I found the easiest thing for me is to use Linux and just be happy. If you honestly must have the very latest gizmo yesterday, then you can get on the Microsoft hamster wheel and let them pull you along by your nose.
But there is a kind of exhilarating freedom that comes with Linux. It's not total freedom because it has it's hamster wheel too. Ubuntu has an upgrade about every 6 months and the same mentality can grip you, that you must keep up with the upgrades. And Linux tries to support the gimmicks and gizmo's too, but they are usually about a year or so behind. I don't care about those, that's not the Linux mentality in general but I do think Linux people can be a little fear driven too, I know there is a strong push to "beat" Microsoft and gain the hearts and minds of the desktop users. But do any of these things seriously add any happiness to your life? I am basically a hacker and I want to hack away. Linux is by far the best platform for that and the least stressful. - Don > I am a full-time Linux systems admin, and I use it for > much of my personal use also. There's a lot to love > about it, but I still keep a Windoze system around for > several reasons. > > One is driver support. I happen to have a nice > (affordable) color laser printer, which I have never > been able to get working on Linux. So whenever I need > to print something, I transfer to Windoze. > > The second area is webcam support w/ yahoo messenger. > Pidgin supports neither webcams nor photo sharing. > Most of the folks I chat with are, sadly, > Windoze-bound. There might be a linux-centric > replacement, but if there's a solution wihch is > windoze-to-linux interoperable, I haven't found it. > > Lastly, several Go programs are available only on > Windows. I hope this changes soon. Last I checked, the > WINE versions looked rather ugly. > > I'm not bashing Linux - I use it and love it - but > there are some holes yet. > > Part of the problem, I suspect, is that manufacturers > have no idea how many Linux users are out there. > Practically every PC sold has a copy of Windoze > pre-installed, so their numbers are inflated. When you > trash that copy and install Linux or Solaris or > NetBSD, there is no obvious uptick in sales figures > to prompt manufacturers of printers, cameras, and > other peripherals to take notice; nothing is > subtracted from Microsoft's coffers, so your opinion > of Windoze isn't noticed. > > > > > Terry McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > “Wherever is found what is called a paternal government, there is found state > education. It has been discovered that the best way to insure implicit > obedience is to commence tyranny in the nursery.” > > Benjamin Disraeli, Speech in the House of Commons [June 15, 1874] > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster > Total Access, No Cost. > http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text5.com > _______________________________________________ > computer-go mailing list > computer-go@computer-go.org > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ > > _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
