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Well I have decided to take a walk into the Open Source OS Discussion forums :| windows is just too easy for me now so i am going to run linux from now on so be prepared for n00bish questions :p I am running Mandrake 10.0 KDE gui looks very good :) i like it

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Well I have decided to take a walk into the Open Source OS Discussion forums :| windows is just too easy for me now so i am going to run linux from now on so be prepared for n00bish questions :p I am running Mandrake 10.0 KDE gui looks very good :) i like it

Welcome to the Freedom of Choice that is Open Source! :D

However, you found Windows to be easy? :blink:

I got fed up with dealing with the crashes, reloads, registry issues, and other lesser irritations. For me, Linux is easier because you don't have to fight the system. Just seems easier to work with Linux for me... :D

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markjensen: windows is easy. it stores everything in the os, not the user.

welcome tapnet, I hope you stay on the light side :)

just have patience, and see for yourself, rather than asking (because if you ask 10 persons "kde vs. gnome" or "which distro" you will get 15 answers).

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I got fed up with dealing with the crashes, reloads, registry issues, and other lesser irritations. For me, Linux is easier because you don't have to fight the system. Just seems easier to work with Linux for me... :D

it was windows 9x? :huh:

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,Mar 22 2004, 08:37] it was windows 9x?  :huh:

Oddly enough, it was XP that was my last Windows release.

I had 3.11 on my first Windows PC. Bought Win95. Bought NT4. Bought Win98, and Win98SE. Bought ME, even (It fixed a scanner/digital camera conflict that always crashed 98). When XP came out, I got a new PC with it in it. (I paid a lot to Microsoft) And I really liked XP. However, I had been dual-booting Linux since dabbling in it in 1999. Finally, after reloading XP and finding out that the built-in "MS Backup" wasn't a very good backup, I decided it was time for me to quit dual-booting and pick the OS that worked the best for me.

I picked Linux.

(and that is my story...)

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finally I have gotten rid of winows too. I think it was easier and harder. but in the wrong places. It was easier to install programs, but harder to maintain. Asking me to reinstall my printer driver every time i booted windows is what finally made me drop it.

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Now that I think of it... Linux is both easier and harder. It required me to learn a lot more about computers, but things are so open in Linux. It is easy to look deeper to see how things work, and go as deeply as you need to. I have looked at kernel source before, but that was just more to use the freedom of Open Source, rather than doing any serious investigating.

Perhaps I should have said that Linux works better with me. :yes:

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I got fed up with dealing with the crashes, reloads, registry issues, and other lesser irritations. For me, Linux is easier because you don't have to fight the system. Just seems easier to work with Linux for me... :D

That is exactly the reason I am switching to Linux .. Windows just ****es me off ...

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Linux is a great OS, you'll be glad you decided to work with it.

Right now I work with both Windows XP and Slackware Linux 9.1 (using the 2.6.4 kernel) and I have to say both OSes have their ups and downs.

Some of Linux's upsides are....

1. When I update the system I don't end up rebooting the computer every friggin' time (this drives me nuts!!!!)

2. Same goes with installing new software

3. Security, I like having a system I can open E-Mail on and not worry about it getting infected

4. Linux runs better on less hardware then Windows XP does, so I was able to built a cheap home server

5. It's Open Source! So when I finally get around to learning how to program for the Linux kernel I can change things

6. Most of the software is Open Source, so I can alter what I need

7. The price just can't be beat (Slackware is free)

8. Same goes for the software

9. Much more customizable (yes KDE is skinable, Gnome is skinable, heck a lot of programs are skinable, Heck it's not just skinning I can alter so much more in Linux)

10. I didn't have to spend anything extra on an anti-virus

Now some of the upsides to Windows....

1. It runs my games (important for me)

2. The drivers for most hardware are optimized for Windows systems (a lot of drivers sometimes do just enough to get something working in Linux)

3. Ease of use (configuring things usually only involves a few clicks and a click of an Apply button (then often a reboot :crazy: )

4. More hardware works with Windows

5. A lot of my much needed software works only with Windows (CodeWarrior 9.0 Development Studio for Palm OS being a biggy)

6. Windows (at least mine) boots faster then Linux (which is good because you have to restat it 50x as often)

7. The .NET framework (makes programming a lot lot easier, and yes I know about MONO but it's nowhere near the quality of .NET.... yet :D )

8. I didn't have to jump through hoops (or configuration files in this case) to get my extra mouse and keyboard buttons working

9. Updating the system is super simple (well so is Slackware, but I had troubles updating some Linux distrobutions)

10. I love having my registry hacks

So as you can see both Linux and Windows have upsides (most of them are arguable and it depends on what you like). I guess if I could only use once OS (considering I could keep all my programs I need to get my work done) I'd choose Linux. The stability, freedom, and customizability mean a lot to me. Also being able to recomiple the kernel to do as I want is a really big advantage (and the ability to just plug a new kernel when one is avalible is nice). Not to mention if there is a problem I know there are thousands (possibly millions) of people out there working to fix the problem and I will most likely have a patch in a day or two.

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I may be switching to Linux again soon; the last time I used Linux was RedHat 8 or RedHat 9 (can't remember) in September for half the month, ran great. :)

I dual-booted for over a year before I found out that I had a better experience in Linux than Windows, and went Linux-only. It required me to learn more about my PC, but things are sooooo much smoother! :yes:

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6.  Windows (at least mine) boots faster then Linux (which is good because you have to restat it 50x as often)

If your looking for a speedy boot, install gentoo from scratch and use this program developed by the fine folks that brought us the Atomic Bomb:

http://www.linuxbios.org/

They say you can boot up linux in 3 seconds :woot:

I guess the US government doesn't trust Windows handling the countries nuclear arsenal :D

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If your looking for a speedy boot, install gentoo from scratch and use this program developed by the fine folks that brought us the Atomic Bomb:

http://www.linuxbios.org/

They say you can boot up linux in 3 seconds :woot:

I guess the US government doesn't trust Windows handling the countries nuclear arsenal :D

nice

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Yerbut that Linux bios looks dam hard to setup. It's also very incompatible with a lot of mobos and you have to build your on bios or somthing, looks really hard could someone clear it up. It's good that you can boot Win2k with it though if people still want to dual boot.

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