Nicholas C. Dalzell wrote: > > While I know linux (whatever distro) is also a great > OS, there are faults that I have experienced from it, > that I haven't experienced with the NEWEST AND BEST, > Windows XP
The NEWEST AND BEST Windows XP is off-topic on this list. This list is for survivor PCs, their operating systems and applications. DOS, Linux, Windows 3.1 and Windows 95 are all on-topic. Windows XP is not. Survivor PCs do not run Windows XP. > 3. Linux is only good for users with a LOTTA knowledge > of the command line interface, and it is a nightmare > just to see if you can get "X" to run, if you can > get it to run! It also requires a lot of tweaking from > the start, *Installing* Linux on a survivor PC does require knowledge. But there are several people on this list happy to help. In fact, helping people to acquire knowledge is what this list is for. *Using* Linux on a properly installed and configured computer is no more difficult than using a pre-installed DOS or Windows. It is unfair to compare *installing* Linux with *using* Windows. > before you complain about something that you haven't even > used, GIVE IT A TRY!!! Yeah, right. Spend hundreds of dollars giving XP a try. Linux is free -- you can give it a try. XP costs big bucks -- you try, you buy. Besides, my best computer is a 486 with 28meg RAM. Plenty powerful for Linux, but it would be smothered to death by XP (that quivering pile of bloat). Cheers, Steven To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
