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| 117012 | 2003-01-29 03:48:00 | For those who have been using Linux for a wee while now, what does Linux do, that Windows can't. And in what way is one better / worse than the other? BALDY:-) |
Baldy (26) | ||
| 117013 | 2003-01-29 04:02:00 | What does windows do that Linux doesn’t you ask. Well quite simply "it works". Every day I turn on my pc I have NO guarantee that windows will boot, however Linux boots every time, put simply “it’s reliable unlike its Redmond competitor”. In-fact I’ve had to use Linux 4 times now to rescue my “windows” data when windows has had fatal errors and conked out. Cheers Liam. |
nz_liam (845) | ||
| 117014 | 2003-01-29 04:09:00 | There are a couple of widely used OSs. There are a number of less popular ones. There is NO BLOODY POINT in threads about which is best. That is not the purpose of this site. Such threads cause otherwise reasonable people to behave like very badly brought up children. If you want to play such games, look at the "advocacy" news groups. But please don't do it here. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 117015 | 2003-01-29 04:29:00 | > Such threads > cause otherwise reasonable people to behave like > very badly brought up children. Has Graham L been bad? Bad children need a good spanking! |
BIFF (1) | ||
| 117016 | 2003-01-29 04:48:00 | Graham, have you had a hard day... :D Nothing like a bit of healthy debate especially when it degrades into a flame war between the different camps. Of course we are above that :D |
Dolby Digital (160) | ||
| 117017 | 2003-01-29 05:00:00 | I like Linux cos I can change Windows Managers... some days Gnome and sometimes KDE (although I prefer Gnome). I like Windows cos most hardware you bolt on have device drivers for it (although I have to say that my Digital Camera only supports Win98). I like my Nissan Primera cos it has a cam chain, not a cam belt (oops sorry, got carried away) |
Dolby Digital (160) | ||
| 117018 | 2003-01-29 05:01:00 | There are some things that it may do better. There are others that it may not. There is no BEST operating system just some people have preference to one OS as opposed to another OS. |
-=JM=- (16) | ||
| 117019 | 2003-01-29 05:47:00 | I'm not going to tell you why GNU/Linux is better than Windows because I've seen threads like this one turn into flames quite quickly. But I'll tell you why *I* like GNU/Linux. (These are all IMO so not flames please) - It works - Its free (As in beer and speech) and so no licensing fees - I can view the code - Bugfixes are quickly released - Less bugs/vulnerabilities (Again IMO) - Better choice of software - Lots of development going on (I can volunteer with projects) - I can customise it to my liking (eg, patch the kernel source with certain patches and then compile my own kernel) - Different desktop environment and/or window manager choices I'm sure there are many more but I'll stop there. |
segfault (655) | ||
| 117020 | 2003-01-29 06:27:00 | > There are a couple of widely used OSs . There are a > number of less popular ones . > > There is NO BLOODY POINT in threads about which is > best . > > That is not the purpose of this site . Such threads > cause otherwise reasonable people to behave like > very badly brought up children . > > If you want to play such games, look at the > "advocacy" news groups . But please don't do it > here . Sheeesh Graham . Playing games? I thought it was a perfectly reasonable question . Sorry that I have riled you up . BALDY |
Baldy (26) | ||
| 117021 | 2003-01-29 07:41:00 | I feel that Graham's comment was a very fair and valid one. I've yet to see a discussion about which is best NOT turn into a flame war. It's the same with "AMD vs Intel" and "Nvidia vs ATI". |
-=JM=- (16) | ||
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