[JamesP81]

Well, to be fair, I do mess with Linux a lot, but I can't use it exclusively because I haven't been able to hack everything to run on it yet.

C is also one of my favorite programming languages; yet another reason I'd like to switch to Linux if I could get everything to run on it.

[Still Thinking]

Another issue is ease of installation of new things. My Wifi card (Linksys) which works just fine under Windows won't install under Linux using ndiswrapper. There are some known issues with it and the PCMCIA chipset in my laptop so I thought maybe it was a bit much to ask of Linux anyway. So when I say a card at Fry's for $15 based on a different chipset, I snapped it up. Well, when I go to install, it says madwifi-kernel is missing and I should get it from Mandriva club. Nowhere to be found at Mandriva club, so I get it from sourceforge. Navigate to the directory, read the makefile and install docs, and try make. Won't make, says I don't have the kernel source installed. I think I do, but I go and get the latest anyway. Try make again, still doesn't work.

All this in the midst of learning the directory navigation rules (command line prompt not necessarily corresponding to file mangler display). There is a learning curve, and I've worked at various times on a VAX, on CP/M, and on every version of DOgS and Widows known to man. My point is, it ain't exactly like falling off a log.

[Still Thinking]

Well, at least the new one works using the Windows driver with ndiswrapper.