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Mandy
It's interesting, but overblown. They can tell what pages of memory you are using by how long it takes you...
After two whole days, you decided to toss Linux out the window (you should pardon the expression)?
Mandy Hyperthread is dual channel. two programs can step through the cpu, for every clock pulse, instead of...
Several months ago, I was warned to not argue with Peter T. Breuer. With that advice in mind, I won't...
Well, by all means, stick with Windows. Maybe you're a lot smarter than I am, but it took me much longer than two days to learn Windows and all the various programs that I use.
Windows takes longer to install than SUSE Linux, and when you're done you still need to install your various programs. See, Windows doesn't *come* with many programs - a couple of cheesy, insecure Internet functions (Internet Explorer and Outlook Express); Media Player; probably Adobe, maybe Works, and bingo: You can barely use your computer for anything besides e-mail and surfing the Net.
And you'll need to install a firewall and antivirus software immediately. The average time to become infected for a Windows system is less than a half hour - I believe it is sixteen minutes (on a high-speed connection such as DSL or cable).
When I installed XP on a computer, I forgot to disconnect the Ethernet cable, and I was infected with a worm before I could even finish the installation. The second (uninfected) installation took well over 2 hours, and as I said, all I got were the basics that come with Windows XP - and that didn't include any security software.
With SUSE Linux, it took me somewhat less than 2 hours to install the OS, but additionally, I also installed a whole bunch of software, including compilers for several languages, along with their attendant IDE's, debuggers, packagers, profilers, revision control systems, etc.; image editing software, an entire office suite, several different browsers, e-mail programs, newsreaders, etc., various toys like Xaos, Xephem, and XMoonTool, antivirus software, a firewall, network analysis tools including snort and ethereal, and the coolest Solitaire game in the world (PySol). Oh, and all that came with the SUSE package, which cost me about half what XP cost me. But yes, it did take me more than two days to learn how to use all that stuff. And to tell you the truth, I've been using Linux for years, and I *still* don't know all there is to learn. Isn't that great?
Mandy Mandee, I hope this isn't how you deal with everything that doesn't work for you the first time. Most people start with something...
But if you want a bitty box to read e-mails and browse around the Internet, Windows will probably do OK, if you can put up with the security problems, virus infections, and so on. As I said, you could probably get XP installed in two days or less, and maybe figure out how to use IE. If that's all you need, then why bother with Linux?
No sense driving a Ferrari, when you're just using your old beater to cruise the hood...
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