Hi, The question is: How many of the programs that you have compiled from source on linux are available on say Windoze? Also, how many such programs you *have* on Windoze ;-) All you get is loads and loads of shareware or nagware...even a simple thing line Winzip makes you dodge around to the 'I agree' button before you can unzip a file....ha!
Vicky --- mara mandan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi linuxers > we recently celebrated tenth bday but how far it > came > to be a user friendly os to a common user(not a > unix > or c guru) it drives me crazy while installing > programes > whenever i try to install a programe other than the > those we get with the distro i will get hundred(ok > three or four) dependency problems. or if we compile > any thing from sourse i get lines of err > messages.with > pcq linux iam unable to install programes other than > those comes with pcq. i recently bought computer > todays linux special. i spend houres trying to > compile > programes in that cd but with out any luck > so think once again is it the right time to switch > to > a linux desktop ? > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send a newsletter, share photos & files, conduct > polls, organize chat events. Visit > http://in.groups.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > linux-india-help mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Listen to your Yahoo! Mail messages from any phone. http://phone.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
