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Linux vs. Microsoft Windows
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| I use linux |     | 3 | 42.86% |
| I use Microsoft Windows |    | 4 | 57.14% |
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I use windows because there are a lot more developing tools and more programs. I like linux though I think it is a very good os.
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http://www.linux.org/lessons/beginner/ you can read about it here, it is pretty simple. You can run everything that windows runs. It has a steep learning curve but it looks to be very rewarding. As for cost, if you have broadband connection you can download it for free. Otherwise its only $40-$50 to order a cd. Im really looking forward to installing it and using it. It is open source code, that is the whole concept behind it. You can get all different kinds of linux, you just have to find out what suits you.
My karma ran over your dogma.
Yeah I tried something like that before and it didn't come up the same as it did in windows. There was a lot of problems with it. When I am working with Linux though, I mainly use open source programs like OpenOffice.org, and they seem to run really well and actually I think are just as good as some of the products you have to pay for, for windows.
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Originally Posted by fsn812
Linux box.. up 370 days
Windows box.. up 45 days
*shrug* The proof is in the pudding, so to speak
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Originally Posted by Total NONgeek
I use windows xpee pee. I hate it! I don't know what a lot of the stuff is for and the things I do know about seem to not respond more often than they should. When I had windows 2000 or ME my computer worked much better. I am not a geek and would really like to hear the pros and cons of changing to Linux. How hard is it to learn? How costly is the software for things like PSP,
photoshop and other art programs? Will yahoo messenger work on it? Where can a non geek go to read stuff that I can really understand?
Maybe one of you Linux loving M$ basher can tell me this:
If linux is so great and so much better than microsoft, then how come each newer version becomes more and more like Windows?
If linux is so great and so much better than microsoft, then how come each newer version becomes more and more like Windows?
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I never bashed windows, dont turn this into something its not. Linux is not made just by one person, or by one company. Everybody is constantly changing it and adding to it. If they feel comfortable with a desktop and similar features that microsoft uses, then let them do so, it still has properties of linux. People also still use the old school linux.
My karma ran over your dogma.
>If linux is so great and so much better than microsoft, then how come each
>newer version becomes more and more like Windows?
Linux vendors want the desktop market, so they have to dumb things down enough to entice the average Windows user.
Of course, that's just my opinion as one of those filthy heathens that uses both Linux and Windows and doesn't form a strong opinion about the available tools.
>newer version becomes more and more like Windows?
Linux vendors want the desktop market, so they have to dumb things down enough to entice the average Windows user.
Of course, that's just my opinion as one of those filthy heathens that uses both Linux and Windows and doesn't form a strong opinion about the available tools.
I'm here to prove you wrong.
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moderate_rock48,
Thank you for your response. I am on dialup but my friend is supposed to be getting dsl as soon as they get around to switching her phone line or something. I will start reading at the site you suggested.
server_crash,
There are many more reasons to learn something than to pretend it doesn't exist simply because you do not like it. I think you must be very young so I will not pay much attention to your views. I know 7 year olds who would have attempted to give me a much more comprehensive answer than you did.
Thank you for your response. I am on dialup but my friend is supposed to be getting dsl as soon as they get around to switching her phone line or something. I will start reading at the site you suggested.
server_crash,
There are many more reasons to learn something than to pretend it doesn't exist simply because you do not like it. I think you must be very young so I will not pay much attention to your views. I know 7 year olds who would have attempted to give me a much more comprehensive answer than you did.
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