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Posted on 08/25/2005 7:49:07 PM PDT by N3WBI3
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#9 is underrated. I have found the open source community to be an unmatched source of information and learning.
Just an innocent question. If I download Linux to replace Windows XP, what happens if I decide I don't like Linux.
Stability can mean things other than not crashing. Nothing is more frustrating than having a runaway process doing lots of IO in Windows XP and bringing the system to its knees. In Linux 2.6 and later, I can sit there and have 5 compilations going on, with the disk grinding away, and the desktop is still smooth as silk.
Why not use Solaris 10 X86?
You can try linux by using something called a "Live CD". I am sure others on this thread can recommend one that will work for you. Most of the Live CDs do not require a hard disk and will run directly from the CD. They may be slighlty slower than a hard disk install but switching back to Windows requires nothing more than a reboot.
As well, don't be afraid to get impatient or otherwise bored of any distro and you find yourself switiching back and forth between Windows and Linux (re-installs). I did it for a few years before I was fully comfortable with Linux.
In the long run, your going to learn ALOT about both Windows and Linux.
Just my $0.02
welcome to FR.
Linux still needs time to bake, especially KDE and Gnome. Were there any justice in the world, Linux would be abandoned in favor of BSD.
In the meantime, there's OS X, the best end-user OS currently available.
I really like the Gentoo build in Linux, and find myself using it more and more in my home computing environment, but I am still a long way away from ditching XP Pro. Both have their pros and cons, but XP is multitudes better in stability than previous versions. I also think Win2K is a great build of Windows, but XP Pro seems to have a few bells and whistles that I find very handy that are unavailable in Win2k. I have 4 computers in my home, and three are running MS. It's all good though. I like choices, and probably will even give OSX a spin when they port it over to the PC architecture.
I suppose if you put Linux up against Win98, these things would be true.
Memory leaks are a function of the application. I've written C applications for UNIX, XENIX, DOS, and all versions of Windows. You can make memory leaks on any OS.
Little stormtroopers come in the middle of the night and have a "talk" with you.
Or ....
Replace Linux with Win XP.
No Money; Drug Junkie; Computer Hacker; Conspiracy Loonie
If you try, you can even make Java leak memory :)
hehe..
I've actually been trying to change a HP Pavillion computer to Linux. The files got so mangled that I can't start Windows anymore and with no recovery disk I've been trying to install Linux from DOS. Got pretty close to making it work but I think partitioning of the hard drive is what is stopping it from working . (I've got data that I don't want to lose so I'm reluctant to mess with that!)
I once brought down an IBM mainframe with 40,000 attached terminals -- using COBOL. I don't know much, but I can be dangerous. I mean down all the way down to IPL.
1.freedom:" Linux liberates you from the yoke of vendors "
what great freedom, you want a program, make it yourself.
2.stability: true, but if it takes an act of god to
load one program it's hard to screw anything up.
3.security: if your not a target you are not likely to get hit.
if 99% of the world used linux do really think there wouldn't be
any virus programs? HA!!!!!! no that's a good one.
4.EFFICIENT NETWORKING : hands down linux is a better product there.
a computer dragged out of the closet can still make a good linux server.
5.EASY INSTALLATION : yes and completely no. you pop in most
distros in the cd bay and poof a complete OS is up in running
in no time.....UNTIL YOU START UPDATING THE DRIVERS. that takes
forever. and if the program that you want isn't preloaded, good god
it will send you running back to M$ in a second.
6.FLEXIBILITY : gum has alot of flexibility but if it isn't preload
your screwed.
7.free upgrades : true, and you will need them.
8. FULL USE OF HARD DISK: true and you can pick from several formats
9.SUPERB TECHNICAL SUPPORT: only if you can speak klingon and the best help you can get is RTFD.
10. THE CHOICE OF THE GIANTS: "U.S. Postal Service are only a few names who use Linux"
HAAAAAA!!!! yeah, that's a good reason.
am i an anti-linux person? no, not in the least. i've tried around 20 different distros from http://distrowatch.com/ and they all worked fine. however none could load and run(work) mythTV with any luck including knoppmyth.
i crawled back to M$ loaded gb pvr and will be watching linux grow.
interesting fact: until groups like red hat and others started making money it really wasn't going anywhere. now that people have found a way to make a buck on "free" software things are really picking up.
i really like the open source going on in the windows world these days too.
all just my opinion, nobody get their penguin in a bunch.
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