Linked by Iain Alexander on Thu 17th Apr 2003 07:28 UTC
Several days ago I wrote a rather scathing article about my utter dismay and disappoint with Mandrake 9.1 and by association, Linux as a whole. Since then I have had many many flames and equally as many agreeing emails (is there a simple opposite word for flame?) Since then I have been trying, really really trying to get my system working fully. But time and again I'm coming up against the same brick wall of (un)usability, computer esotericism and down right idiocy. 
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Like a lot of earlier comments I am getting fed up with the "Linux installed on my palm in ten minutes" or "I have tried twice and can't get my pc to work with Linux so it must be crap" articles.
The fact is that todays operating systems and hardware are getting more and more complicated and the speed that hardware is developed is very fast. We need to get back to the "right tools for the right job" mentality and stop this constant whinging. I personally have been using Linux for about ten years and had minimal problems (I had a problem with my modem in 1997), but that isn't to say that I recommend it to my mother! A friend has had no success installing Linux, but had some success with XP; another only had success with windows because the manufacturer supplied them with the right drivers; another had no success with either operating systems..... the list goes on.
For those people who constantly say how hard it is to install Linux on their machines - please come to my house and install windows (any version, but especially NT). Now that is enough to make a grown man cry!
Just for the record I have the following on my machine
Windows 2000
Windows NT
BSD 4.7
Linux Mandrake 9.1 (x2)
Linux SuSE 7.1