"dave" wrote in message
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Brenda Ann wrote:
"D Peter Maus" wrote in message
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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... )



That's strange. A lot of people use Linux for streaming:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icecast

You need a distro that supports Synaptic; it finds and loads all
dependencies needed to effortlessly install an application.

www.ubuntu.com

While it is true that many do use Linux builds for streaming, it is not true
that they use Linux builds to stream to Live365 (which, ATM, AFAIK, is the
only LEGAL streamer), because their system doesn't support Linux
applications (yet). I use a $600+ professional automation application which
has no peers for Linux or Mac. If it did, and they wouldn't charge me again
for the thing, I might consider going Linux. However, the stability of my XP
box (a Toughbook CF-29 laptop) has been nothing short of astounding. I don't
think I've rebooted the thing in nearly a year, and it's sitting there
happily running the automation software and creating two streams (one low
bitrate for dialups, one high bitrate for broadband) all this time, while
using only about 70% of it's available resources, and this mostly for the
audio processing software.