I am a Linux maniac, right? However, I would still say that Linux is not for an ordinary user. No matter what distribution you use, either you have to customize the kernel or sometimes even have to patch it to get similar results on your hardware to Windows. It is because most of the hardware manufacturer does not care about Linux and even refusing giving out information of their products to the kernel developers. And also because many advanced features cannot be included in the kernel as Torvalds or other chaps just does not like it. For example I could not get work properly the suspension on my laptop, and also the hibernation (suspend to disk) feature that existing in the current kernel. Just does not do a good job -- with a patch I had a very good hibernation feature though. Also had many problems with the video driver that has already solutions for that but refused to be included in the official kernel (and in the Xorg distributions). Yet more had to find a bug and modify the source code of the sound driver by myself to be able to use it on my laptop. That's definitely not for Mr and Mrs Average User. Maybe MacOS X would be better as an alternative, maybe... Tamas On 1/24/07, dvanhorn@microbrix.com wrote: > > Within the next few days, ms will deliver a box to my door, with 10 or > so copies of vista. Even though they are no cost to me, I don't > anticipate using any of them. > > i've been running the betas, and it's a total pig. i can't see > anything that is a real improvement over xp. > > I anticipate moving to linux if xp starts to fade. > > On 1/24/07, Russell McMahon wrote: > > > The Vista Content Protection specification could very well > > > constitute the > > > longest suicide note in history [Note A]. > > > > One can hope > > > > > > R > > > > -- > > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > > View/change your membership options at > > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > > > > > -- > Feel the power of the dark side! Atmel AVR > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- unPIC -- The PIC Disassembler http://unpic.sourceforge.net -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist