hi ppl.. i have been following the discussion abt linux and windows quite keenly and have to say this.
i have been using microsoft products for a looong time and had started getting fed up with its crashing and so on.. friends told me to switch over to linux and reading reports abt it at many places convinced me to do that.. when i did install RH 9, its graphical interface dint work.. right from the installation.. thats pretty scary when u've been using windows for long and that too for simple things like movies,songs net etc.. no programming that is.. though i wud like to do that.. :).. and guess what, my pc has intel 845 chipset which is said to support gui in linux. i did try to ask ppl around me if they cud solve that problem and they cudnt.. i gave up and started learning to use it in txt mode.. but i can guarantee that it is quite difficult esp when the book for it (rh 9 bible) is written with gui functionality in mind. i now have FC1 and it too doesnt have gui.. i cant connect to internet ..( i tried to.. but got lost somewhere in the process) and definitely cant convince my family to use it instead. the ease of use of windows changes everything and when such problems crop up in linux ppl tend to stay away from it. even though i havent uninstalled linux, i barely use it bcos learning its txt mode is quite time- consuming. the point is linux may be verry stable and good etc, but i cant use it efficiently even if do some hw .. atleast in my case.. if neone can get in the ease of operation into linux, not the look or feel of windows, ppl will gladly switch over and stay with linux mandar -- I want to understand the mind of God. The rest are just details. Albert Einstein -- ______________________________________________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) List Information: http://plug.org.in/mailing-list/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
