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The downsides of Linux
TheQuirk:
Oh, and the uninstall issue... You can just use RPMs, although I don't recommend it, and you could uninstall the programs just by typing in "rpm -e package." And if you want GUI, I know for the fact Mandrake has a program called "package manager" that can uninstall any RPM you have. I could include a screen shot if you want..
WaWAR_FA:
windows xp full version 300$ support 9.95 per minute via phone for tech support.
mandrake 8.1 24.95$ at walmart 60day free support.
the only thing i dont like about linux is not having an install/uninstall.
other than that linux kicks Microsofts ass.
lazygamer:
UNINSTALL?! Just format the partition/drive with Linux on it! Or just delete the directories.
Master of Reality:
I have yet to find more than one thing that KDE cant do to configure. The only thing is changing the screen resolution/colour depth, but why should you ever need to change that unless you majorly upgrading you monitor?
Kpackage can handle all the RPMS you want to install. Webmin is great, linuxconf isnt bad.
badkarma:
installing NVIDIA drivers under linux is waaay faster then under windows (no reboot, and the X server gets cached completely in memory (for me at least, 1gb memory) so restarting it takes like 10 seconds)
RPM's can be installed with kpackage (but who needs that when the SuSE cd's contain every package you will ever need?)
with SuSE you can change your desktop resolution without a command prompt
the major downside of linux is lack of native commercial quality games (though I predict this will change in the coming years, companies are starting to release linux binaries for their games (yay BioWare!))
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