On Wed, 2004-02-04 at 01:26, Chadley Wilson wrote: > Linux should be 90% cheaper than Windows All round. Linux is 100% cheaper than any version of MS WinXX. You d/l an ISO off of the 'net and install it. Maybe you can count the usage fees for the 'net connection but that's getting a little picky. > Look at codeweavers by the time you have bought codeweavers crossover > office you might as well go and buy windows to run your windows program > it cost the same and at least with windows theres no debugging involved > in making the thing work. You don't need to run the crossover products unless you really want to. I have not had to use them for anything I do, work or personal, even though I bought them. They aren't necessary. They're nice, but not necessary. > Yes but for 16 weeks labour in front of a screen to get jobs done > because half the stuff doesnt work out of the box, 90% of it requires > updates and tweaking. Man, what are you doing with your systems? I've spent more time updating and tweaking Win2K systems than I ever spent on Linux systems. And that's even with the stupid nVIDIA driver crap. > Not to mention how much slower linux is than windows. On what planet?!? Sorry, but you have to actively _force_ Linux to run slower than Win2K or WinXP. > So now I cant load it on the old PC and have GUI because it needs at > leased a 32MB VGA card to RUN properly. There are many other Linux distros that will happily load on this kind of system. > Quite honestly half the point is that I save on the software to have > bigger better hardware. Now I have to by the smallest thing possible > because for my needs [every one needs customising] I need a distro > (R1500) then Crossover to run SQL clients (R900) then you need the cros > over plugins for quick time (R300) and so on and so forth. Only if you have a desire to pay for them. You could have all of the above functionality for $0.00 up front and a low monthly cost of $0.00. It's all up to you. > Here you are missing the point, the people who assist you (RH) in > knowing what is in demand are those trying to get it working by means of > comunication throught these various lists. What about the Mrs Jones who > is poor who has three kids and and is still paying the bond. Shee need a > tool to write a letter and send mail and do some online grocery > shopping. > The kids want to play some games and Dad wants to tweak the PC and > measure its performance so that he can go to work and brag. All of the above is being done by my 65 year old mother. See http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6562. > You dont need a personal firewall just keep your system updated and yes > AV is extra but its also becoming necessary for linux and it is also > extra there. Not in the least. There's no need for the kind of AV protection you need for WinXX on a Linux system. And there never will be.
