[padre35]

I like Linux, but it is not “there” yet.

Installing even a PCMCIA “G” card is a royal pain...worse then Wordperfect in text only mode...

As for the teacher...this is what Colleges are producing today?

[familyop]

Although I prefer NetBSD for the core developers' attention to kernel stability and security, my younger kid installed Ubuntu Linux on one of our older machines. It installed easier and faster than Windows. Everything works great with it--even the 3-D, first-person shooter games.

[ari-freedom]

“I like Linux, but it is not “there” yet.”

it’s great for students. Let them have the opportunity to use a system that they can understand.

[wally_bert]

Same here, drivers for some stuff is a pain. I like SuSE, Knoppix, and Mandrake. One of these days, I will get around to Ubuntu.

I keep a Knoppix disc at work to help me diagnose problems. 95% of the time, it isn't the hardware, it is Windoze flaking out. It freaks some people out when I use a liveCD. Is there a Windoze equivalent out there? If so, it is probably pricey like the rest of MS.

[NYFriend]

I have to tell you, I’ve grown to like MS Word, I can’t live without Excel, I’m learning to tolerate Access (I’m just learning to appreate Acrobat Pro, but that’s a different animal), but when I had WordPerfect (no mouse support) it was all I ever wanted, and I didn’t want to give up that blue screen.

[Future Snake Eater]

As for the teacher...this is what Colleges are producing today?

That's about the caliber of your average education major these days, yeah. My roommate's girlfriend/fiance/wife in college was an education major. Also completely, insufferably, irretrievably, hopelessly stupid...and borderline evil.

She, more than any other single variable, solidified my wife's and my decision to homeschool our kids. No person like that will ever teach/guide my kids.

[AFreeBird]

Installing even a PCMCIA “G” card is a royal pain..

Oh please. I'm running an IBM T30 with an old Linksys WPC54G card in it, under openSuSE 11.0. Granted, previous versions of SuSE required me to use NDSWRAPPER, but that worked fine. The latest version (kernel really) has support for the Broadcom chip that powers the Linksys WPC54G. It took a while because Broadcom wouldn't release the info required, but they managed to reverse engineer what they needed and now Ndswrapper is no longer required. Kwifimanager has been updated and supports multiple WAP's and encryption.