Interesting subject as always. To me, yes Linux beats XP/Vista etc. Last
time i have run windowZe for business was NT4 (i go to customers) since
then i have started running Linux on laptop (started with RH7.0, no dual
boot either).
But, for many out there it may not beat XP because there is no vendor
stands behind "Linux" to support. Also, Linux has become very general
term and i guess these days we gotta be specific about a Linux
distribution (F7, Ubuntu, SuSE etc). If there is a vendor who is ready
to pre install Linux (any distro) and extend it to full supportability
while providing all the drivers (video, wireless specifically) then it
can beat any OS (in my opinion OS X also).
The question, who is gonna do that.
Srikanth
Mustafa Qasim wrote:
Salam!
I want to ask all you folks there that we can see the current
advancements in Fedora and Ubunto distros. They've came onto screen as
an OS not only for server's operated by GEEKS but also a much secure and
user friendly OS for home users but still a large amount of our home
user's are still stick with XP(especially here in Pakistan) . Do we need
to create awareness at root grass level? Is it due to the
Installation,configuring softwares and migrating data or other smiler
issues that are the giant hurdle for home users? A XP user is still
satisfied with Spyware,Trojan,dialer,virus an many other attacks but he
didn't dare or didn't have enough guidance to get rid of it by using Linux.
I've tried to talk with my some friends about these issues but at the
end i came to know that they didn't need to listen the philosophy of
FOSS they just want me to practically prove that Linux is much easier
and secure then Windows. For them installing software from source or
concept of mounting a block device is much difficult because they didn't
have to do this in M$ XP :p.
"What" and more importantly "How" we individuals can serve to make our
people at root grass level aware about the weakness and black holes of
their existing platform and the advantages of Linux over M$ XP?
Regards,
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Mustafa Qasim
Lahore, Pakistan
Cell: 0321-6614972
URL: http://www.mustu.info <http://www.mustu.info>
