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To: ctdonath2
Linux: by geeks, for geeks.

I played with some distros a few years ago.

Too many distros and variants of distros to figure out the usability of any of them.

Some variants did not recognize my computer equipement/peripherals. No version recognized my PCTV card.


41 posted on 01/03/2013 8:42:45 AM PST by TomGuy
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To: TomGuy

The problem with Linux is that it’s made by people who implement and fix what they want to - there is no incentive to do the 10% of work which nobody in their right mind would want to without considerable compensation, work which must be done to make things work without hassle for common users. Microsoft and Apple have the incentive and money to pay people to make their OSes work; Linux does not - hence the recurring problem of no (or old/broken) drivers, and other “uh, now what?” user-stopping problems.


58 posted on 01/03/2013 11:12:37 AM PST by ctdonath2 (End of debate. Your move.)
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