On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 2:20 PM, TekBudda <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Gustin Johnson<[email protected]> wrote: > > Dafydd Crosby wrote: > >> Here's one - easier install. I've installed Windows 7 AND Fedora Core > >> (every single one). Windows 7 was longer and required multiple reboots. > >> And there was no handy update path like Fedora 11 has. > >> > > One down, six to go. > > > > Here are a couple more: > > > > 1) Be productive out of the box. With Linux you have immediate access > > to productivity software such as Open Office, Inkscape, Gimp, and > Scribus. > > > > 2) Hardware support. No wasting time tracking down and downloading > > drivers. On my IBM/Lenovo X41 Tablet, the touchscreen, wifi, lan, > > video, all worked out of the box. > > > Here's my contribution: > 1) Choice & Control: You can choose the ditribution & application > combinations that are best suited to your individual needs & if you > can't find what you need, you can make your own. You don't have to > rely on the features, release cycle, etc. that someone else tells you. > Because of little or no DRM, licensing or other isssues that affect > your enjoyment & the use of open standards, file format & protocols, > you have the power to decide how, when & where to use your > information. > > 2) Cost & Power: Free as in beer; free as in speech. You can install > Linux on just about anything, from that old computer in the closet to > the latest box from the store & it costs you relatively nothing. > SUre, any OS will give you grief & will have it's little niggles in > setting up some bit of hardware or software, but in a cost benefit > analaysis, Linux will give you less hassle & more enjoyment per > dollar. > > Greetings, Here's an ironic one.... 3. Sounds just works. Yes, even pulseaudio. Win7 RC has not finalized any sound drivers from the OEMs. -- Virtually, Tom Weniger Registered Linux user #243493
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