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  • lil2rich4u2
    ICQ: 175171926
    • Oct 2002
    • 11046
    #1

    Windows vs. Linux

    Aside from nix having better stability, and windows being more user-friendly

    are there any major benefits to either system?

    I have a laptop collecting dust and im thinking of installing nix just to fuck around with it, just not sure what i am getting myself into.

    feedback?

    thanks,
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    • StuartD
      Sofa King Band
      • Jul 2002
      • 29903
      #2
      You should use Windows 95.
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        • kibooh
          Registered User
          • Mar 2003
          • 41
          #3
          you should try this


          http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html
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            • garett
              Confirmed User
              • Mar 2004
              • 683
              #4
              Not unless you consider your laptop to be a toy and you like to muck around with things.

              I used linux on my desktop exclusively for about 5 years. I love it. But when I grew up I had more important things to do. Coding became a job, not a hobby. I needed windows apps like photoshop and IE if I wanted to be a webmaster.

              I can't see any advantages to Linux if you're not a geek at heart who likes to tinker with things. It's faster and it used to be more stable until XP came out. There's also a lot of neat toys and apps. But that's about it.

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                • StuartD
                  Sofa King Band
                  • Jul 2002
                  • 29903
                  #5
                  Honestly.. I would never use windows as a server for my websites.

                  Alternatively... I don't think I'd ever use linux or any of those as a workstation either.

                  I just don't think linux has gotten to the desktop stage quite yet. It still has further to go to be fully useful to me.
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                    • Dagwolf
                      President of Canada
                      • Sep 2003
                      • 23141
                      #6
                      If you just want to fuck around with it.. learn about it.. and the laptop is collecting dust, why not?

                      Generally I agree with MaskedMan on this... but learning a new skill is always worthwhile.
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                        • Manowar
                          jellyfish  
                          • Dec 2003
                          • 71528
                          #7
                          Originally posted by kibooh
                          you should try this


                          http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html

                          Knoppix is swish and pretty easy to use

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                            • Zerof8
                              Confirmed User
                              • Jul 2004
                              • 1245
                              #8
                              linux is better because most apps are free for linux. As far as needing photoshop goes, as i understand it photoshop 7 is compatible with linux, but even before that there is a program that is virtually the same just a little harder interface to use. I like linux more, i guess maybe i just feel safer cause it is easier to do things ur not supposed to
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                                • lil2rich4u2
                                  ICQ: 175171926
                                  • Oct 2002
                                  • 11046
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by Zerof8
                                  linux is better because most apps are free for linux. As far as needing photoshop goes, as i understand it photoshop 7 is compatible with linux, but even before that there is a program that is virtually the same just a little harder interface to use. I like linux more, i guess maybe i just feel safer cause it is easier to do things ur not supposed to
                                  like what exactly?

                                  not saying that you DO these things, but what COULD be done heh
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                                    • Lane
                                      Will code for food...
                                      • Apr 2001
                                      • 8496
                                      #10
                                      Every application I write runs on *nix, but I never use it on my desktop.

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                                        • s9ann0
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • Sep 2001
                                          • 4873
                                          #11
                                          what as a desktop I dunno for servers unix is better though freebsd

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                                            • the_wizz
                                              Confirmed User
                                              • Dec 2003
                                              • 1633
                                              #12
                                              I've used linux on an off for the past 5 years now, and if it weren't for my wife I'd be using it exclusively.


                                              It runs better on older hardware.

                                              Its more stable (than even XP)

                                              The number of applications available for it grow everyday.

                                              It comes complete with C++, Perl, python and other compilers on it.

                                              I can use it for both a workstation and a server, allowing me to have an apache install (with mysql and php) on my workstation for developing sites.

                                              Graphics are improving every day. The GIMP rocks and can do almost everything that photoshop can do. I just finished some graphics (yea, they need better aliasing, but thats due to my current font renderer....) for a new site and it came out pretty good.

                                              To each his own. As someone once said... use the best tool for the job.....
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                                                • AnalProbe
                                                  pain in the Ass
                                                  • Jan 2004
                                                  • 3727
                                                  #13
                                                  You want the best, most stable and fastest desktop ?

                                                  You should really try this :

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                                                    • TheJimmy
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                                                      • Jan 2001
                                                      • 10747
                                                      #14
                                                      I've had a lindows (linspire.com) box for over a year now, it's pretty nifty, it's basically just a commercialized version of Debian linux with KDE & some other shiznit...


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                                                        • woj
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                                                          • Jul 2002
                                                          • 47880
                                                          #15
                                                          Just try it, just burn the cd, install it, and see what happens... Unless you are really tech-minded I wouldn't expect too much though...
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                                                            • dready
                                                              Confirmed User
                                                              • Oct 2002
                                                              • 5247
                                                              #16
                                                              Nobody mentioning Mac OSX?
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                                                                • tgpmakers
                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                  • Feb 2004
                                                                  • 575
                                                                  #17
                                                                  Linux is the king here are the reasons why

                                                                  More stable I never see it crash
                                                                  More secure by default
                                                                  Better filesystem
                                                                  I use Dreamweaver in Linux and it works better then in windows
                                                                  I use Open Office for all office work it can read Word Docs
                                                                  I use Mozilla for web browsing and emails, dialers and crap like that can't touch it
                                                                  I use it on all my servers and as my home desktop.
                                                                  The new 2.6 is a whole lot faster and getting faster all the time.
                                                                  Less worry about loosing stuff
                                                                  Its FREE
                                                                  Software for it is mostly FREE
                                                                  There's tons of reasons I could go on all day

                                                                  My home desktop is Mandrake 10 and servers all running Redhat 9 and Fedora Core 1.

                                                                  There's loads of distros
                                                                  www.mandrake.com
                                                                  www.redhat.com
                                                                  www.suse.com
                                                                  www.debian.com

                                                                  Check them out and decide what you like best you'll love it and never go back.
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