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While I can't truly speak for all the people in North America or the UK.
IMHO many Linux users are either hackers "as in like to tinker with systems",
want something secure and reliable, or just really dislike Micro$oft. Many
are also students who maybe learning programming and can't afford to shell
out over $100 per language for M$'s visual net software . Linux offers a
great alternative. Most users can't afford every piece of software M$ or
anyone else for that matter produces.
I've been using Mandrake since 5.1or 5.2 (I'd have to look at the disk). I
like how it has developed over the years. I can safely say on my part that
9.1 is the best yet. I was speechless when I installed it on a friends system
and only had to set the correct time zone. I mean it picked up the printer,
and the network and set them all up. I did have to add the Nvidia driver for
his video, but compared to the windows installed I had just completed on the
same system which required drivers on almost every piece of hardware it was
mind blowing. I also enjoyed watching his jaw drop after the Mandrake install
too ;-)
That's my two cents worth anyway.
Long live GNU
Steven
On
Sunday 30 March 2003 08:45 am, Zariyan Zephyr wrote:
> As a Linux newbie, I don't really understand why people in Europe and
> North America has chosen Linux for daily use. I think people in Europe
> and North America can afford Microsoft Windows and application
> softwares under Windows. It isn't about money, is it ?.
>
> ZZ
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