LINUX? (was Re: [TheForge] RE: virus alert)

[Terry L. Ridder]

hello;

i agree with you concerning distributions.

i gave up on redhat.
currently i am using mandrake distributions on all my machines.
whenever debian 3.0 is released i will test it out.

at least with either mandrake or debian the distributions are
basically the same across different cpu arch.

i have 2 sun sparcs, 1 dec alpha, 2 apple imacs, 5 intel boxes,
1 hp pa-risc, 1 sgi mips box, and 2 m68k boxes. they all basically
are the same distribution of mandrake linux. this is not counting
the number of laptops and other computers dedicated to 'playing'
routers, printservers, mailservers, etc.


On Mon, 22 Apr 2002, Dave Brown wrote:

terrylr> At 09:54 04/22/02 -0500, you wrote:
terrylr> hello;
terrylr> 
terrylr> this better answer is to run linux and not have to
terrylr> put up with any virus or outlook.
terrylr>

dave> 
dave> Tried it, hated it.  Well, maybe I didn't hate all of it, but enough of it 
dave> to bring me back to Windows for the time being.
dave> 
dave> Too many distributions with too many unique attributes.  Software that runs 
dave> under one distribution isn't always able to run glitch free under another 
dave> distribution.  While one major downfall of Windows is it's attempt to have 
dave> a "one size fits all" presentation, much of the LINUX software is "Try 'em 
dave> all on and if your lucky you'll find one that suits you" approach.
dave> 
dave> I installed LINUX on an PII/266 machine last September and gave up in 
dave> frustration in March of this year.  My bottom line conclusion was that 
dave> while LINUX has it's good points (it does seem to process stuff faster), 
dave> it's not quite ready for prime time and the overwhelming majority of 
dave> Windows users.
dave> 
dave> Dave Brown
dave> 

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Terry L. Ridder ><>