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Thread ID: 29673	2003-01-29 03:48:00	Windows VS Linux	Baldy (26)	Press F1

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117052	2003-02-06 01:20:00	Hi Chilling, If you need to know some of the programs that run under Wine and some of the set up requirements you can check it out here (http://appdb.winehq.org/) And I reckon if you had used Swat you wouldn't have had to many problems, but it isn't through the terminal ;p But as far as this thread is concerned..... I like Gnu/Linux because of the licencing and the cost ;) That said though, I do actually buy the retail versions of the products if I like them. So I have bought SuSE 6.4, SuSE 8.0 and Redhat 7.3. I will also be buying Mandrake 9.0. With the set-up I have here I would not legally be permitted to run Windows due to their connection limitations ie 5 PCs and/or peripherals with Win9x and 10 for the Win2K. Gnu/Linux doesn't have these limitations and I can load the same OS on all of my machines. Gnu/Linux has some great networking tools which means I can run DHCP, DNS, Http, Ftp, SMTP, etc, etc, etc. So many toys to play with :) But that is also a problem for new users, because if you aren't careful you can suddenly become lots of other internet users best friend ;) The graphical interface and hardware compatibility has improved lots. Now when you install Gnu/Linux you just have to answer a few questions and select the software components and it goes to work. Once the set-up wizard has finished it'll reboot your system and your away. Heaps better than the old way of hunting around for I/O ports and address spaces ?:| Overclockers have to be wary of Gnu/Linux though, as it can supposedly get a bit upset by unstable systems The good thing about Windows is it's excellent software base. It's been around for years and has a large user base so it is a lot more profitable for commercial products. The bad thing about Windows is of course the large user base, so you get more attention from worm makers as well.	Gorela (901)
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