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  • Why Linux?

    Didn´t post this on Alternative Lifesyles to avoid bombardment...

    I´ve installed 3 or 4 times Linux Mandrake 7.1. The installation process went fine, and it´s very easy. However, I had some problems running it, though, no matter what the graphical interface was... the computer would freeze or slowdown randomly just by opening programs or folders. I´m not connected to the Internet at home, so no trouble there.

    What I´d like to know is the reasons that lead people to install Linux. Is it more stable? Is it the free software?

    Don´t get me wrong, I´d genuinely like to know why Linux is installed by the home user. Any opinions or personal experiences?


    EDIT: (forgot my sig)

    Celeron 433@468 Mhz processor
    Intel Atlanta 440LX motherboard @72Mhz FSB
    192Mb Hyundai PC100 SDRAM (3 64Mb sticks)
    Soundblaster PCI 128 soundcard
    Matrox G400 16Mb SGRAM AGP@141Mhz video card
    Maxstor 10Gb EIDE 7200RPM hard drive
    WD Caviar 4.3 Gb EIDE 5400 RPM hard drive
    Creative 24X CDROM drive
    Sony Spressa USB 4x2x6 CD-RW drive
    Iomega internal IDE ZIP100 drive
    Sony HMD-A200 17" Trinitron monitor
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    [This message has been edited by Alec (edited 27 June 2001).]

  • #2
    It's because Konqueror is kool.
    (The KDE web browser)

    It's because it's a much more cost-effective solution to be running the free OpenSSH server for SSH2 remote access to my machine when I'm away from home, than to get Van Dyke's VShell NT/w2k ssh2 for $249 with a very limited feature set.

    The built-in firewalling and NAT (masquerading) ability is also very nice and very configurable.

    And many more reasons, but I'm tired.

    I don't like Mandrake though. That's just ugly and over-bloated.

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    • #3
      Free software.
      Unlimited tweakage possibilities.
      Geeky OS.
      Konqueror/Galeon.
      Unreal Tournament on two monitors.
      Did I mention free software?

      -Rahul
      Porsche: MSI K7N2-L, Athlon XP 2100+, G400 32MB DualHead, 1G RAM, 2xMaxtor 20 GB, Gentoo Linux
      Quicksilver: HP Omnibook 500, PIII 700 MHz, 512MB RAM, 30GB, RedHat Linux 9.

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      • #4
        And yes, in addition:

        stability
        rapid bug repair (Open Source does that)
        high observability
        stability
        Gigabyte P35-DS3L with a Q6600, 2GB Kingston HyperX (after *3* bad pairs of Crucial Ballistix 1066), Galaxy 8800GT 512MB, SB X-Fi, some drives, and a Dell 2005fpw. Running WinXP.

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        • #5
          And if it were connected to the internet, we could probably log in and troubleshoot the problem.

          Gigabyte P35-DS3L with a Q6600, 2GB Kingston HyperX (after *3* bad pairs of Crucial Ballistix 1066), Galaxy 8800GT 512MB, SB X-Fi, some drives, and a Dell 2005fpw. Running WinXP.

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          • #6
            I really don't know why everybody goes on about the fact it's 'free software'.
            From the various and occasional posts that get started in the 'Soap Box' forum, it would appear that a great percentage of you are all very happy to pirate software anyway, so surely cost is a rather mute point?
            It cost one penny to cross, or one hundred gold pieces if you had a billygoat.
            Trolls might not be quick thinkers but they don't forget in a hurry, either

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            • #7
              <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Originally posted by Paulr:
              ...rather mute point?</font>
              What, is that dang moot point not speaking to you anymore?
              chuck


              Chuck
              秋音的爸爸

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              • #8
                Trust me, the free software bit is important.

                Add up the following for a Windows machine:

                OS - $99 upgrade, $150 full
                Office suite - $200
                Graphics editing program - $100
                (more like 500 for Photoshop)
                DVD software - $30
                Development environments - depends, but certainly in the hundreds

                Leaving out the last one, that's still close to $500. You can get an e-machine (sans monitor) for that much. And no, I don't want to spend an entire evening sifting thru popups and porn looking for pirated software.

                One last thing I forgot to mention:
                your 3D drivers are updated every night, automatically if you so wish.

