cyberpal_jnospam@yahoo.com wrote:

> So what I was trying to say was don't give up on Linux yet. Try Mandrake

> 8,I think you'll like it.



Too bad I haven't got the time or resuorces to go switching an OS every

5 minutes. 



> Ok I still don't see how That proves that linux has serious problems.I mean

> look at the development vs. the capital invested.Micro$oft has the money to

> hire a slew of graphic artists to pretty up their OS. Plus linux is being

> improved by the month.I'm not a programmer or a tech just a hobbyist,But i

> enjoy my linux experience for the most part.Sure there isn't much driver

> support,(though Mandrake 8 detected everything including my crappy

> soundcard) but the blame falls on the sorry ass hardware companies that

> don't yet recognize the potential for linux(which is noticably changing).



Well, just to say. Ok I agree that Windows is $$$ and sometimes quite

naughty, but there are reasons to use it. If you'd install enough

additional software, like MS-Office, Visual Basic, Plus, etc you'd

notice a huge boost in usability. 



Ok, linux can be upgraded and optimized, but notice that Windows is just

the same (ofcourse only if the user can use the "Add/Remove programs"

part of windows). If you excuse the neat exceptions when two independend

software packages are actualy dependend, you can find windows

costumizable to a quite great extent. 



The problem I see with linux is that there is nowhere to start, while

windows takes you trough an easy to understand installation, so 1. you

can learn it's system (that is shared troughout the OS) very quickly and

2. you can start using the computer immediately.



I don't know if Linux can do this, but Windows is very good when it

comes to doing something for the real world. File type conversions are

quick, usable and self-contained (E.g.: Word to PowerPoint). Practical

applications can be made within seconds, with only a cupple of clicks

and copies in Visual Basic. Not to mention the great capability of the

software (everything from spell-checkers to the so called "Wizards").



I'm not telling anyone to stop using Linux now, but rather informing the

missinformed. Windows IS one of the best OSs around! Better than

switching to another OS that other people tell you is good, just learn

how to use yours.



...And quite frankly said, companies don't care if they have to install

the Visual Basic debugers to their systems, to make them work better;

they just do it...



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