At 11:14 PM 9/19/07, you wrote: >On Wednesday 19 September 2007 21:11, Ken Dibble wrote: ><snip> > > I still don't have the choice I want, which is: > > > > An inexpensive operating system that is extremely reliable, extremely > > secure, extremely easy to set up and use, does not come with any > > application software pre-loaded, and will run anything I need to run on it > > (within reason) > > > > Until I'm able to choose the option that I genuinely want, instead of being > > forced to choose among options that are all more or less bad, I won't > > consider myself as having a real choice. > >Hi Ken! > >Try some of the smaller Linux distros; tiny, puppy, damn small. Or get into >Gentoo which essentially lets you roll your own distro.
Hi Pete! I don't think any of those options would pass the "extremely easy to set up and use" test, and I'm sure they won't pass the "will run anything I need to run on it" test. I do plan to look at some of the "lightweight" distros though. I'm already selling my real needs short in an effort to avoid freaking out those people who think it's "no big deal" to be able to always be on the hardware bleeding edge--My organization can't afford to replace hardware every two years, so I really also need an OS that will do all those things on boxes that are 5 years old or older. Ken www.stic-cil.org _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
