Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 13:22:26 05/20/02
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On May 20, 2002 at 04:46:21, Torstein Hall wrote:
>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!
I don't like to be stuffed that way. :-[
The last bit of freedom I have is to accept an update or not. I want to keep
that "privilege".
Christophe
>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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