On Mon, Jan 21, 2002 at 10:04:05AM -0700, Tyler Regas wrote: > -Linux is pleased to offer what it can to anyone willing to try it (that > distro companies extend the OS is NOT apropos). Linux users will, with a > small amount of effort, reap solid rewards, but they will feel the pinch > when it comes to software, especially commercial games. Cost? Loss of some > consistency one gets from a commercial OS. Payoff? Greater sense of > accomplishment and a newly learned technical skill.
> -Windows wants the classic fast food restaurant worker; no prior experience > and a willingness to be shaped like clay for practically nothing in return [...] I couldn't agree more with these statements. I have only been using linux for about nice months now, and have found it to be a steep learning curve but well worth it. I have a much better sense of how my computer works now, something I would have never acheived with M$ requiring me to trust them and just point and click and don't ask why. The one thing that really bothers me though is this, I didn't switch to linux to see it become more "windows-like". I don't mind the GUI, I have the option of the console. I guess my feeling is that if you want a system that does everything for you without you having to learn about it, why not just stay with windows? Why does linux have to be made "easier", some of us like it the way it is. Regards, Dallam -- Dallam Wych [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1024: A89A2371 "Ipsa scientia potestas est" 2717 4EB8 461D 743B 47CF Registered Linux User 0D68 C32A 5CDE A89A 2371 counter.li.org:213656 _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
