Re: Vista Is Bad But Linux Is Horrendous!!!!

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karla.bonerstein@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
On Feb 22, 2:46 pm, "Paul-B" <p...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
karla.bonerst...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

As for Linux shipping with a lot of applications this is true.
However getting networking, printing, proper video and actually being
able to boot the system is far more important to me than a lot of
applications.
1. Download the Ubuntu .iso image 15 minutes
2. Burn to disk 4 minutes
3. Boot from cd into Ubuntu 2 minutes
4. Select install to hard drive option 5 seconds
5. Install routine starts and finishes 20 minutes
6. Remove disk, boot PC to desktop 1 minute
7. Set up sharing, connect to other
PC's on (wireless) network 10 minutes
8. Set up local and network laser
printers using cups 10 minutes

That's about how long it took me.

Cost? Nothing!

No time looking for drivers, no time installing applications, which
were all bundled with the o/s, no need for virus-checkers or spyware
checkers.

Paul-B

That's all very nice but I have one question?

How many months did you spend researching and hunting down hardware
that would work with Linux?
How many other versions of Linux did you try before you finally found
one that worked?

I've asked a number of people about their personal experiences with
Linux and each one said the same thing.

"Linux is fine if you pick and choose your hardware carefully and if
you happen to use a distribution that is well supported and works with
your carefully chosen hardware".

Stray far from that tennant and Linux becomes a nightmare.

So how long did you spend doing the research?

Or did you just happen to *get lucky* ?



I have four computers that I put together from parts that were left behind by apartment dwellers. Each of them has a different Linux distro on it. They all work just fine, no hardware problems, no being picky about hardware. Yes I had a couple of problems but that was/is my learning curve. I had far more crashes with Windows while I was learning it.
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