Re: I can't believe this
Firstly I using my winnt box, so I am not exactly sure how this email will
be formatted (its a new install).
Which one? Sounds a bit like the search for the holy grail. Linux is not
there yet for a desktop workstation. Hopefully when the gnome/some window
manager are easier to install, linux can be nominated as a candidate in
equal contention with microsoft and apple.
I just completed a WINNT install and in comparison to debian some of the
following things stood out:
I did not know any of the IRQs and ports for the hardware
NT did not detect all of my hardware automatically and it was necessary to
download device drivers (video card, sound card, printer and zip drive)
No compiling or relinking was required
Performance is OK, but not as good as a cut down unix/linux installation
Stability - seems OK for a workstation. Generally the machine is not run for
more than a week continuously
The only advantage of having a GUI install is that some useful guidance and
help are displayed as one proceeds. microsoft could do this a lot better.
Generally it seems that winnt is easier to use than linux. On-line help is
good for some aspects of the operating system.
Well when you find something better than winnt or debian I would be
interested ....
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From: Jonathan Guthrie <jguthrie@brokersys.com>
To: Richard Lyon <rlyon01@ozemail.com.au>
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Date: Friday, 19 March 1999 2:58
Subject: Re: I can't believe this
>On Thu, 11 Mar 1999, Richard Lyon wrote:
>
>> Logically it may be better to spend some money on an os which doesn't
require
>> specialist training to understand.
>
>Right. Which one might that be? (I've used dozens of OSes and I haven't
>yet come across one like that.)
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