thunder wrote:
On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 08:31:03 -0400, Bert Robbins wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 12:11:59 -0000, "thunder"
wrote:

Hey, I'm a Linux advocate. When I switched, I never looked back.
Ok, I'll take you up on that.

But first, explain what it's advantages and disadvantages are.
No viruses.

I believe there is one. ;-)

Terse documentation.

Not really. I'll admit some program's documentation is lacking, but much
documentation is quite detailed, and with the net, you can generally find
any answer.

Complicated interfaces.

What interface? There are so many choices.


If something goes wrong you fix it, or ask on the net if you can still
get to it.

Linux is a great environment if your application or needs fit. But, it
is not a general purpose environment for those that want to use a
computer to surf, play video, audio and other general activities.

Seriously, I'm not sure that holds true anymore. Over 8,000 apps, surely
you can find a fit. Oh, as for video and audio, Bill's Digital Rights
Management is getting down right intrusive, IMO.

I first started using Linux back when the kernel was 0.?? and the
distribution was on 3.5 inch diskettes. My first installation was on a
386/25 with a 40MB HD and 4MB of RAM. A kernel build took about 24 hours
and was the only thing running on the system. This was back in 1990/1/2

I PPP'd into work and to my ISP.

I have come to the conclusion that I like doing higher level work and
that is what I do. I would rather spend my non-working, non-honey-do and
non-sleeping time in activities that I enjoy, boating, fishing, golfing
and ****ing off several people in this news group.

I don't buy too many M$ appliations because I don't need many. My kids
like to run games on M$ so M$ OSes make sense at home.