Author: Torstein Hall
Date: 01:46:21 05/20/02
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On May 19, 2002 at 23:42:14, Christophe Theron wrote: >On May 19, 2002 at 12:54:37, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: > >>On May 19, 2002 at 11:49:18, Christophe Theron wrote: >> >>>BTW I'm trying Linux too, but I can't get used to it. I thought it was small and >>>elegant, but actually it is as bloated as Windows and quite slower. >> >>Define bloated...the kernel and bare essentials are small. If you go on >>install XWindows it gets a bit bigger. If you go on to install all of >>GNOME, KDE, all development utils etc... it gets bloated yes. > > >I have not found a distribution that is both small (reasonably) and functional >(reasonably) with KDE 2.1 or higher. > >Peanut Linux comes close, however (Vector Linux would also, but it does not have >KDE). But Peanut it is missing some essential multimedia features (unable to >play MPG files out of the box for example) and it does not have the RPM >installation system. > >More generally, finding modules to add is not easy, and they are sometimes very >tricky to install (dependencies...). > >It does not matter if they are free. If they are not easy to install and to use, >people won't use them. I still cannot play MPG files, though it was supposed to >be easy to add. > >Also, the fact that several standards are still fighting for adoption forces the >distributions to have redondant modules. > >The Caldera OpenLinux 3.1 is rather fine, but needs 1.6Gb of disk space to >install. Even if you want to have a minimal system with just the GCC compiler it >needs at least 800 to 900Mb. > >That's exactly the opposite of what I wanted/dreamed (yes, I'm a dreamer). > >Linux is neither small nor fast. It's still a nightmare to use when you do not >have 10 years of Unix command line behind you. > > > >>>And too hard to use. The guys who write programs for Linux only have the >>>experienced users in mind. Fatal mistake. >> >>Generally true. (though, my girlfriend for example, has no problems with >>KDE) > > >I am an experienced computer user and I have lost hours trying to do the most >basic things in Linux. > >I think the KDE project is on the right track in trying to provide all the >settings inside a GUI, but there is still a long way to go. > >And I'm very afraid that KDE is just going to be much more bloated than Windows. > >And I deeply regret it. I was ready to dump Windows (and not switch to XP), so I >have spend some time installing Linux distros on various computers I have. > >The result is that finally I'm going to switch to XP. It is waiting for me on >the other partition of my hard disk (that so far I never boot). :( > > > > Christophe I think you will find XP a great system when you have got used to it! It is rock solid! I also love the automatic updates other are so afraid of. Why should I care about stupid security upgrades to my operating system. I prefer the machine to take care of that! You can experience problems with some software you would not expect though. CB 7.0 and the latest Rebel, as you probably know, is not XP compatible. Torstein
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