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Why did you try linux, or why haven't you tried it yet?

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Linux sucks. Long live the HURD!

I'm using Linux 2.4.5 now on my Debian 3.0 machine. Going to reinstall tomorrow. I started using Linux in 1997, and started playing with it in 1995. It's improved
*a lot* since then 🙂
 
I have it on one of my machines, I only deal with it, so I know what other techs are asking me...
 
I tried Mandrake 8.0 on my K6-II 500 and it ran too slow for my taste. On the Duron 800 I built I have tried to install Peanut Linux, Icepack Linux and Redmond/Lycoris Linux. Redmond was the only one to fully install and I made one change to the video settings and I never got anything but a blank screen after that. I also tried QNX on an old PII 450 but the onboard video in that computer sucked so it never looked right.
 
tried it when redhat 5.0 first came out. I wanted to see what all the fuss was about. I also wanted to share the connection of my modem across the network (in college between me and my 2 roomates there were 4 boxes on the lan). I was tired of wingate (and other windoze proxies)

Currently i have 1 box running redhat 7.0 linux 100% of the time, (ip masq, irc, ftping, various other network stuff, messing around with various aps).
 
I started using it about 4 years ago. That was because I wanted to see this new OS people were talking about. Started with SuSE, switched to Debian and I'm currently planning to switch to Gentoo. I'm dual-booting Linux and W2K, but I use mostly Linux. I didn't make any conscious decision to use mainly Linux, I just found out that it works like I want it to work (and if it doesn't I can change it). Only time I'm in W2K is when I play games.
 
Windows has worked for me. The learning curve is a bit high... altho, going to try my second attempt at a web-ftp-ssh server/router using redhat (heh, any other suggustions?).

 
Originally posted by: lnguyen
Windows has worked for me. The learning curve is a bit high... altho, going to try my second attempt at a web-ftp-ssh server/router using redhat (heh, any other suggustions?).
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Try FreeBSD for that, even if you have no experience a FreeBSD server with the stuff you want is very easy to setup.

 
Using Slackware 8 on my dual proc wks - runs like a champ. RH7.3 on my new Thinkpad from work, Win2k pro (M$'s best OS ever) on everything else.
 
Well I run the evil newbie distro, Redhat.

I started about 2 years ago, but had been playing around with it since about 1997. I wanted to get a cable modem, and decided I would build a linux router project firewall for masquerading. Well, I learned a lot of command line stuff and ended up making a completely silent, small router. I used a solid state disk on chip for storage. Still running 24/7 like a champ.

Then I decided to create a webserver at home using redhat 6.2. I then added mail and domain name services. I now run MySQL database and PHP extensions. This led me to setup a sourceforge project called RIMPS to serve my mp3 through a webpage frontend. I now have my entire 10GB mp3 collection online anywhere in the world that I have a internet connection. It supports searching, playlist generation, seperate login accounts and lots of other nice features.

Next I built another linux server to run Linux terminal server project. This is still an ongoing project, but I have one terminal running and a second one very close.

I switched over one server I administer at work about a year ago. Just switched over the second one, which was win 2000 server until a few days ago. I got sick of patching windows only to be cracked again in a few weeks. It is now supporting our 5 tape DLT changer, which gives us 150GB of compressed backup space.

The main reason I switched was for the challenge. Now I really like the ability to completely control every aspect of security and functionality. It is also a much cheaper hobby than windows. I spend an hour or 2 a week checking out sourceforge or freshmeat for interesting new opensource projects to try out.

My next big step is to switch my desktop machines. They are currently win 2000. I will do that after I complete my Phd dissertation this summer. The nice thing is that I am using open office 1.0 and GIMP, a picture editor like photoshop, on windows right now. This should make the transition to a linux desktop much less painful.

Edit: The newest versions of linux are much less painful to install and use. Granted you must have hardware equivalent to what a win machine would need, but with ease of install seems to come serious bloat. Right now I have an install on a pentium pro 200, which runs quite nicely with the blackbox windowing interface. It's much to slow with KDE or Gnome.
 
I'd use it if it were a little more user-friendly. "Oh, you want to use the CD-ROM? Well, you have to mount it first, silly!". If it was more plug & play oriented I think we would see more of it in the corporate environment. Sure, you can build a bullet-proof web server with it, but if 98% of the user desktops are running Winxxxx it's a nuisance to have to learn & support two different environments. Take the average 'user' and put them in front of Win9x or XP and you can have them operational in a matter of minutes. Try the same thing in Linux and you're still working on the basics a day later.
 
In 1999 at wit's end over win98's total instability I knew I needed something else. WinNT wouldn't run anything I wanted and there was a big Linux hype. Well I played with it for a day and this was about the same time Win2k betas were readily available. I installed a win2k beta as my main OS and have never gone back. Windows now gives me absolutely everything I need. Incomporable support of hardware and software and incredibly stability for a desktop OS.
 
Because I disagree with the strongarm business practices of Microsoft. Because I feel that their OS prices are ridiculous. Because the command line is a lot more fun than point and click (I miss DOS). Because I don't have to worry about silly viruses all the time.

And besides, my webserver has outlasted webservers put up by my friends (IIS, hah!).
 
Never tried it.

I thought about it, but the effort involved in installing, configuring and learning it just isn't worth it considering there is nothing on the platform I need. That's not to say it's crap, just that it doesn't fit my needs.
 
Originally posted by: Skyclad1uhm1
Originally posted by: lnguyen
Windows has worked for me. The learning curve is a bit high... altho, going to try my second attempt at a web-ftp-ssh server/router using redhat (heh, any other suggustions?).
Click to expand...

Try FreeBSD for that, even if you have no experience a FreeBSD server with the stuff you want is very easy to setup.
Click to expand...

Or Gentoo Linux. It takes the best features of *BSD and merges it with Linux 🙂
 
Tried installing it on 2 different occasions - didn't recognize my video card in either one nor my monitor - so I said f-it and have never messed with it since
 
When our firewall and mail server went to linux, I had no choice. 😀

I now manage 4 linux machines (including the aforementioned servers). I really like it as a server OS, but I still prefer windows on my desktop.
 
I tried it. I prefer an OS that has support for virtually everything out there instead of one that I have to hut for crap-ish programs that will work for it.

nik
 
Always wanted to try it. But too cheap to buy it in stores and dont have cable/dsl to dl the iso's. Lazy @ss friends wont dl it for me:|


Anyone wanna donate linux to me??
 
i tried it because i wanted to see what the hype was about... didn't stick with it because i didn't see any performance gain, couldn't get dual monitors to work, and setting up my cd-rw seemed like a b!tch. there was absolutely no benefit in switching for me.
 
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