Herman Brill wrote: > Re: Taking another look at Linux: > > > The problem is still the same as always -- getting reliable help > preferably in one place - without spending hours searching the net. > > Funny I'm havening the same issues but in a different light. For the last month and a half I have had to run one of my boxes with MS-Vista 32. I have tried to keep an open mind and prevail awaiting Linux Mother board drivers. ( Note: do not purchase a new Mother Board at 2am after reliseing your old MB has died ). I have found it impossible to find support, being a closed OS I have found the support to be just as closed. Also the funny part is that I am finding it extreamly hard to find programs to do what is common place or simple under Linux. Not that they do not exist, but in that I can not trust the authors intents are noble. So at the end of the day Vista is as broken or more so then Linux and on top of all that there is no one or place to put trust into. Everyone in the MS world seems to have there "angle" or "upside" except for you the user. A Windows user is just cattle for someone else to exploit.
So ya, Linux has it's issues, all OS's do ( I also work on AIX and that's $5K per CPU still has issues ), there no free ride. But it comes down to the company you want to keep and associate with.... Cattle ranchers or free men ( or women ) Joe _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Sep 3 - Porkchop - The Areas of My Expertise Oct 1 - Ubikeys Oct 4 - Linux Fest Nov 5 - Releasing Open Source Software Dec 3 - TBD
