Well, for myself, I got sick of rebooting whenever I wanted to play a game.
And the crashes. Since I was rebooting for games anyway, why not dual-boot?
Then I started discovering how far Linux has come (the last time I used it
was a pre-1.0 version of Slack). Heck, there was support for my USB webcam,
and my digital cam. The only thing I haven't found a replacement for is my
Timex Datalink watch software (to be fair, I haven't looked:). And since
I've started running Linux (4-5 months) I've booted Windows about 5 times.
Mainly to double-check hardware IRQs & I/Os.
Joseph Red
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----- Original Message -----
From: "David and Alicia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, December 29, 2000 2:41 AM
Subject: [newbie] Why use linux at all? - not heresy, just want a straight
answer please
> ok, here is the real question: why do people try running linux?, the
> impression i had gathered was that it was a lighter os and could be used
on
> older machines, (i386 etc). I was a little dismayed when i saw the
download
> size. How much disk space will a bare install need?
>
> David and Alicia
>
> Would mandrake run on a p60, 540 mb hd, ?
>
