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Also... Perhaps it was just me, but my last venture into Linux made me feel that it wasn't too user-friendly.
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I understand where you are coming from Kaister.
HARDWARE MAKERS are to blame for the difficulties you experience when something doesn't work right out of the box in Linux. They only make firmware and Drivers for Windows. Just look at any hardware software compatibility listing and you will see 100% Windows, maybe 20% MAC (though now MACs are a little more popular those numbers are rising a little), and 1 % Linux compatible.
Its a wonder anything runs on Linux at all according to those numbers.
But because LINUX IS USER FRIENDLY you can tweak your operating system with ndiswrapper to fool your hardware that windows is using it. You can tweak your games with WINE to fool the game manufacturer that you are using Windows. Linux is very user friendly, IF YOU TAKE THE TIME TO LEARN HOW A NEW OPERATING SYSTEM WORKS. Big strides have been made in the last few years into making Ubuntu and other Linux Distros, just point and click distros.Heck, Kaister, I point and click to install software like Antivirus, Image editing, CD ripping, etc... in my Puppy Dingo Operating System that runs wirelessly, Runs flash and DIVx movies, and gives me 5 hours of battery life time on my 2 battery Amrel Laptop. All on 900mhz CPU and 256 mb ram.
The new 2.6 Kernels are way impressive for all the drivers they do come with. The new KDE Desktop coming out after Jan 27th is supposed to be way more advanced than any thing out there. Desktop choices are Amazing.
1, Gnome
2. KDE
3. XFCE
4. Icewm
5. Fluxbox
6. JWM
7. ELIVE
8. LXDE
Geez I can't even remember all the choices there are for how you wish to operate your operating system or how it works. I call that user friendly.
But explaining Linux, and don't anybody take offence, please, to a long time Windows user, can be like a sober man trying to take the keys away from a drunk man. "I caaan drrive, dammmmmet", its just a analogy folks, from a big dumb biker.
So far The only thing I can see that Windows has going for it is that it has a "MONOPOLY" on hardware vendors software choices and "Gaming" software choices.
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Now off for some Drugs, Sex, and Rock and Roll. Happy Newyears.