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Subject: Re: [OT] Development Release: Mandrakelinux 10.1 beta 1 [OT]

Author: Eugene Nalimov

Date: 09:38:23 08/13/04

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On August 13, 2004 at 12:15:05, Christophe Theron wrote:

>...
>
>Technically they are so close that to most users it would not matter much I
>guess. It the rest that makes the difference: better security (it's not just a
>technical issue), use of stable and durable open standards, better use of
>resources (again, it's not only a technical issue, it depends how much you want
>to spend on your hardware every year),avoiding a single vendor lock-in, and so
>on...

I already told you that in the past ~8 years I never had a virus problem, and I
am not running something special. But regarding better use of resources --
please read

http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7324

Unfortunately I cannot say anything as I never run Linux myself...

Thanks,
Eugene

>Looking at the problem just from the technical point of view does not tell the
>most important part of the story.
>
>
>
>    Christophe



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