[huskerlug] Re: linux for newbies

On Tuesday 30 September 2003 09:46 pm, you wrote:
> What is the purpose for even using Linux? =20

1)  He can't register the copy of XP he is using. (Pirate?)
2)  He keeps blowing away the XP install.  IF the Linux root=20
password is kept from him he will only be able to crash his=20
own account.  A bkup copy of it could be placed in another=20
directory to which he has no access permission, allowing for=20
easy restoration when he messes up again.
3)  They are on dialup, and XP hogs a dialup bandwidth=20
phoning home all the personal demographic data MS is=20
tracking in their demographic database (To sell.)
4) Even Microsoft recommends NOT connecting a Windows box=20
directly to the Internet, and they say the firewall that=20
comes with XP is not good enough.   Anti-virus apps work for=20
you ONLY if you were lucky enough not to be in the first=20
couple of million that get infected before the anti-dote is=20
published.
5)  It's a whole lot MORE economical, and if it's installed=20
at HLUG's installfest it is truely free!
6)  While stability is not as great an issue with W2K & XP,=20
it is still an issue, since Linux with ReiserFS or EXT3 is=20
more reliable.  But, both W2K and XP waste time with phantom=20
reboots, which replace the BSOD and lockup, most of the=20
time.   (Both still have crash counters in the register.)
7)  It's be easier to use PlayStation2 for games, and Linux=20
to learn the Joy of Programming and to expand the mind, not=20
exercise the finger.

> If he or the
> family is comfortable with Windows, continue to use
> Windows.  You said he has a habit of screwing up Windows
> XP?  Configure all accounts accept to have low user
> privileges so he can't screw it up anymore.  If the main
> use of the computer is gaming, at this point in time Linux
> is not the option.  By the wording of you're e-mail it
> seemed to me you wanted to give Linux a go because of the
> security privileges... like I said just properly configure
> Windows XP and you should have your self a nice setup.
>
> Linux is a great OS, it may be ready for my desktop, but
> it's not ready for everyone's desktop.
>
> *Ducks... and hopes no one throws tomatoes at me*

Wearing sackcloth and ashes I rant: "Microsoft's end is near,=20
REPENT!"   ;-)

=2D=20
Remember, the Ark was built by amateurs; the Titanic by=20
professionals
GreyGeek

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