On Sat 28 Jun 2003 19:07, Han Boetes posted as excerpted below: > Hi, > > Incase you missed it: >http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3509550&thesection=technology&thesubsection=comment&thesecondsubsecti
FWIW, everything past the storyID number in the URL is extraneous, so it can be omitted for a shorter link: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3509550 Interesting "Linux Newbie from MS" story. Short and sweet. Not to heavy on detail, but makes the point that Linux (Mandrake) is worth a second look, both because it's free to try, and because of all the free apps that come with it. It'd be interesting to see what he thinks 30, 90, and 180 days in. Will he take to it easily, or reject it at some point as the novelty wears off and he goes back to what is familiar and therefore easy for him? Will he, as I did by 90 days, find Windows is now the one he feels limited in? He did make the point that it's nice to have a "Linux missionary" lighting the way for first install, and that if you are on MS and don't know what Defrag is, Linux may not be for you. I'd add that in that case, neither is MSWormOS, really, as you could be SOL if something goes wrong pretty easily on either, unless you are just a user and someone else is doing the admin, in which case it doesn't make much difference as you can be a simple user on either with little difference in difficulty, at that level. I'd also add that if you are installing MSWormOS and trying to make IT dual boot, you will need an even BETTER missionary helping you with it. The only way MSWormOS is easier to install any more is if you don't HAVE to, which as luck would have it is the case in the majority of instances, but that's beginning to change, slowly, as Linux machines are available off the shelf, now, in a significant number of stores, at least, meaning we've already come a long way in that regard. What gets me is the prediction (not in the article, but since the topic is going this way) that Linux will surpass Mac this year or early next. That's a pretty big step, right there, if you think about it. -- Duncan - List replies preferred. "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin
