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Why do you prefer *nix?
condorstats:
But why should I change?? I have Win XP running fine, it has yet to crash, preview pane is turned off, built in Firewall, AV software installed. the pc just works, thats all I need. Can you name any reasons why the AVERAGE home user should use *NIX? NO better multitasking bull, most peps dont care, just some reasons why it is better.
voidmain:
quote:Originally posted by condorstats:
But why should I change?? I have Win XP running fine, it has yet to crash, preview pane is turned off, built in Firewall, AV software installed. the pc just works, thats all I need. Can you name any reasons why the AVERAGE home user should use *NIX? NO better multitasking bull, most peps dont care, just some reasons why it is better.
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If you ask this question then it's likely you will never see an OS other than MS. And I certainly won't try to convince you to switch because you are obviously content. But for those of us who have used MS operating systems extensively, and operating systems other than MS extensively, we know that the non-MS operating systems are superior and we do not want to have to pay Microsoft when we buy computers if we are not going to use Microsoft.
And we certainly don't want Microsoft to take over the Internet like they are trying to do and have already been somewhat successful at. The internet was created to more easily permit the flow of information, not for comercialization with all the marketing crap that goes on. In my OS I *can* use the preview pane in any of my mail programs and not have to worry about getting a virus, because viruses do not exist in my operating system. I don't have to turn off features because they are unsafe. My operating system is free, as in speech, and as in cost. I can look at the source code to make sure there is no funny business going on under the covers and am encouraged to do so. I can make changes to any part of the OS to suit my specific needs if I so choose, don't even have to ask. With Windows it's "WYSIWYG". If I choose to install it on as many systems as I like without paying a soul, I can, and I do.
Some of us have good reasons for not trusting microsoft any farther than we can throw them. Some of us have good reasons for believing Microsoft has way too much control over hardware vendors (and in many other areas).
And my OS has included with it, a better Solitaire game, among 100 other similar time wasters MS users so love, not that I play games. This is probably what 50% of home MS users do with their computers. You are content with your OS so why even ask the question? Some of us were so frustrated with the MS problems we mustered the energy to try something else out and we were rewarded.
I've listed at least one reason why MS operating systems are inferior in every one of my posts, look at the number of my posts at the bottom of this message, then hold down your Windows Key
condorstats:
I haver actually used Win 95 for over 4 years, and just installed, i also have Mandrake 8.0 installed, yet I fail to see the any reason why i should make a permanent move to Linux. I like Linux, its cool, its configfurable, and it is a good OS. But overall, as normal use goes, noether XP nor Mandrake 8.0 impress me more than the other.
mr6re9:
A very comprehensive summation VoidMan, and one that should put to rest this thread. Sounds convincing to me, but I already reached this conclusion the hard way.
I'd like to add that gaming was not a priority on my PC either. HOWEVER, I got curious when I found Quake III arena on a secret little shelf in a local store. It was a Linux version. You just don't find too many of these little gems. To make a long story short, it operates much more efficiently in Linux than Win. I simply get MORE frags.
Thanks for visiting, many happy returns. It will be improving like FINE WINE over TIME.
voidmain:
quote:Originally posted by condorstats:
I haver actually used Win 95 for over 4 years, and just installed, i also have Mandrake 8.0 installed, yet I fail to see the any reason why i should make a permanent move to Linux.
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Who's telling you to make a permanant move? Shit, I still have to use MS because there are a few apps out there that do not exist for Linux (that's not the fault of Linux). There is one R/C Flight Simulator that we really like and I've kept a copy of Win98 around just to run it. For everything else I use Linux. If all of the developers put out a Linux version along with an MS version (including MS) life would be good.
So you've used Win95 for four years. Do you also have four years on Linux? I have over 15 years working w/MS, ~10 years w/Linux (from the beginning), ~12 years with *NIX in general. I have to use and support both. I prefer *NIX. You have the right to like and use whatever OS you want, or both. At least until Bill Gates takes over the world, then there will be nuclear winter.
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