Firstly I using my winnt box, so I am not exactly sure how this email will be formatted (its a new install).
Which one? Sounds a bit like the search for the holy grail. Linux is not there yet for a desktop workstation. Hopefully when the gnome/some window manager are easier to install, linux can be nominated as a candidate in equal contention with microsoft and apple. I just completed a WINNT install and in comparison to debian some of the following things stood out: I did not know any of the IRQs and ports for the hardware NT did not detect all of my hardware automatically and it was necessary to download device drivers (video card, sound card, printer and zip drive) No compiling or relinking was required Performance is OK, but not as good as a cut down unix/linux installation Stability - seems OK for a workstation. Generally the machine is not run for more than a week continuously The only advantage of having a GUI install is that some useful guidance and help are displayed as one proceeds. microsoft could do this a lot better. Generally it seems that winnt is easier to use than linux. On-line help is good for some aspects of the operating system. Well when you find something better than winnt or debian I would be interested .... -----Original Message----- From: Jonathan Guthrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Richard Lyon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: eferen1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; debian-user@lists.debian.org <debian-user@lists.debian.org>; recipient.list.not.shown:; <recipient.list.not.shown:;> Date: Friday, 19 March 1999 2:58 Subject: Re: I can't believe this >On Thu, 11 Mar 1999, Richard Lyon wrote: > >> Logically it may be better to spend some money on an os which doesn't require >> specialist training to understand. > >Right. Which one might that be? (I've used dozens of OSes and I haven't >yet come across one like that.) >-- >Jonathan Guthrie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >Brokersys +281-895-8101 http://www.brokersys.com/ >12703 Veterans Memorial #106, Houston, TX 77014, USA > >