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| Thread ID: 46143 | 2004-06-15 00:43:00 | Discussion: What Do Newbies (And you) Need to Make the Switch to Linux?? | Chilling_Silence (9) | Press F1 |
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| 244599 | 2004-06-17 09:03:00 | I hope he's wrong about web deployment being the main way we will use our computers. Basically just running a browser. It will be called interactive of course but in real terms its not really, try saving something to your drive as anything other than simple text for eg. It would be a boost to alternative OS's with very little in the way of cross platform issues but, it will take the gloss off the individuality that can be experienced even if everyone is running the same OS but running a different mix of app's. Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 244600 | 2004-06-17 09:32:00 | Interesting article. | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 244601 | 2004-06-17 10:07:00 | web deployment is a terrible idea,is data transfer suddenly going to become free?.or are we to pay everytime we use a computer? It may work for clusters,large networks,whatever,it will never take off in the home market. Its nearly as retarded an idea as cell cpu's. |
metla (154) | ||
| 244602 | 2004-07-11 13:20:00 | There hasn't been too many opinions from BSD users. I started using FreeBSD a year ago, following the natural path to geekdom (Windows -> GNU/Linux -> *BSD) and don't know how I managed to get by with MS Windows. For people interested in programming, networking etc I believe that any BSD OS is a better choice than any GNU/Linux distribution. However you must remember that most BSD OS users are quite happy to delve into the source code of a program just to make it work. For people who don't see the fun in the above task and just need the darn thing to work and work well then MS Windows, closely followed by GNU/Linux is the best OS in that particular case. It all depends on how you use a computer. If you use it to read e-mail, surf the internet and write the occasional anonymous death threat to the boss then there's not much point using an operating system that was designed by programmers for use by programmers. On the other hand, if computers and every different aspect of them fascinate you, you'd be doing yourself a favour to run a BSD OS - yes even Solaris if you feel the need. Saying that there's no place for MS Windows is basically saying that there's no place for end users. |
benwy (5766) | ||
| 244603 | 2004-07-11 13:56:00 | Hi Ben, welcome to PF1. As a non-programmer I'll take your word for the programming aspects being fun. There are people who are challenged by the aspects of OS's and programmes, and therefore do not have a great understanding of what lies beneath it all, that are still interested in doing more than just the usual net things, games, word processing, etc. I guess you might put us in the tinkerers and breakers category of users, excellent beta testers if they can pass on the right info ;) > Saying that there's no place for MS Windows is basically saying that there's no place for end > users. I'm not sure if anyone has actually said there is no place for Windows, have to check the posts. There certainly should be no place for the security flaws and major bugs, but nothing is ever going to be perfect. For me mainly the corporate practices of MS (and their ilk) grate a bit, again nothing is going to be perfect but it could be a lot better. If there was a bit less MS and a bit more alternative out there, I'm sure the end users would adapt and the majority be better off. It could even up the market for programmers. Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 244604 | 2004-07-11 19:52:00 | "That's all i can remember..." Can i update your memory then ;)... Well I just installed knoppix on a p200mmx, it took an hour total to be installed , connected to my home network, the internet and it's loaded with usefull applications. Help is a breeze aka Google. The fonts issue is well over with, where have you been for the last two year lol. Documention is allllll over the place online, on the install cds in books........... |
mark.p (383) | ||
| 244605 | 2004-07-11 20:43:00 | Oh and for a leg up on standalone PC with Linux the Simply Linux Book- http://jetblackz.freesite.org/ - is worth a look. Downloable in text format to read at ones leisure. | mark.p (383) | ||
| 244606 | 2004-07-11 22:21:00 | Well quoted kiki :D Right, since my last post, i have used Linux with PuTTY to run servers - but my main quarrel is - at present, and forever more will be - THE BLOOMIN' FONTS!!!!!! I turn off anti-aliasing, but no - it just had to keep smoothing them out; all the while giving me a headache! |
Growly (6) | ||
| 244607 | 2004-07-12 00:20:00 | > However you must remember that most BSD OS users are > quite happy to delve into the source code of a > program just to make it work. For people who don't > see the fun in the above task and just need the darn > thing to work and work well then MS Windows, closely > followed by GNU/Linux is the best OS in that > particular case. Interesting comments there..... One of the hardest thing Ive found (And the best things too) is that there's just so much choice with Linux. Im currently running Gentoo Linux 2004.1 stage1 x86 kernel-2.6.7-love7, and can safely say that while I dont understand all the source code, its nice to just read it, look at it, see how its written etc. Yet other Linux's dont bother with anything like that. What are BSD's like in relation to this? Im just curious about BSD - What are some of the other differences between it and Linux? |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 244608 | 2004-07-12 01:28:00 | > "That's all i can remember . . . " Can i update your > memory then ;) . . . > Well I just installed knoppix on a p200mmx, it took > an hour total to be installed , connected to my home > network, the internet and it's loaded with usefull > applications . Help is a breeze aka Google . The > fonts issue is well over with, where have you been > for the last two year lol . Up till midway through last year, 56K stopped me from touching linux . Also up till midway through last year, I was trying to fix my Windows 95 Computer, which I believe is the best OS around . > Documention is allllll > over the place online, on the install cds in > books . . . . . . . . . . . I'm sorry, was that directed at me? It is but a common myth that help for linux is easy to find - mainly because I don't need common things . Any operating system can browse the web, send email and make text documents - therefore I don't believe that there is a point in moving to Linux . I do, however, want to - but I also want to use it to do more good than the bare necessities . Like the last time I tried to compile and install my kernel - I got random errors that no one here nor on google could do anything about . Sure help is online - but not often for the right distribution or the right setup - and I can't be bothered walking for an hour to the library . I have plenty of spare 200MHz pentiums lying around - but one is runing Server 2003, and the other XP Pro - so no problems there . And by useful applications, what do you mean? But most importantly . . . > The fonts issue is well over with, . . . Other people have my problem? IT'S BEEN FIXED? WHERE?!?!?!?! |
Growly (6) | ||
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