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I used to be a Linux advocate / snob citing stability and coolness as my reasons for using it. Honestly, I find that Linux holds me back from doing simple things that I take for granted on Windows. To get many apps to properly run I needed to download its package making sure that I installed the correct dependencies beforehand. I was definitely not a Linux power user, more of an advanced beginner. (Yes, I know there are programs to resolve the dependency issue automatically.)
Open Office just seems to lag compared to Microsoft Office, and its memory utilization is huge. I'm also an avid porn junky; when I was using Linux trying to playback various media types was a pain, downloading appropriate packages again... and every so often not having a certain media supported. With Media Player I can do everything with 1 hand!
I haven't played with Linux for a while, but until I find a distribution that has a great office package and media player I won't be switching. Tom's Hardware cites instability... as a reason to use Linux; Win XP seems to be pretty darn stable when I use it. The time that it takes to setup a Linux distribution and get the same feel for it that I have with Windows would amount to a lot more time than the time I'm setback by Windows crashing. Plus a 4 minute boot time with this Ubuntu / H2 setup is nuts.
This is where OSX bridges the gap, a commonplace OS with standards and the benefit of Unix. I can run Microsoft Word and have the ability to compile just about any Linux app. Maybe Microsoft should take a similar move as Apple did in developing OSX. Completely redo their OS and base it on BSD... create a good emulator (Wine like) to appease software developers for the meantime and stray away from the old Win32 development stuff. This way they could corral the whole Unix / Linux threat and create an OS that appeals to all parties. Then again why should the dominant player by leaps and bounds in any industry have to do something so massive, they don't have to.
Open Office just seems to lag compared to Microsoft Office, and its memory utilization is huge. I'm also an avid porn junky; when I was using Linux trying to playback various media types was a pain, downloading appropriate packages again... and every so often not having a certain media supported. With Media Player I can do everything with 1 hand!
I haven't played with Linux for a while, but until I find a distribution that has a great office package and media player I won't be switching. Tom's Hardware cites instability... as a reason to use Linux; Win XP seems to be pretty darn stable when I use it. The time that it takes to setup a Linux distribution and get the same feel for it that I have with Windows would amount to a lot more time than the time I'm setback by Windows crashing. Plus a 4 minute boot time with this Ubuntu / H2 setup is nuts.
This is where OSX bridges the gap, a commonplace OS with standards and the benefit of Unix. I can run Microsoft Word and have the ability to compile just about any Linux app. Maybe Microsoft should take a similar move as Apple did in developing OSX. Completely redo their OS and base it on BSD... create a good emulator (Wine like) to appease software developers for the meantime and stray away from the old Win32 development stuff. This way they could corral the whole Unix / Linux threat and create an OS that appeals to all parties. Then again why should the dominant player by leaps and bounds in any industry have to do something so massive, they don't have to.
