How do you feel about Linux

[mdnky]

While my Mac is at work I'm using a p3 600 Dell Laptop....poor me. I repartioned it and installed Mandrake 9 and Win2kPro.

Linux is not friendly for the average user...they need to fix this before it'll ever topple Windows. Not to mention the extreme lack of software for an avg user (at a store, precompiled with an installed like windows).

I personally run Linux on the laptop as much as possible...runs better! But I really want my Mac back home....soon!

[Giaguara]

my uncle is about 65 and his wife about 60, and they both think linux is easier than windows. so as i got tired of formatting their computers every time i visit them, i partitioned some and installed windoze and linux .. (RH & mandrake on other) ... and told them where to find a terminal guide etc. they like it a lot (and hate windoze.). the bext time i see them i probably will be asked to install linux only to their 'puters, and the next move to that will be OS X as fas as i can guess...

for geeks? i am a geek, and happier with OS X. uncle & wife are over 60 and they think linux is easier to understand than windoze. does that say something?

[hulkaros]

Originally posted by Giaguara
for geeks? i am a geek, and happier with OS X. uncle & wife are over 60 and they think linux is easier to understand than windoze. does that say something?

It says that you, your family and your relatives in general, are VERY smart and capable people unlike the rest of us

Oh, and that Windoze really DO suck!

[a_liping_dante]

...my 7 y/o daughter ask for a computer for her birthday so i buy her a Acer TM210, since I was very funned of LINUX, i make it dual boot with Debian GNU/Linux and M$WinXP.
...she use WinXP at first, ...become curious when she saw me on terminal doing some stuff! the next time i power-up her notebook she requested to try what she saw on me, of course i cant log her to terminal so i log her in on GUI, intruduce LINUX native games for kids... now WinXP is useless!!!

[Viro]

*sigh*

Wished my dad had bought me a computer when I was 7...

[Randman]

Why dredge up a thread more than a year old and just say that?

[nixgeek]

I love it...always have, always will. Slack is my preferred distro. I love Mac OS X and Classic Mac OS, but I find myself going back to the penguin. Most of my favorite apps are there, and I've tried getting them on Mac OS X through Fink, but haven't been successful yet. Maybe someday. I have Mac OS X Panther installed at work on my current G4 system, Jaguar on my work PowerBook G3, and Slack on my work PC.

[TommyWillB]

Here is where Linux falls in my OS order of preferences:

• Mac OS X
• SGI Irix (Great GUI)
• Solaris (on Sparc of course)
• Linux (if you have to use the "intel" part of "wintel", the at least have a Unix)
  • I'd do the full LAMP (Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP)
• Windows 2000 or XP (When in Redmond... run WinTel)
• Mac OS 9
• Windows NT 4
• Palm OS
• My old TI 99/4a
• DOS... or maybe that old Tandy (Radio Shack) DOS GUI (forget the name)
• the calculator on my cell phone
• pencil & paper
• fingers & toes
• Slide rule
• Windows 95/98/ME

I've never used the Amiga nor OS/2, but I bet both of those would be well above DOS...