On Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:18:28 -0700, David Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Wed, Jun 04, 2008 at 03:15:42PM -0700, Druppy wrote:
Everything else is either a Mac or a gaming box (windows). Does the
linux machine do what I need it to? Sure, it's a server, it sits there
and it runs year in and year out with the occasional hardware failure.
Do I feel like fighting with a desktop machine to do my browsing /
email / etc? Do I feel like not being able to play the latest games?
No, so I have a windows machine for that.
See, I had the opposite problem. I got so tired of fighting with windows
machines just to get basic stuff done, that I got rid of it entirely, and
ran Linux.
Unfortunately, there is plenty of software out there that doesn't work on
Linux, so I ended up getting a few Macs, but there is no way I would
consider running windwos machines. They are just too nightmarish to
maintain and administer.
David
Typical conversation in my home six months ago, all Linux, all the time:
Wife: How come when I click on this restaurant menu Firefox crashes?
Me: You see, Flash is a proprietary application, and version 8.0
pre-beta-build 153 does not support complex wireframes ...
Wife: How come when I click on this restaurant menu Firefox crashes?
Me: You see, Microsoft is evil and ...
Wife: How come when I click on ...?
Typical conversation in my home today:
Wife: Thank you for buying me a Mac. I love you.
Me: I love you too, honey.
-Matt
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