XP Performance
Marvin Bellamy
Marvin.Bellamy at innovision.com
Wed Dec 5 14:44:12 CST 2001
Straying OT...
The usability of Linux is what's killing it's chances of being a serious
contender to Windows. There are a lot of installation show-stoppers
that aren't even documented. I had a hell of a time with Redhat just
getting AVIs to play, probably two weeks before I found a reference to
the gcc2.96 issue. How many people on this list run Linux exclusively?
You almost always have to go back to Windoze to get some apps to run
easily. M$ is an evil corporate entity, but they got here by opening up
the industry to non-techs. Until there is a Linux distro that non-techs
can easily use (I mean without relying on a techie friend to
troubleshoot), M$ will continue to dominate. I've been screwing around
with Linux for about a year now (spending quite a bit of time per week
tweaking my desktop), and I have just reached the point that I have all
the functionality that I need (less running Win32 apps). KDE is still
much slower than Windoze :(
Patrick Thurmond wrote:
> I know your completely abhorrent to XP, and I don't blame you. But
> your biggest complaint I see so far is that it costs money. Now I am
> pretty experienced with computers in general and I have a hell of a
> time just installing things like netscape or staroffice in linux. I
> follow the directions to the letter (most which require console
> commands) and that doesn't do it. Nor do many variations. I have read
> alot of info on linux and when something that should be simple like a
> software install becames a huge pain, you know somethings wrong. And I
> not just talkin one distro, I am talkin redhat, debian, mandrake, and
> slackware.
>
> My arguments aren't mindless or experienceless ones but come on,
> program installation shouldn't be so difficult. I don't mind using the
> console, but I have to type in huge strings to execute the commands,
> that includes triggers and switches and such. Your talkin down on XP,
> yet I haven't seen it crash, it can format a brand new hdd in under 1
> minute, and it boots very swiftly, and its really user friendly. I
> will always use linux for things like servers and net admin, no prob,
> but I am having a heck of a time using it as an everyday desktop.
>
> -Patrick
>
> Jonathan Hutchins <hutchins at opus1.com> wrote:
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patrick Thurmond [mailto:p_thurmond at yahoo.com]
>
> > I will try to come in December to one of
> > the meetings and educate everyone on the
> > features of XP.
>
> I think that would be a pretty poor way to spend LUG time, and a
> very good
> way to get yourself pelted with rotten vegetables.
>
> We all get plenty of exposure to Microsoft's "education" as it is.
>
> XP's primary benefit is that license fees go to Redmond.
>
>
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