Same old, same old
Well,Can we all just hand back for a second and recognise that this thread has degenerated into the familiar "My grass is greener" debate. Surely we have all seen that this type of so called discussion...
View ArticleThat information has always been available
if you are willing to look for it. Searching Google for "linux windows command comparison" produces almost 2.5 million hits, with this one at the top:...
View ArticlePortable shell
Your own examples both highlight and validate the very problems I was pointing to. What is needed is a portable but customisable shell that the user can work with irrespective of installed operating...
View ArticlePortable?
Unix shells are portable -- to OSes that aren't intentionally resistant to portability of software.
View ArticleWhich has long been a problem
MS intentionally tries to make their product NOT work with other products, so you and everyone you do business all have to purchase the same package.One person upgrades to the latest bloated version of...
View ArticleRE: Why would anyone choose Windows over Linux?
you are all alone. no one will help you, or will
View ArticleHelp you ? what is this ?
How hard is it to install a O/S geez took about 25 minutes to install on a Desktop and less on a Laptop and its LINUX ( Ubuntu 9.04 ) picked up the broad band modem and ran with it . . NO software...
View ArticleBOGUS: Linux is extremely difficult to learn
>>Linux is extremely difficult to learnOnly for morons.And Microsoft users apparently.
View ArticleWhat do you mean ? BOGUS !
I am guessing you have never downloaded Ubuntu 9.04 and ran it from the Live CD . . If you did you would not have even said the silly stuff you put here . . I added Linux to a message parlor computer...
View ArticleI believe, Jackie
The poster was responding sarcastically to an earlier post, especially given the remainder of his post:Only for morons.And Microsoft users apparently.
View ArticleOk hard to migrate
Doesn't that show that microsoft tries to uphold it's monopoly?Make migration as hard as possible by using technology that is windows only... So yeah it's a load of trouble once you have a set system,...
View ArticleThere is always
So just move 1 commputer at a time to linux and slowly get rid of the windows stuff as I can open and see any thing windows makes with Linux . . AND make a windows file in ABI or Open Source Office . .
View ArticleI was getting hit from
I was getting Hit from Redmon VA ( Microsoft ) when I moved to Linux . . it was getting to be a joke as they hit weird ports and my firewall stopped them ( printer port and some other strange input...
View ArticleIt is not so Hard !
I have a person who should not be using a computer, NOW using Linux ( Ubuntu 9.10 ) and it has virtual Box with XP Pro installed so he can run his windows crap and it will not crash OR has not crashed...
View ArticleWhy People Choose Windows over Linux
I tried using Ubuntu on an HP Pavilion laptop - it simply did not work. All research I've done seems to point it's the hardware's fault, but this is the reason I chose the clean, well-working Windows 7...
View ArticleHowever...
If Macs were not an option I would work hard to find a good laptop and a good Linux distro, to get away from Windows.
View ArticleCheck out Mint Linux
Though I suggest Mint 11. 12 uses the new Gnome desktop and its a fair bit clunkier and less stable than 11. 12 needs at least 1 gig of RAM to run, 11 runs fine with 256mb.Also, stop grave digging.
View ArticleWhy I choose windows.
The reason I, and many of the businesses I work with on a regular basis use windows is that as soon as you begin needing more specialized software, the options on windows are usually much more abundant...
View ArticleThat may work for where you work
But it is not always the case so I will ask you for a Windows Version of Computer Image Generation Program used for movie making.Sorry but there is no Windows version and the few that where tried...
View ArticleCAD, I can see
Accounting software? Online is going to kill the desktop market space for that. Low end will be wholly on line, high end will be cloud (possibly private). As for specialised hardware support, that's a...
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