On Sunday 13 May 2007, John wrote: > Well I can say for sure now, using linux (or at least FC) has left a > really bad taste in my mouth... I'd rather go back to Windows 100% and > deal with its security problems than have to *waste *my time > troubleshooting my FC builds. Two outta three FC boxes (here) have > 'misplaced' the floppy and cd drives. I know the cd drive was working > when I switched over to KDE from Gnome; now its MIA with KDE too. This > box, can't even find my scanner-- jeez, I can go to the HP site and get > the scanner software for Win95 to Vista. > How screwed up is Fedora 7 going to be?? > > While 'linux is linux', distros do vary quite a bit, and some distros are better than others with particular hardware. Before giving up, try out some live CDs if you can get hold of them - many are available for download. In particular, I'd think that either ubuntu or mandriva may suit you better than fedora. Hope that helps Anne
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