<quote who="MWafkowski"> > Myth #1 - Stability. Linux is a more stable OS then windows (2000/XP). > This > true enough, UNLESS you're talking about desktop Linux ie: KDE or Gnome. > To believe that any "out of the box" install of any current major distro > setup as a desktop (KDE or Gnome) is more stable than an equivalent > install > of XP or 2000 on the same hardware is plain NUTS!
Well... I would have to disagree with this point. I used to have all kinds of problems with Gnome core dumping on me, this hasn't happened for years. Granted, I don't use my desktop for extended periods of time. I mainly use the browser for email and that's it. > I can't remember that last time any major app broke on me in Windows. Man, you must not use Windows much. I upgraded my wife's machine to XP. Talkworks works sometimes. ATAPI support is all shot to hell. The modem in my spare machine is sometimes detected. Most of my games just don't work at all. Well, Half-Life works pretty good. Homeworld doesn't. TA crashes every time I try a network game as does C&C RA. > Myth #2 - Speed - Plain fact is, Windows is faster than KDE or Gnome on > equivalent hardware...no way around it and there is no TWEAKING that is > going to change that! Get a $200 Celeron 800 with 128 megs of ram and some > 8 > meg video card running Windows 2000 and it will be so much more faster > than > any current Linux "desktop" distro on the same hardware that it's not even > a > joke. My Linux OS takes longer to load but my browsers generally load in similar times. Open Office is another story. I believe the problem with that is Java but don't quote me. > The great failing of Linux as a desktop distro (IMNSHO) is of course X. X Now here is where we see eye to eye. Somewhat... X has been disappointing to me. I still have to use Windows because I can't get my games on X. Even really old games, still don't work on X. I installed Redhat 8 on my machine and tried to load Heavy Gear (Linux version). No workie. Tried reinstalling the Nvidia drives. No dice. Tried installing Mesa. hahaha I realize there are a lot of issues involved in this but I just want the thing to work. I have the Windows version so I don't care enough to spend any more time on it. Oh and don't get me started about my attempt to install X. Ack! I did a server install of Redhat 8 on a machine. It didn't include X. Later I wanted to see some graphical system information that required X. No big deal I thought. I downloaded the source and tried to compile it myself. Never worked. Posted on the x list. No help. I just got the binaries and then had fun getting Gnome installed. What a pain. IMHO, X isn't keeping pace with the rest of the open source movement. I seem to remember seeing an article some where about this. humm. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
