Red Squirrel
No Lifer
- May 24, 2003
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Hmm the big decision. Been fighting with my PC for almost a year, decided to get an ATI card since I suspect it's a nvidia driver issue. Can't get old Linux system to boot properly so trying different Linux distros. Overall I have to fight with everything when it comes to installing basic things like Java and all that crap (which are required for lot of things). Even simple things like mouse settings or adding an icon to the desktop are a bit battle in Linux. Choose icon... just dumps me to a open box. Gee, thanks, WTF do they store icons, I don't know? Fuck it, leave it default.
OR I can go back to Windows and everything "just works" but then I'm in a proprietary environment that could potentially have NSA monitoring built in and I'm at the mercy of MS's decisions... such as windows 8. I'd be sticking with 7 for a long time though but just the idea that the direction their heading is terrible makes me not want to be part of it. But... it just works. Wont have to dual boot as much either to do stuff.
But then, there are certain things that actually ARE better in Linux like native NFS access and what not. Decisions decisions...
OR I can go back to Windows and everything "just works" but then I'm in a proprietary environment that could potentially have NSA monitoring built in and I'm at the mercy of MS's decisions... such as windows 8. I'd be sticking with 7 for a long time though but just the idea that the direction their heading is terrible makes me not want to be part of it. But... it just works. Wont have to dual boot as much either to do stuff.
But then, there are certain things that actually ARE better in Linux like native NFS access and what not. Decisions decisions...
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