[Ham-Linux] Which Distro/Apps/Apps development software to use?

[kd4e]

Actually, the last time I loaded Puppy Linux it came up 100%, used
a fraction of the space of Windows XP or Vista, ran faster, and worked
fine.

I have been able to add multiple apps to it for - free - and without
having to deal with going online to find MS-proprietary drivers.

As for the RARE device for which a specialized proprietary driver is
needed I generally only need to ask on the Puppy Forum and someone
will pop up who has it or finds it, compiles it, then adds it to the
repository of drivers that are click-once-to-install (.pet files).

Don't know what Linux distro you base your experience on, or how
distant in the past, but your experience does not represent many of
the modern Linux distros - despite Microsoft's best efforts to bully
the industry into creating barriers to compatibility.

Considering the huge competitive imbalance between Linux and MS
it is simply amazing how superior Linux is to MS on almost every
level.

BTW:  I know many many people who have, and continue to have,
problems with MS XP & Vista, with stability, drivers, security, and
incompatibility with older MS app-generated docs.  MS is hardly a
sound point of reference for terrific code - despite a billion-dollar
corporation.

 > Bill Smith wrote:
>  Try running a professional soundcard
>  under Linux, such as Audio Sciences cards, or external device
>  controllers without compiling the driver.  Then, once you have pulled
>  yourself through that maze, all you have to do is wait, the kernel
>  will be updated and your application will crash.  The remedy is
>  simple to the initiated, just recompile the driver again.  Of course
>  this scenario is impossible in a production environment but a regular
>  scene if you use Linux.  Not satisfied?  Try another Linux version.
>  Or just wait a couple of months and a new version of your choice
>  among myriads of Linux variants (did I say that correctly, don't
>  think so) will require you to wipe your system clean of any and all
>  information just to reinstall the "operating system."  Only takes
>  about six hours, minimum, plus a great number of additional number of
>  hours piecing back the system to where it was before you reinstalled.
>  There is one benefit to this curse, you are fully non-productive.  Am
>  I bashing Linux?  No, but I am bashing how it has been implemented.
>  It can never be a widely accepted desktop "operating system" in its
>  present, unstable state.  Remember, an "operating system" is supposed
>  to be a common base upon which applications can be written against so
>  that compiling and configuring and parameterizing can be eliminated
>  or at best minimized.
>
>  When was the last time you were able to download and install a new
>  Linux application without spending at least an hour getting it to
>  work?  How long has your revision of your version of Linux been
>  installed in your computer?

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