I have to jump in to this discussion, because I just can't help myself. I
have used windows for as long as it has existed. Started with the DOS boot up
before Windows 3.1 and right on up to 98. I got so tired of the blue screen
and system freezes. I took Norton Antivirus off of our home computers because
it caused crashes at random. None of these things were readily fixible. I
have two Windows books, 2 inches thick each, they didn't help. I decided to
try Linux, couldn't get caldera to load went to Mandrake, voila! it blew me
away. For the bucks spent (including books) and the functionality recieved
there is no comparison to windows. I can have 4 screens running at the same
time and no effect on speed or other performance. I would be looking at the
blue screen in windows if I tried some of the things I do in linux. I have
learned so much on my own and with the help of this mail list in the past 6
months that it amazes me. When you get to be my age the affirmation of the
ability to continue to learn is comforting. No Senelity showing yet. That's
my dollar 295 cents worth. So now I gotta go and see what I can fix or break
and then fix in my linux system. Happy New Year!
On Friday 29 December 2000 06:11 pm, you wrote:
> Joseph Red wrote:
> > 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
>
> Okay, explain this to me: You switched from Windows to Linux because
> you wanted to more easily play games? Surely this is one of Linux's
> weakest areas? (Well, that and its font system). Didn't you find
> yourself unable to play the games you wanted to under Linux?
>
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