> -----Original Message-----
> From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On
Behalf
> Of Herbert Graf
> Sent: 05 January 2008 23:55
> To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
> Subject: Re: [OT] Linux good for many people but yet not good for XP
> powerusers
> 
> 
> On Sat, 2008-01-05 at 22:44 +0000, peter green wrote:
> > > You are making a VERY common error here, an error most windows
lovers
> > > make to discredit Linux: you are comparing the usability on a very
old
> > > machine of WinXP, an OS OVER 6 years old,
> > 6 years old and STILL in mainstream support (all updates free,
feature
> > updates may happen) with a number of years of extended support
(security
> > updates free, bugfixes availible if you pay) promised after MS drops
> > mainstream support.
> 
> But you are only looking at it from a security point of view. Feature
> wise, XP is 6 years old, it's missing most of the features real modern
> OSs have, and I'm not talking about the eye candy of Vista.

Could you give an example of these features?  I run XP at home and at
work, and I have not found it lacking for typical desktop (not server)
useage.

FWIW I agree with Wouter.  Linux is a great OS for enthusiasts, but it's
still not reached the "user friendliness" of mainstream OS's like XP and
Vista (which is a pig), unless it's in the guise of OSX.

The fact is that every Linux package I have tried that has an interface
with similar quality/features to XP has run notably slowly on hardware
that XP runs perfectly on.

Mike

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