Author: Torstein Hall
Date: 13:43:47 05/20/02
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On May 20, 2002 at 16:22:26, Christophe Theron wrote: >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 of course turn of the automatic updates in Windows XP if you like. I just think it is practical to get automatic updates. Torstein > > > > >>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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