Linked by Richard Keiichi Yamauchi, Jr. on Mon 27th Jan 2003 17:58 UTC
Some of you might be thinking, why? Well, I think it's about time. MCSE's, VB Programmers, and techies have been using Windows for years, and I think it's about time Windows moves to the desktop for ordinary people.
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I agree with Tux & Kyle, sure windows has its faults, but so does linux
i have had NO problem with XP stability, this is because I decide that i want a stable system and also performance so instead of buying something like a 5mb agp card by some company i have never heard of, i buy a make such as NVIDIA ( it might be hard for some of you people to say seeming as youve been living in your parents basement gathering dust while you play with yourself over re-compiling your kernel)
and id also like to say is that Windows is free:
step 1: borrow a mates computer preferrably with a high speed internet connection and a cd-rw
Step 2: goto a WAREZ site eg www.warez.com
Step 3: search for windows xp
Step 4: Download the file
Step 5: write it to cd
Step 6: install and apply the random cdkey hack bundled in the zip
step 7:install drivers if you would prefer to have high refresh rates, resolutions and colour depth
step 8: apply service packs by clicking the "yes" button on the update website, and there you blow all the patches you will need until the next service pack all in one.
i have recently tried Mandrake linux, it runs, it has icky default drivers.
it didnt find my network card, which is meant to be linux compatible and it said in the readme compatible with Linux kernel v2.4+ and seeming as im using mandrake 9.0 which uses the 2.45 kernel.
i would also like to install the latest hardware drivers for system performance, because the bundled ones barely run any form of 3d rendering in linux, and that is bullshit seeming as it is an NVIDIA geforce 4 ti-4600
so i goto nvidia and read their notes on installing drivers for linux, 1)find the GFX file which matches the version of the driver you are going to install which also has to match your linux kernel version and distributor.
then here comes the juicy part, to install fresh type $ ivh-nvidia-1926.rpm
(what the hell is with IVH, I gave up command prompts when i was 10)
surely linux could learn that if they want to take users away from windows, having drivers which just install when you run an executable file would be nice!!!!
and another point: virii and holes etc, they only exist because people find them, if the fight was between Sun and Linux, what do you think would happen, suddenly lots of holes would mysteriously appear and oh no whats this dave just got a mailware virus which recompiles his kernel to display "You Suck" 10000s of times.
im not saying microsoft is innocent, but Linux aint easy either.
linux impresses me in some aspects, but lets me down in others, variety is nice, but when there is over 20 distributions to choose from, its jus a little mindnumbing...