Charles Collicutt writes: [snip] > I'm going to wait a bit longer before I make up my mind, but the > temptation to let the Winborg empire assimilate me is getting stronger - > which is a shame because you guys are a hell of a lot nicer than your
Thanks for the kudos. > average Windows luser :) If anyone can think of an excellent way to save > my soul please let me know... Each OS has it's purposes/advantages/advocates/detractors. I'm sure that you've read all the various replies. Let me relate my experiences to you and perhaps you can do your soul-searching and make an intellegent decision. I switched to Linux in Jan 1995. This time frame precedes Win95, thus the only thing available was Win3.1/Dos. I came from a background of an industrial proprietary OS (OS9). OS9 suffers from the same problem as MS products. It's closed and propriety. Linux was in a state of developer's apps and a _few_ home style apps. Both Win95 and Linux have grown in available apps since that point in time. My wife uses Win95, I use Linux. She gets so mad at me because her system keeps having problems and mine keeps on trucking. One of the hidden problems inherent in Win95 is the interaction of Win95 apps with each other. I believe that since developer A is working on his product and developer B -his own - AND since they can't talk to each other, Product A can fight product B (and visa-versa). I've seen this sort of crap first hand on my wife's system. Contrast that with Linux and Open Source apps. Everyone talks and shares source code. This interaction of developers and users minimizes/eliminates conflicts between apps. You say that you'd like to see more games (I assume in the caliber of Quake) on Linux and that you are considering a career in game programming. I ask why not Linux? Consider Quake - it's source is still hidden, but the binaries are distributed. No reason that you couldn't develop games using Linux as the base platform and port to Win95. I'd guess that the Win95 version would be much more stable/bug-free than using MS development tools (considering the stability of Linux). -- -= Sent by Debian 1.3 Linux =- Thomas Kocourek KD4CIK @[EMAIL PROTECTED]@westgac3.dragon.com Remove @_@ for correct Email address --... ...-- ... -.. . -.- -.. ....- -.-. .. -.-
