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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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| 244539 | 2004-06-15 13:13:00 | I'm a newbie and my comments won't go down at all well with the fanatical linux users and you probably won't be so helpful next time I post a problem, but so be it. I am happy with Windows. The problems I have are entirely of my own making and ignorance. If Linux is so flaming good you wouldn't have to be going on and on re: trying to get every one else to use it. NO system is perfect. (No man-made thing ever is!) Everyone is entitled to their own opinions and preferences. The only time I have had any experience of Linux or its predecessors is with one of my clients who had just got her first computer and the guy who sold it to her had set it up in one of Linux's OS. She had a nightmare with it. Every time I was at her place she was going nuts over the next thing that wouldn't work and the guy who was supposed to be helping her was nigh on useless. I'm glad all you Linux users are deliriously happy with your systems, but go easy on those who choose Windows. They too are enjoying the system that "they" have freely chosen to use. If I was a Company who could only get clients who were unhappy with the opposing company's product, rather than getting clients who chose me because my product was so dammed good, that would really be depressing. Well that's all I had to say. Pls don't be offended. Marg. |
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| 244540 | 2004-06-15 13:15:00 | Well said WTF. One thing that drives me mad when trying to help people on the phone is knowing that in a few clicks I could have done what is needed and yet it takes for ever to talk them through it. That is with Windows ( and Macs to a lesser degree) but I would not expect it to be vastly different in Linux |
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| 244541 | 2004-06-15 13:21:00 | >and you probably won't be so helpful next time I post a problem, That is also very helpful. What do you have problems with Windows!! :) |
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| 244542 | 2004-06-15 13:30:00 | > >and you probably won't be so helpful next time I > post a problem, > That is also very helpful. What do you have problems > with Windows!! :) MikeBartnz I have problems with Windows. :8} Linux users have problems with Linux.:0 Remove your blinkers. :D Your Friend Marg. heheheheh |
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| 244543 | 2004-06-15 13:43:00 | No offence taken where non is intended Marg . Without counting, I think a lot of us posting are not so much Linux fanatics but in fact relatively new to Linux . it's really only recently that Linux has got to the point where knuckle heads like me can get it running and feel reasonably of what we are doing . So, we find it new and exiting and pat ourselves on the back for getting the thing to a boot screen let alone installing it and running app's . It really does feel great to be given the freedom to try a slightly different way of doing things and a very different way of procuring software . Linux has got comfortable enough now so that to get seriously into the sticky stuff and be miserable all over again is easy, read WTF's post, it doesn't just apply to windows users ;) However, you are far less likely, in my opinion, to get in to serious trouble in Linux and especially find yourself mired by some of the crud getting around the net at the mo, if you stick to a few basic rules . To qualify that, I mean "Linux" as one of the easy to use, graphical distributions of which there are only a handful or two well known ones and not some build your own from scratch or distro or even most of the mature distro's out there . My own personal reasons for going/attempting the Linux way is more to do with choice and a dislike of the way some corporates operate, not restricted to MS BTW . I still use those products but hope to break my dependance on them, it just so happens Linux gives me that opportunity . Cheers Murray P |
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| 244544 | 2004-06-15 13:45:00 | Just out of interest, does this look crap to you? My Laptop (www.jabber.org.nz) |
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| 244545 | 2004-06-15 13:46:00 | Sorry for the crappy structure and bad grammar :8} Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 244546 | 2004-06-15 13:51:00 | > Just out of interest, does this look crap to you? > > My > Laptop ( . jabber . org . nz/laptop . png" target="_blank">www . jabber . org . nz) Yes, infact that is heinously ugly, I am amazed you would even be able to look upon it for more then a few seconds, let alone admire it for its beauty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ha,well you did ask . |
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| 244547 | 2004-06-15 13:54:00 | ...................my eyes.........my eyes.......they are bleeding..... oh lord no....my eyes,my eyes.... The pain...it burns,it burns.... |
metla (154) | ||
| 244548 | 2004-06-15 13:56:00 | > If you are using Linux as your only OS, what would > make you use Windows? Can't really think of anything. It would have to be something pretty major. I think I'd have to be forced to use windows actually. > Would you consider BSD / Solaris? I use BSD now and then (and am going to start using it regularly very soon). I probably wouldn't consider using Solaris as it pretty much means you're tied to Sun hardware (unless you want to inflict pain on yourself by running Solaris on x86). Maybe a case where I might consider Solaris is as a database server where I need huge throughput. |
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