On Wed, 21 May 2008 14:14:15 +0900, "Brenda Ann"
spake thusly:


"D Peter Maus" wrote in message
...
enigma wrote:
You DO know there are better alternatives, don't you?



Nothing beats Windows for GAMING.



Apparently. Appropriate for a play O/S.



I have nothing personally against Linux builds... but they're totally
useless to me. There is no software for my webstation that will run on it,
nor are there versions of much of the other software I have and use
constantly. Aside from that, as was brought up before, the simplest thing
to do in XP is a major PITA in Linux, unless you are practically a
command-level user: Installing new software. I have tried at least 8
different iterations of Linux, and each of them has been a major headache,
telling me things like "you need this file in order to install this other
file" or simple networking that refuses to see anything else on our LAN
(though it does pop right up onto the web... )

I know what you mean. Windows never crashes on me like many Linux
users claim it does. I tried several flavour's of Linux, the latest
being Kubuntu 8.04. There was just no value to it. It was less stable
than Windows XP. It was slower than Windows XP.

When you get right down to it, the only real problem with Windows is
that it's too popular. Like the Dead Kennedy's said, "The dumbest buy
the mostest". Lots of clueless people who make things difficult for
themselves then blame the OS. Also, many application providers write
some pretty crappy code, trying to cash in on Windows popularity.

--

(Jim, daddy to Lesleigh [Autistic] 04/20/94)

"What, Me Worry?" A. E. Newman

Please note: All unsolicited e-mail sent to me may, at
my discretion, be posted in this newsgroup verbatim.