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Never ceases to amaze me what I find on this list...
I feel just the opposite. I worked at MS for five years (they bought my previous company) and I was often frustrated by undiagnosable problems. Even with NT4.0, it was common for us to "pave" flaky machines, that is to re-install the OS. I don't know about Win2k, I left too soon to know how well that is working internally.
I like GNU/Linux much better because if you know what you are doing you can see what's going on anywhere and fix any problem. Also I find it more configurable. You get improvements for free, instead of having to pay for the next release. You can try all the other software for free too. I feel more comfortable with the "peer review" security model, rather than the "security through obscurity" model. Finally -- I konw this sounds corny -- but it feels nice to participate in a community project, rather than with a big company that basically just wants a few more bucks out ot you.
I admit that it takes elbow grease. However, I know a retired Mexican truck driver who got Mandrake running on a second hand pc as his first computer experience.
Oh yeah, and it's nice to get some use out of your old computers. I use 486's for GNU/Linux firewalls and routers.
If you'd like to know more please ask! I'm always eager to carry on about this (as you can tell!)
I feel just the opposite. I worked at MS for five years (they bought my previous company) and I was often frustrated by undiagnosable problems. Even with NT4.0, it was common for us to "pave" flaky machines, that is to re-install the OS. I don't know about Win2k, I left too soon to know how well that is working internally.
I like GNU/Linux much better because if you know what you are doing you can see what's going on anywhere and fix any problem. Also I find it more configurable. You get improvements for free, instead of having to pay for the next release. You can try all the other software for free too. I feel more comfortable with the "peer review" security model, rather than the "security through obscurity" model. Finally -- I konw this sounds corny -- but it feels nice to participate in a community project, rather than with a big company that basically just wants a few more bucks out ot you.
I admit that it takes elbow grease. However, I know a retired Mexican truck driver who got Mandrake running on a second hand pc as his first computer experience.
Oh yeah, and it's nice to get some use out of your old computers. I use 486's for GNU/Linux firewalls and routers.
If you'd like to know more please ask! I'm always eager to carry on about this (as you can tell!)