Is there a utility like drivespace in winxp?

[lowtech1]

Linux have it pitfall like every other OSes, but it can be usefull as a Server. Linux desktop can't compare to Mac or Windows, because of the lack of desktop tools, support, and a steep learning curve for Windows if migrate. Linux is free, highly optimizable to save disk space, fast & secure.

The technologies are here for us to use & all the tools can be use for its best of intended purposes.

Would you turn down if someone offer to give you a brand new porsche?
Or, you would rather turn down the free offer and buy a mini van?

Porsche = (fast + fun to drive + free -- stickshift) = Linux ++ reliable ++ TCO

Mini van = (reliable + general purpose util ++ kitchen sink + auto -- gas guzzler -- /$ -- TCO) = Windows XP

 

[spyordie007]

KF werent you just arguing with me the other day about how aweful XP was?

Is Linux just like Windows? No, not at all.
Is all HW that is compatable with Windows also compatable with Linux? No
Is all HW that is compatable with Linux also compatable with Windows? No

This is why I recomended Virtual-Linux as it does not require an install at all. It is not as compatable as some of the other Linux distros (as I recently found out) however if it does work on your HW than a full distro (such as Mandrake or Redhat) should work fine as well.

You have an external modem I hope.

Do you ever use a scanner? A digital camera? Try it in Linux.

Ever want to use the photo-realistic capability of your printer?

Let me guess, you have a Win modem, a $50 Digital camera and a $60 Inkjet printer?
Get a real modem or network card as virtually all of them work with Linux (3com, Intel, Linksys, etc.) because not all win-modems work with Linux (they rely heavily on your OS to carry out some of their tasks).
There are plenty of Digital cameras that work fine with Linux because they are designed to be compatable (however they are usually the "nicer" cameras). Most of them function like a compact flash reader which can be made to work under Linux.
Ever heard of Postscript? It's 100% supported under Linux and will give you great print quality, but there's not a single inkjet printer that supports it.

Johnbear007

Please take the rants of KF with a grain of salt as he is not very technically minded (just big-mouthed). He is correct in saying that Linux is not as compatable as Windows, however if you have common and compatable HW you should be fine.

-Spy

 

[Nothinman]

spyordie007 covered most of it, but I still have some nits to pick.

Free software often has version numbers like 0.837c, and achieving 1.0 is a milestone often never attained after years of (spare time) work,

Because Free Software developers consider 1.0 to mean it's really stable, commercial vendors just want to push it out the door no matter how well it works, then they can sell you updates later.

OK, I have scratched the surface, just to add a touch of realism.

I'm still trying to figure out what world this 'realism' you speak of is coming from.

XP's ancestry is Unix. It was originally MS's attempt to take over the UNIX market
segment.

XP's ancestry is OS/2, it has no unix in it other than the POSIX subsystem which is absolutely terrible. NT4 only got POSIX certified because of holes in the certification process according to a USENIX member.

But UNIX nuts like the screwed up password/administrator/multiuser BS, which is just a PITA.

Excuse us if security actually means something to us, we'd rather not propogate things like nimda which you're probably doing right now.