On Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 07:33:59AM -0500, Tom Allison wrote: > I'm not sure what they are. But I am pretty certain that those things > which might be considered better are probably done so at the expense of > flexibility of the installation in terms of configuration and selection > of software.
You're seeing it too negatively. Proprietary systems have their niches; but most importantly they're a great source of inspiration for open systems. Later have e.g. grave deficits in user interfaces and usability in general. Another is hard realtime deep embedded capabilities. > As a Linux example: I sepent a year trying out Suse and RedHat on my > desktop. SuSE does a fantastic job at installation and basic > configuration. And they continue to do a great job just so long as you > do nothing to deviated from their expectations of how you use their > software. And some of those variations have shown themselves to be very > common. If you don't love KDE then SuSE isn't for you. > > If all you want is a basic workstation then SuSE is a great option. > > But don't plan on really doing all that much with the software that's > installed in terms of "tweaking" it to your likings. > > Please don't compare Windows XP to Linux anymore. They really aren't > even in the same class anymore. And as for which one is better? Decide > for yourself and let your neighbors do the same. I'm really not sure > why we have these silly debates every few months on the mailing list. You seem to be having a different conversation from the one I'm having. > Just use whatever you want for whatever purposes you want and be done > with it. I gave up answering any of those "family admin" questions at A yet another issue. > Thanksgiving and Christmas gatherings years ago. Now I just offer to > install linux for them. It's so much nicer during the holidays. Let them eat cake. I see. -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org";>leitl</a> ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07078, 11.61144 http://www.leitl.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE http://moleculardevices.org http://nanomachines.net
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