                -Rahul



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                Abit KT7, Duron 700@900, G400 32MB DualHead, 256MB RAM, 2xMaxtor 20 GB, SBLive! Value.
                Running RedHat 7.1 and Windows 2000 Professional.
                Porsche: MSI K7N2-L, Athlon XP 2100+, G400 32MB DualHead, 1G RAM, 2xMaxtor 20 GB, Gentoo Linux
                Quicksilver: HP Omnibook 500, PIII 700 MHz, 512MB RAM, 30GB, RedHat Linux 9.

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                • #9
                  PaulR, if you don't have pirated software on your machine you feel better. Well I do anyway. hehe.

                  I have the pirated and the legal version of powerdvd 3.0 installer on my machine at home. I used the pirated version initially and it worked wonderfully, so much so that I felt obliged to buy it, which I did.
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                  • #10
                    To answer the question of the thread, I installed Linux on my machine for several reasons. On my machine it is as stable (if not more so) as Win2k. It works pretty well with the default settings on my hardware. I can get it to do almost anything I can do in Win2K without too much bother (even my ATi TV Wonder which thank God doesn'tdepend on drivers from ATi). I could setup a linux box for my mother to use and get her email etc. without too much hassle.
                    [size=1]D3/\/7YCR4CK3R
                    Ryzen: Asrock B450M Pro4, Ryzen 5 2600, 16GB G-Skill Ripjaws V Series DDR4 PC4-25600 RAM, 1TB Seagate SATA HD, 256GB myDigital PCIEx4 M.2 SSD, Samsung LI24T350FHNXZA 24" HDMI LED monitor, Klipsch Promedia 4.2 400, Win11
                    Home: M1 Mac Mini 8GB 256GB
                    Surgery: HP Stream 200-010 Mini Desktop,Intel Celeron 2957U Processor, 6 GB RAM, ADATA 128 GB SSD, Win 10 home ver 22H2
                    Frontdesk: Beelink T4 8GB

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                    • #11
                      The best way to copy Mandrake 7.2 is a direct CD copy, isn´t it (since it is a bootable CD)? I have a copy that doesn´t boot and I think it´s because I copied it wrong.

                      P.S. and yes, I set the CDROM as first boot device in the BIOS.

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                      • #12
                        :-)
                        Oh I know that having legit software on your machine makes you feel better.
                        On my home system every single piece of software has been purchased, right down to WinZip.
                        I have on two occasions installed something I didn't have a license for.
                        First time, simply didn't like the software, deleted it.
                        Second time, did like it and bought it the next day.

                        It just makes me giggle when I see:
                        Well, cost is my main reason for LINUX because it's free, BTW - anyone know where I can download Win2k?
                        It cost one penny to cross, or one hundred gold pieces if you had a billygoat.
                        Trolls might not be quick thinkers but they don't forget in a hurry, either

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                        • #13
                          here is my 2 cents...

                          Advantages

                          1. It is free software, looking for pirated software could be dangerous(viruses) and time-consuming... and there is a GREAT selection of programs... eg, there is at least 20 icq clients.... almost too many email clients too mention.. etc..

                          2. Help is always there... go to chat channels.. u can always find help

                          3. VERY configurable... since it's open source... u can basically change everything and anything you want...

                          4. The kernel is faster, no doubt..

                          5. Makes better use of memory...

                          6. Due to open source, bugs are solved quickly.. and stable version of apps usually never crash..

                          7. The concentration of hackers/programmers out of linux users is much much higher than windows... and that helps development a lot..

                          8. Maybe gaming support is limited, but when WINE(windows emulator) will be completed, it wont be a problem... also games such as quake3/UT are already ported to linux.. so no problem there...

                          9. etc..etc.. i think i made my point...

                          Disadvantages

                          1. yes, it is much harder, but once u get used to it, not a problem
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                          • #14
                            and besides

                            1) it's trendy

                            2) gives you an excuse to buy lots of cute little plush penguins

                            Someday, we'll look back on this, laugh nervously and change the subject.

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                            • #15
                              And you thought you wouldn't get bombarded in General Harware/Software? Walk on over to Alternative Lifestyles, and see who posts there.

                              -Rahul
                              Porsche: MSI K7N2-L, Athlon XP 2100+, G400 32MB DualHead, 1G RAM, 2xMaxtor 20 GB, Gentoo Linux
                              Quicksilver: HP Omnibook 500, PIII 700 MHz, 512MB RAM, 30GB, RedHat Linux 9.

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