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Windows is a great OS, Linux has nothing on it...
Kintaro:
Linux pwns.
If you want some advocacy information, avoid this forum and everyone who posts here.
www.opensource.org
www.linux.org
www.gnu.org
Fett101:
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- Most of the software included is not controllable by any one entity or person, giving you freedom of choice
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MS doesn't write most software for thier OS either.
quote:- It's open source, if you want to change it you can.
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Provided you have programming knoledge.
quote:- Linux is prettier than Windows in a lot of ways (minus some translucency eye candy right now)
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That depends on a person's taste.
quote:- Linux has better applications. IE sucks, Firebird owns. Office is nothing compared to OpenOffice imho
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Both those aps are available on Windows, and many Linux apps have an unfinished feel.
quote:- Linux runs on newer hardware much better (my Linux box runs games twice as fast as when I boot to Windows)
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Provided the company writes Linux drivers.
Kintaro:
Good points there Fett101.
I use XP most of the time, but theres a linux box next to me, and theres a freebsd box in my room, and a Dec Vax running OpenVMS.
Kintaro:
quote:Originally posted by ThePreacher:
Some people will never like linux, so lets not worry about them.
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Thats why we will get a monopoly and cram it down there throats.
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