-=PCTechTalk=- Re: (no subject)
- From: "Wyatt M. Portendt" <nunyabidness6@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 18:42:35 -0500
All in all it's gone well. There's a lot to like, but, from the perspective
of a long time Microsoft user, Linux has some growing up to do even still. I
had both Mandrake and Redhat dual booting with my XP with a boot disk. Then
I decided to get cute and eliminate the boot disk. I trashed my Windows.
I eventually got XP to boot again - intact - but since I've been wanting to
get a retail copy instead of the system restore that came with XP anyway,
I've ordered one and am going to go with the dual boot again and try it from
the start with LiLo - before I've got it so far setup that it will pi** me
off if it goes south.
I have to say it's not as hard as the fear and dismay crowd leads you to
believe, but it's NOT as easy as Windows. The applications, as a rule, come
with a LOT of built in niceties. System configuration, though, is still
cryptic, even given the wizards and GUI. Some things have to be routed out
in the logs and hashed at the command prompt.
I'd recommend giving it a try, but don't get too attached yet to your current
system until both are running smoothly the way you want them to. Mandrake is
the most Windows-like and detects the most hardware on its own. SuSe demo
worked well too, but I'm not buying that one yet. Redhat is a tad more
touchy about installation, but it also appears to be more in depth.
I'm well pleased with everything about the Linux system except the browsers.
Mozilla is very Netscape-like and is pretty secure, but I miss individual
control of content that SlimBrowser gave me. Opera is okay, but there are
things about it that bug me. Konqueror is a great IE type browser, but it
isn't tabbed, and I really like a tabbed browser. All are very serviceable,
I am just picky and spoiled on my IE/SlimBrowser setup.
It's been a long time since I felt like living on the edge with my system.
I've gotten used to getting it right and running it forever without glitches.
As aggravating as it seems, I'm kinda enjoying it. Brings back memories of
spending an entire weekend getting a modem to work in the DOS days.
On Wednesday 24 September 2003 09:47 pm, you wrote:
> Well, keep glancing behind you cause I'm prepping to follow your path as
> well.
>
> ---Troth
>
> At 9/24/2003 08:53 PM, Wyatt M. Portendt wrote:
> >XP and my email setup were too tame and running too well. I decided to go
> >for
> >some excitement.
>
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