Linked by Tyler Bancroft on Wed 18th Feb 2004 20:35 UTC
I considered reviewing Debian for this article. I downloaded a copy of Debian 3.0r2, making sure to get the disk with the 2.4 kernel. Everything you've heard about Debian being difficult to install? It's not totally true, but it's pretty close. I really wanted to try Debian, though, if only to use the vaunted apt-get system. I'd tried apt-rpm on a previous Red Hat installation, and it was great. Since Debian was turning out to be too difficult to put together, I decided to look for a debian-based distro.
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"I found a solution to the NTFS / FAT32 dilema - use neither."
This isn't a viable solution for most people. They'll have been using Windows first, and thus will have a NTFS partition already.
"A pure Linux machine is more stable, and faster than either."
That would be great if people like myself didn't need Windows to play their games.
"Even with old Ext2 your doing better than Windows."
Not really. Please re-read the section in my last post regarding reliability and the problems with corruption.
"You want a few games check out the WineX project on Transgamings website."
Most people will have been using Windows before they started using Linux. Thus, they will have already accumulated a wide variety of games, many of which will not run successfully under WineX.
"You would find learning Debian or Gentoo more rewarding than taking the easy path."
I'm posting this from my Debian Unstable desktop system right now, you pillock. Don't presume to judge others whom you know nothing about.