Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 08:14:58 08/06/01
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On August 04, 2001 at 23:32:41, Dragos Gabudeanu wrote: >I think that all of you are missing the point. If you want a stable (and >RELIABLE) PC you should switch to Linux MANDRAKE 8 or RedHat 7.1 (FreeBSD is >most reliable). The KDE GUI is a masterpiece compared to Windows XP crap. Best >of all, Linux will only cost you 3 hours of yor time to download the images and >to burn them on CD-Rs--Linux is free! Stop wasting your $10 to beta-test >Microsoft products :) I do admit that for chess programs you'll need to run >Windows since all the professional programs are for Windows--2000 should take >care of it. > But we WERE talking about the best OS to upgrade to (from Win98se) for running ALL of the top Windows-based chess-playing and chess database programs, as well as universal apps like Word and Excel. Plus, in my case, 15+ years of legacy DOS & Windows stuff. Linux just doesn't figure into this particular equation -- but I do cheer its successes in other scenarios.
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