Thanks Herbert, I will give 6.06 alternate a try when I get a chance. I believe there are many old machines on this world which would give it a try and find the most possible and newest Linux, this way people will get most of the new linux features from the old hardware. Sometime you can call that a re-birth of old machines. If I didn't give it a try, I will never find out a xp pro will work on those old machines. And it always worth a try. Funny N. New Bedford, MA http://www.AuElectronics.selfip.com ----- Original Message ---- From: Herbert Graf To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. Sent: Saturday, January 5, 2008 7:06:01 PM Subject: Re: [OT] Linux good for many people but yet not good for XP power users On Sat, 2008-01-05 at 15:51 -0800, Funny NYPD wrote: > Curious what version of Xubuntu you recommend. Friends recommend the > "Xubuntu -7.10 alternate" to me, and I tried, never get it installed I installed 7.10 alternate with no problems, but ended up installing 6.06 alternate instead. It has most of the features that 7.10 has, but seemed to be a little more responsive. > Personally think XP is not that bad if only you don't go to those web > site with pest. The issue is you never know which web site has pest or > not. There is really no one-kill-all kind of software which can make a > computer safe. The solution is run an OS where you don't have to worry about issues like that. An OS where security is in the core of the design, not an after thought patch upon patch job. Even an older version of Linux will be much more secure then XP. One reason is it's less common, but another reason being at worst malware will wipe out your user account, it can't touch the rest of the system since you don't run as root on Linux for day to day stuff. > BTW, I do think if we don't consider server function, for normal user, > function wide, XP and most of the newest Linux are on the same level. > It is fair enough to compare with XP with the newest distribution of > Linux. Why is it fair to compare a 6 year old OS running on a 6 year old piece of hardware with an up to date 8 month old OS designed to run on modern hardware? > > Linux does contribute a big value on server functions and embedded > Linux world. > > Vista might be just another mistake like the windows Me. What's more disturbing to me about Vista is how manufacturers are putting it on machines they shouldn't. Case in point, I bought a Dell Inspiron Desktop with an E2140 dual core CPU and 1GB of memory. On a lark, before I wiped the drive, I tried booting the machine into Vista (it comes with Vista home basic). After a very long boot, I opened IE, tried a few basic things. The performance was HORRIBLE. About the only good things was hibernate performance, aside from that it was a very slow experience and I really pity those that expected a usable computer. The same machine running XP and Ubuntu is VERY responsive. And that's with the compiz stuff turned on in Ubuntu. TTYL -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist