Why I left Linux for Windows. 2156

After takin' a swig o' grog, George Peatty belched out this bit o' wisdom:

I have a real gripe with using "desktop system" as a factor to evaluate Linux.

Strictly speaking, GNU-Linux is already a very good "desktop system". It works substantially the same as Windows, whether you use Gnome or KDE.

I think what most people really mean by "desktop system" is "Microsoft desktop system."

There, GNU-Linux is not up to snuff. Proably not a bad thing, though.

Of course. Setting up a Windows server is more difficult than setting up a Windows desktop station.

I had some problem with my old old SCSI-lite-based scanner, until I found one key item to configure, to let xsane know it was a Microtek E3.

Big deal. The only reason I didn't have privates around with it on NT was the manufacturer provided a config app. Thems was the old days, of jumper-based hardware.

Interesting!

Take it up with the DMCA mavens, such as the MPAA.

They tried to put a guy in jail for posting the dvd-css code that he had worked out, remember?

-- "When we do a new version we put in lots of new things that people (ask) for. And so, in no sense, is stability a reason to move to a new version. It's never a reason." -- Bill Gates, FOCUS interview