Linux it's free... Good Thing Because It's Full Of Bugs.. 4625

On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 18:13:04 -0700, The Homo K

I don't know what you've been smoking, but I find that Linux software, in general, is of quite high quality - at least the equal of MS software.

No one unless you actually have the smarts to improve the code.

I've had fewer problems with Linux software than I ever had with MS. I remember the workarounds that were necessary when we went from VB6 to Visual Studio! The old code would no longer run.

I find that my Brother Laser Printer and my Epson R320 Photo printer both work quite well with Linux.

Then use the one supplied by the manufacturer. I find that the nvidia driver is quite good. Also the Unichrome driver for my mini-itx works quite well.

OK, so use one that works.

I don't use wireless - but my network cards work flawlessly.

Have yet to figure why the hell I'd want to.

That is an oxymoron. In my experience, 'quality Windows' applications are working long before MS started to use the term.

I don't use wine, I have no need of any MS apps.

Mostly, they are not. Seems that people are afraid of anything new. They'd rather rant and rave and complain about all the problems they have with MS than try anything new. BUT - in January of this year I installed Mandrake Linux on the public access internet computers at the local library. To date there have been NO complaints, and a customer satisfaction survey a month ago indicated that patrons are quite satisfied with Linux - actually a large number showed by their responses that they were not aware they were NOT running MS; except, of course, that everything just worked.

Perception is often deceiving - how else does one explain the continued popularity of the Ford Explorer which rolls over and self destructs when a tire goes flat?

If you don't like Linux, you certainly don't have to use it. Linux is all about choice - which we would not have if MS was totally in charge.