IF you want a working, easy to use *nix box
buy a MAC
They are the only ones who have taken Open Source where it needed to go.
buy a MAC
They are the only ones who have taken Open Source where it needed to go.
Don't bother with Linuxant. Ndiswrapper is the same thing, but free. It's in the Debian repository, so Knoppix should be able to pull it up with apt-get.
Hacp
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Btw, most of the people that bashed linixator here are ignorant and elisist. They read the post and replied to him in an elitist perspective, not an open one. In order for linux to be an alternative to XP, it needs to be more user friendly. You all may say that the only the the user has to do is to read the documentation, and practice with it, but that is the main problem with linux right now. The learning curve is very steep compared to microsoft's learning curve, and it will take patience and time to get things up and runnning. Most basic users do not have the time and patience. They just want to surf their web, or watch their latest dvd on their computer hastle free. (Yes installing linux may be easy for you, but it may be a challenge to other people not experienced with linux. If they have a problem, where will they turn to? Yes, they will turn to their "other" windows or mac computer and go online to troubleshoot.)
Although some people in this forum do not think linux is for the basic user, major distributers may disagree. They are currently selling linux with packaged software, hoping to draw people into linux. Some of you out there may see that as a bad thing, but giving users a cheap and stable alternative to XP will help force microsoft to lower the prices on XP, and give everyone a win-win
Finally, please don't flame people, just because you don't disagree with them. The linuxator came out and posted his opinion about where linux is right now, and how he thinks linux could be improved, and a bunch of linux die hards go out and discredit everything he has to say with a bunch of insults, and no insight.
Although some people in this forum do not think linux is for the basic user, major distributers may disagree. They are currently selling linux with packaged software, hoping to draw people into linux. Some of you out there may see that as a bad thing, but giving users a cheap and stable alternative to XP will help force microsoft to lower the prices on XP, and give everyone a win-win
Finally, please don't flame people, just because you don't disagree with them. The linuxator came out and posted his opinion about where linux is right now, and how he thinks linux could be improved, and a bunch of linux die hards go out and discredit everything he has to say with a bunch of insults, and no insight.
I for one really don't think the learning curve on windows administration is much different than that of other OSes. Note, I said Administration and not normal user functions. Windows has a very limited GUI management system, slightly abated with MMC snapins as of late. More for the single window administrative functions more than anything else.
With the rest tied up in obscure registry keys.
If you ask a the typical Windows guy, what to do when your computer boots you out of a session, will they be able to tell you? Probably not, most heavy CLI operations and/or registry modifications are well past the point and click nature of the so called "Windows Savvy". I'll stand by the fact that albeit the syntax of some linux *.conf files can be a little fuzzy, but on the hole they are intuitive enough for simple guys like myself to figure out what the program was doing.
I could probably say the same for the windows registry, but the organization on it is really bizarre at best. I can almost always count on the *.conf file for a program to be located in the root level installed directory.
The command line for *nix is much more comprehensive as well.
Although I'm sure some would argue what I'm saying is not always the case.
:beer:
With the rest tied up in obscure registry keys.
If you ask a the typical Windows guy, what to do when your computer boots you out of a session, will they be able to tell you? Probably not, most heavy CLI operations and/or registry modifications are well past the point and click nature of the so called "Windows Savvy". I'll stand by the fact that albeit the syntax of some linux *.conf files can be a little fuzzy, but on the hole they are intuitive enough for simple guys like myself to figure out what the program was doing.
I could probably say the same for the windows registry, but the organization on it is really bizarre at best. I can almost always count on the *.conf file for a program to be located in the root level installed directory.
The command line for *nix is much more comprehensive as well.
Although I'm sure some would argue what I'm saying is not always the case.
:beer:
Hacp,
I don't normally advocate flaming, but this was just trolling in disguise. I invite you to print this thread, grab a couple highlighters, and start coloring the lines his posts. Yellow for specific questions like 'how do I set permission on the klystron?', blue for vague, open ended laments like 'oh why, oh why can't Linux be more cromulent??', and orange for unrelated fluff like, 'Microsoft uses too much dental floss'. I'll be surprised if you even pick up the yellow one.
The whole thing was a fake rant designed to convey the notion that switching from Windows to Linux isn't feasible.
I don't normally advocate flaming, but this was just trolling in disguise. I invite you to print this thread, grab a couple highlighters, and start coloring the lines his posts. Yellow for specific questions like 'how do I set permission on the klystron?', blue for vague, open ended laments like 'oh why, oh why can't Linux be more cromulent??', and orange for unrelated fluff like, 'Microsoft uses too much dental floss'. I'll be surprised if you even pick up the yellow one.
The whole thing was a fake rant designed to convey the notion that switching from Windows to Linux isn't feasible.
I would stand by the theory that for a non experienced computer person (i.e. just climbed out of the bomb shelter) and sat them down with Linux and Windows, it would be a toss up for what one is easier.
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