XP Performance

[zscoundrel]

Actually, you are just repeating one of the more damaging M$ lines of 
FUD.  I am using RH 7.1 just as it installed because I have more 
important things to do right now than recompile the kernel.  I have done 
it before, but with 7.1 I did not need to!

I m able to do EVERYTHING I want to do!  I write letters, calculate 
spreadsheets, decomprepress after a tough day with a game or two, surf 
the web, exchange emails, modify pictures I take with my digital camera, 
and every now and then I process files using CAT/GREP/LESS/, I edit HTML 
files and then FTP them to my home page.  

In fact, the ONLY thing I can't do is print on this super cheap Xerox 
printer because the companby is to short sighted to provide a driver for 
Linux - but this is not a Linux problem, because I just have not had a 
chance to hook up the HP600 I usually use on this machine since I moved. 

Actually, it is not Linux's usability that insures it will NEVER 
replaces windoze, but it's stability!  I can do almost anything my wife 
can do on her 'doze computer , plus a lot more, because software for her 
machine costs a bloody fortune, and most of mine is very dependable 
shareware.  The more I think about it, the more I doubt that Linux ever 
could replace 'doze!!!!  I don't think Linux could EVER become that 
sloppy and buggy and crash prone because I can always FIX THE BUGS and 
then  RECOMPILE the SOURCE!!!  (Well, unless Microsoft releases a distro!)

The reason M$ continues to dominate is the lies coming from Redmond and 
the business relationship they foist onto their third party vendors via 
draconian contract clauses and the aggresive way they persue anyone in a 
market niche they decide they want to dominate. 

Marvin Bellamy wrote:

> Straying OT...
> 
> The usability of Linux is what's killing it's chances of being a 
> serious contender to Windows.  There are a lot of installation 
> show-stoppers that aren't even documented.  I had a hell of a time 
> with Redhat just getting AVIs to play, probably two weeks before I 
> found a reference to the gcc2.96 issue.  How many people on this list 
> run Linux exclusively? You almost always have to go back to Windoze to 
> get some apps to run easily.  M$ is an evil corporate entity, but they 
> got here by opening up the industry to non-techs.  Until there is a 
> Linux distro that non-techs can easily use (I mean without relying on 
> a techie friend to troubleshoot), M$ will continue to dominate.  I've 
> been screwing around with Linux for about a year now (spending quite a 
> bit of time per week tweaking my desktop), and I have just reached the 
> point that I have all the functionality that I need (less running 
> Win32 apps).  KDE is still much slower than Windoze :(
> 
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> Patrick Thurmond wrote:
> 
>> I know your completely abhorrent to XP, and I don't blame you. But 
>> your biggest complaint I see so far is that it costs money. Now I am 
>> pretty experienced with computers in general and I have a hell of a 
>> time just installing things like netscape or staroffice in linux. I 
>> follow the directions to the letter (most which require console 
>> commands) and that doesn't do it. Nor do many variations. I have read 
>> alot of info on linux and when something that should be simple like a 
>> software install becames a huge pain, you know somethings wrong. And 
>> I not just talkin one distro, I am talkin redhat, debian, mandrake, 
>> and slackware.
>> 
>> My arguments aren't mindless or experienceless ones but come on, 
>> program installation shouldn't be so difficult. I don't mind using 
>> the console, but I have to type in huge strings to execute the 
>> commands, that includes triggers and switches and such. Your talkin 
>> down on XP, yet I haven't seen it crash, it can format a brand new 
>> hdd in under 1 minute, and it boots very swiftly, and its really user 
>> friendly. I will always use linux for things like servers and net 
>> admin, no prob, but I am having a heck of a time using it as an 
>> everyday desktop.
>> 
>> -Patrick
>> 
>>   Jonathan Hutchins <hutchins at opus1.com> wrote:
>> 
>>     -----Original Message-----
>>     From: Patrick Thurmond [mailto:p_thurmond at yahoo.com]
>> 
>>     > I will try to come in December to one of
>>     > the meetings and educate everyone on the
>>     > features of XP.
>> 
>>     I think that would be a pretty poor way to spend LUG time, and a
>>     very good
>>     way to get yourself pelted with rotten vegetables.
>> 
>>     We all get plenty of exposure to Microsoft's "education" as it is.
>> 
>>     XP's primary benefit is that license fees go to Redmond.
>> 
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-- 
At 20, I was liberal, because I had nothing to lose and so much to gain.
by 40, I was conservative, because I had so much to lose and so little to gain.
Isn't it amazing what 20 years of hard work and experience will do for ones' point of view?