On July 7, 2005 08:34 pm, Chen Xiao Fan wrote:
> To be honest, I am quite new to Linux as well so I will not
> toss Windows yet. I am exploring Linux and like it more and
> more since the installation of Ubuntu though.

You are trying Linux the "correct way", which is to try a bit more each 
time.
You don't quit Windows cold-turkey, because if you were to simply wipe 
your disk clean, install linux, you would find yourself running into a 
brick wall because you would not be able to run "must-have" application 
X, or "must-have" application Y. The result of such a a drastic action 
would be, linux-no-good, file-n-forget.
For myself, it's the route I took. I still got OS/2, and Win98 for the 
must-have apps, but linux is slowly increasing in use while the others 
are becoming less used.
Sounds like you may become a penguin lover eventually.


> Regards,
> Xiaofan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John J. McDonough [mailto:mcd@is-sixsigma.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 11:10 AM
> To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
> Subject: Re: [EE] Host interface software programming language
>
> ...
>
> Problem is, good old gcc is a huge pain to get set up on Windoze
> compared to
>
> VB or VC++.  It's basically an alien thing to WIndows.  Same with
> Python or Perl, although those aren't quite as intimidating as gcc. 
> Pity, too, because gcc is a really nice compiler
> ...
> OK, if you are willing to toss Windoze, then the serial port on Linux
> is a pretty simple thing to do with gcc.  I understand it's not so
> bad with Python, either, but I have no experience there.
>
> But to be really honest, as much as I dislike VB, it will be the
> shortest path.
>
> --McD
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