I've been a Mac user since the 80s. I bought a Walmart Everex with Rocket installed to have a low-cost web surfer for the SO, who never uses any programs but the browser and the games. I can attest to what you have said. I have to use Windows at work. I cannot imagine why anyone would go from linux to WIndows unless forced to. The Dell at work takes forever to do anything. I start it up and it's ten minutes to collect the first email. Click on a program, or a document, or a web link, or even type in a word and then just wait. Shutting down takes another ten minutes. Meanwhile, my $200 Walmart special starts in about 45 seconds and shuts down in 10. Also, when I plugged in my Everex, with absolutely no prior experience with linux, it connected with my internet provider instantly and automatically.
gOS looks kind of familiar to a Mac user, as well, so the learning curve was not so great. How to install software was the main puzzle, which I figured out quickly enough. I also have had the problem of Firefox causing gOS to crash, but background updates appear to have been fixing the problem, as it happens rarely now, and that is with a three-year old clicking random links. Anyway, I assume that could be solved by installing Gadgets, which I could do any time. I also installed Opera, so the problem with Firefox is not relevant. (I should say, too, that using a Mac this long means I have had crashes. Safari was locking up now and then at one point. But they are so infrequent that there is no comparison to having to restart Windows every three hours just to keep moving at all.) The other very minor aggravation I have with this particular setup is that the mouse runs so fast. I went in and changed the setting, but it still is fast, and thus highly sensitive. It takes some getting used to, but the three year old is managing it when she plays games, so it's not that big a deal. I did install the memory upgrade in the Everex, but I have to say that it still does not play videos very well. The idea of gOS is to be a completely web-oriented system. So for it not to work well with Youtube etc is a drawback. This is probably a hardware issue, though. On Mar 1, 5:51 pm, The questionator <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello. > > Just because your experience with gOS wasn't so great doesn't mean > you have to quit on Linux. You could try other distributions like > ubuntu or PC Linux OS. You could use this Linux Distribution chooser: > > http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ldc/ > > Not all Distributions are alike you know so just because one doesn't > suit your needs doesn't mean all other distributions suck also. You > could also check out Distro Watch : http://distrowatch.com/ > > You could try out Simply Mepis too I liked it but setting up my stupid > Wireless USB Adapter was too complicated and I like ubuntu better > since it is easier to use and easy to find your files and folders. So > don't quit on Linux, gOS might not be that great but just look around, > sooner or later you will find the right Linux for you! > > Or if you don't want to use Linux no more you should get a Macintosh. > It might seem more expensive but if you do the math you will find out > how much cheaper it really is like umm.. In Windows you have to buy > expensive security crap that slows your PC so much it's like you have > 1 KB of ram and buy accessories like speakers or a monitor if that's > not included plus a webcam and microphone. And you have to have to buy > a copy of windows witch is like 150 dollars just to reinstall it > because it gets so slow after a while and that's your only choice and > having to reinstall all the programs witch will take you hours to do > and finally be able to use it. Don't forget that a third of the price > of a Windows PC is just for the crappy operating system ( Microsoft > Windows ). Plus it crashes a lot. > > With a Macintosh computer, however, it is completely the opposite. I > have never EVER heard of any Macintosh computer crashing since it was > created. NOBODY ever complains about it's operating system because it > is simply flawless. Very efficient, doesn't need any security crap, > and for more information about it please visit :http://www.apple.com/mac/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gOS Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/goslinux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
