Re: FN-FORUM: Best Linux Distribution?

date posted 18th August 2004 17:46

Please don't take this as if i'm putting down linux,
i'm not, linux is a well put together o/s replacement
for windoze, i suppose the current flavours and
versions of linux are comparable with windoze me/and
2000 (non pro version)

However the big sticking point with linux is simply,
in 9 out of 10 cases it still relies on CLI (command
line Instr.) which is a bit like having to put up with
a ms/pcdos m/c today instead of windows

No. 2, When it comes to installing drivers, after
you've put up with the rigours of CLI, it takes a song
and dance to install even the simplest of drivers

Drivers. cont... Even once youv'e installed the
drivers (by then according to einsteins relativity
theory, the world would have agewd 20 years) in my
experience the drivers are incomplete, in that you
need other files or you need 'root' access so that you
can mess around with the kernal's config. install file
(why, if linux want's to take on windows, doesn't the
linux platform(s) instigate a simplar, easier
standardised way of installing drivers and devices,
this is why windoze... all versions is a clear leaders
here, as installing drivers and devices in windoze is
as easy as falling of a log, not only that, m/s makes
sure that all drivers come supplied which all the
relevant neccessary files, unlike linux, fourther
more, you don't have to mess arround with important
o/s config/ini files, as when windoze installs the
drivers, it does that for you)

Lastly, and the biggest sticking point (and the point
that eventually lead me to ditching my linux
installation(s) both Mandrake and redhat (v9.x), is
simply that linux doesn't have the hardware support

And without the H/w support, you're not going to
attract many users to your o/s, I guess a comparable
scenario would be like asking h/w and s/w companies
w/w to supporting the Atari/Amiga platforms again
(even though potentially these user bases are
considerably bigger the all linux flavours put
together) getting 3rd party h/w and o/s support for
Atari/Amiga today, just isn't going to happen, as h/w
has come a long way since Atari went under (1996)

Unless the Linux platform's get the h/w co's onside,
and also simplify and make it easier to install
drivers/devices etc, and drop the crappy CLI
(otherwise what the point of having a windoze/mac type
gui f/e)the only way that linux will survive is if it
supports/converts over to the Atari/CBM/Amiga
platforms, i just can't see a future for linux on the
pc or mac platform (without the h/w support)

Like I said, I don't wish to bitch about, linux is
good, if you have a bare bones system, with little
need for decent h/w, i'm just extending you the
benefit of my experience

regards as allways

CA
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--- Caz Thomson [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> Hi All
>
> I have acquired a pentium 4 box, with 256 mb of RAM,
> that used to be loaded
> with Windows ME (*spit*) until it crashed horribly.
> I'd like to load Linux
> on the box instead, and use it as a separate dev
> box/workstation, running an
> apache server if possible, so I'm looking for ideas
> on what you think would
> be the best Linux distribution to download in your
> experience?
>
> Thanks a bunch
> Caz
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