support at $35-PER-INCIDENT, Mandrake does the same at $15. They actually said those prices don't differ much. Besides, if you pay $30 for a packaged distro, you'll usually get free, 60 day technical support by phone and 90 day email support.

Microsoft says it will base it's next FS off of it's SQL database (MS-SQL). I think it's a great idea, except for the fact this is not the first time they promise a database driven FS, and that MS-SQL sucks.  

A few pages before the Linux article, they said Windows would be perfect if it had the following:

Tabbed Window Access - Fluxbox provided this feature for a long while now).

Descriptive icons - Gnome/KDE has those.

Smarter folder (larger icons for more recently opened documents) - I belive Gnome and KDE provide this in their recent builds.

Super short cuts (right click makes a menu): Fluxbox, BlackBox, WindowMaker, IceWM...

They forgot to mention Linux provides all these features and more.

Calum:
sounds like the magazine is written by complete memberheads for complete memberheads. i bet it has a high circulation...

TheQuirk:
Like you wouldn't belive. Well, Popular Science isn't that bad (yet).

lazygamer:

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-You must be an expert to use Linux
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No, you just need to read the fucking manual, read the fucking tutorials, choose a distro that doesn't piss you off if you don't know how to do command line stuff, and a modem that is happily detected.    

 
quote:
-A confusion of Distros: Since Linux is free, anyone can package the operating system...

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Why the hell does this matter? People only constantly mention distros that have a PROVEN record. What do you hear? Mandrake, Redhat, SuSe etc. Not "|-|4><0rIX 2.0".    

BTW, I have had trouble with delays for a low cost PC gamer suscription awhile back I got from a  special company(they gave me the wrong subscription). So in order to make up for the delays, the company did not start subtracting issues from the PC gamer subscripion, and gave me a free 1 year subscription to PC magazine. That's pretty cool, but how is PC magazine for being competent? Do I have to fear all mainstream tech magazines now that I know the truth about Microsoft and am working at the whole Linux d00d thing?

[ October 12, 2002: Message edited by: lazygamer ]

Bazoukas:
Bah. I dont even bother with those kind of magazines.
 Of course they wont say bad things about MS so they will ensure "First Exclusive previews" and yada yada yada.
 
 Buy Magazines about Linux guys. Thats what i do

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