Posted on 08/17/2006 9:07:14 AM PDT by AFreeBird
"If GM had to please consumers like Microsoft, then every car would have to:"
I think most "enhancements" are driven more by M$ greed than by actual customer requests for improvements. Still, considering how much an M$ OS does, it is amazing there aren't more problems. But I think they should not have had everything so comingled directly into the OS. There is no reason a bug in media player should put an organization at a security risk.
Haven't heard of that. Apple did release a customized version of Linux in the 90s. It was based on the Mach microkernel, and parts of that code are in OS X today.
They were all funny, but I actually chuckled to myself at this one.
Ubuntu gives me a headache....there are a lot of distro's more friendly....Ubuntu can't seem to handle hardware that SUSE, PCLinux, Knoppix and Memphis handle fine...and SLAX...and Fedora...
ROFL!
Sorry, no, I can't even tell you exactly when it was, just maybe two or three years ago.
Right now the easiest-to-use Linux distros IMHO are Ubuntu/Kubuntu, SimplyMepis, Xandros, and Linspire/Freespire.
The only thing that keeps me from fully switching to Ubuntu is I can't get my laptop's wifi to work with it...the wifi works with Xandros and Linspire/Freespire.
Everyone needs to see the Novell Linux Desktop Enterprise with Window Effects fully turned on,...ZOWIE...does take some cycles and memory ...but I am happy.
I am running RC3 but runs great for browsing and cutting and pasting here on FreeRepublic.
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Yes, you're right... If they had all Windows, they wouldn't need to have any administrators on their network, right?
The simple fact of the matter is that NO MATTER WHAT operating system you've got running your networks, you're going to need system and network administrators. I've supported Windows, *IX, and Novell based networks, and every single one needs both network admin skills, as well as system admin skills. And from my personal experience, the amount of time spend administrating networks tends to be far less in both the *IX and Novell areas than Windows. Not that this is a bad thing... It keeps me employed! Right now, I'm working as a network admin overseeing nearly 160 Windows servers. It does keep me and my coworkers (all 4 of us) extremely busy.
Mark
I prefer a leaner desktop -- AfterStep being my personal favorite. Though, with the recent changes to Gnome (the memory requirements have been somewhat reduced) I'm warming up to that environment. Only about 160 Mbytes for my base run environment. Of course, I come from an old AT&T 3B2 background where everything was terminal connect so.... I guess I'm just old fashioned.
Not shabby at all....I come from a green 3270 and IBM 360 environment.....and we didn't have anything that good!
I also prefer leaner desktops. My favorite (for a year or so now) is Xfce. It's nice in that it is pretty lean, but is also compatible with KDE apps, so I can run the few KDE-only apps without having to log into KDE itself.
What about Synaptic Package Manager? Or Linspire's Click-N-Run service? After all, Linspire's basic CNR service is now free...you still have to pay for commercial apps. When Linspire open-sources the CNR client, I'm gonna try to install CNR on Xandros 3.
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