On Sun, 2005-09-04 at 14:08 -0400, John Nall wrote:
> Peter wrote:
> 
> > > Linux is complex enough to supply all the rope needed to do the 
> > system in. On the other hand, if you follow the crowd (and do not do 
> > things outside the box, like attempting to update the system in bulk 
> > using packages from another system, based on the *wrong* assumption 
> > that any rpm package is a rpm package), you will have a smooth ride.
> 
> Actually, I think that for a lot of people it is not an "either-or" 
> situation.  Both Windows and Linux have their strong points and their 
> weak points, and I suspect that a lot of people do the same as I do -- 
> run a dual-boot system.  

I did that for a while, and got tired of it very quickly. The reboot
time was just too painful.

Then Dell offered their $299 with free shipping PC. I bought one, and a
KVM switch, and had two systems up.

After a month or two of using both systems the annoying bits of Windows
just started bugging me more and more.

Now I use my Linux system all the time. I boot my windows system perhaps
once a month, that's about it.

Everything I did on windows I can do on Linux, with the exception of the
ICD2. Even watching windows media files works perfectly fine under Linux
(once you find the right codec package).

Now my use of Windows is restricted to my Dell laptop (simply because I
haven't had time to switch it to Linux) and my work PC. Of course,
almost all my work on that PC is xterms into Suns and Linux boxes, so
Windows is a glorified x-server to me.

Given some time I'll be asking my boss for permission to switch my work
PC to Linux, can't wait.

TTYL



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