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Linux, Still an Awkward Alternative

Posted by dave on · 3 comments
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The choice of software to run our computers can get awfully depressing. On one hand, there's Windows XP -- expensive and woefully insecure, but it works on almost every machine out there. On the other, there's Mac OS X -- far more secure, but also expensive and restricted to Apple's own computers.

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Comments (3)

OmegaBLK ·
The author of that article needs to do better research. This article is horrible and doesn't deserve to be posted at this site. Just read the responses to that article at the site. Hours to install a modern Linux distro my ass. No GUI? LOL. That comment does not even deserve a response. And for his information windows does not work on almost every machine out there. Does windows run on Sparc? Alpha? PPC even? Thats why you will find *nix or some other alternative to winblowz running on them. There are so many errors in that article to the point that I actually pity the author who wrote it. Crappy article.
Void_Main ·
That's the typical accuracy of a Washington Post article.
MESMERIC ·
I don't know - I found the article quite proper and balanced. His experience is probably what most Window users will feel when they first install a Linux distro.

It's just the title I thought was unfair - Awkward is akin to filling some complex tax form - Linux distros aren't as bad. This message was edited Jul 6, 2004 1:30 AM

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