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Points: 32 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote futurefiles Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 October 2003 at 3:48am

Linux does not suck, i use it for webservers, pop3 accounts, web proxy, file sharing(Samba) and more. I have been using linux for 3 years now and never had to reboot! the uptime on a linux box is by far greater than any MS server, and if installed correctly has almost no security risks compared to MS. so which one sux?

OK so there is a learning curve with linux but id rather that than have it all fancied up to look good like with xp, only to find the fundamental things dont work properly. and yes KDE is not brilliant but why use it anyway? after all most linux installations are not intended for desktop use anyway.
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I'l try to avoid the 'lets bash OS X' thing (several puns in there - none intended)...

I've seen linux crash a lot. I've seen NT crash a lot. Both suck. Mind you, in university, our Unix servers crashed too...

IMHO, Mandrake kicks. Redhat is far less nice to you. And for interfaces, Enlightenment is really nice to work with. Mandrake has tons.

Linux is NOT a serious server. It is for web based stuff, and not much more. Mission critical systems are done on serious computers that are NOT x86. HP-UX, AIX, AS400, etc. are the standards for real computing power, until you need something completely insane like a Cray.

That should change in the future IF hardware improves. 99% of all my crashes are either from crappy software running and doing bad things, or from crappy hardware doing likewise. It is 'usually' not the fault of the OS. (I've had more crashes on fresh installations of linux than windows, but those were probably hardware related.)

Like MorningZ said - Mandrake - highly recommended. 

My next box will be a Mandrake box. I just finished trying out Redhat 9, and didn't really like it that much. That box has Windows 2000 Server on it now...

 
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Points: 376 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Flamewave Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 22 October 2003 at 11:29am

Originally posted by pmormr pmormr wrote:

KDE Looks simalar to a mac os/10 interface.

MAC OS 10 was designed to look like KDE, KDE has looked almost the same for as long as I can remember.
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They say the grass is greener on the other side, but if you really think about it, the grass is greener on both sides.
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You may want to look at FreeBSD or open BSD for workhorse apps.

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Ok for my 5c worth. I am a Microsoft man thru and thru, but I must admit I have been looking at linux recently and I am starting to change my mind about windows. I think Linux is really good, very different from Windows so there is HUGE learning curve. I have been learning SUSE linux which  IMHO is the best...


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well done tegwin youve seenWindows Sux the light!!
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nice non-working picture...
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All I have to say is power to the penguin 
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