Re: FN-FORUM: Microcock / Linux / Ramblings of a fat man

date posted 20th August 2003 16:54

on 20/8/03 3:50 pm, Dan Norcott at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:

>
> Hey hey
>
> During a recent conversation with Andy about the annoying nature of XP's
> draconian licensing policies, I started wondering about Linux. I've used it
> quite a bit through SSH, to muck about with web servers and stuff, but
> haven't really any experience of it as a desktop environment.
>
> Spoke to a geekier chum, who used various linux GUIs for a year, and his
> general feelings were that they're not quite there yet, but it was about a
> year ago he made the switch back to windows. How many of you actually use
> linux as a development environment - through GNOME or whatever - and do you
> like it? It is stable? Is there a reasonably easy to configure setup that
> delivers functionality comparable to windows without the whole 'pay bill'
> scenario, or hours of tedious configuration? Are there big lists of things
> that you can and can't do?
>
> Bit of a broad question, I know, but if anyone has any thoughts, my brain
> could do with a bit of filling up.
>
> Ta,
> Dan.
>
Linux is good but I wouldn't use it for day to day stuff.
Not fast nor reliable enough yet IMO
Regards
Nigell
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