[Coco] Fedora 6 DVD ISO & Linux in General

[Richard]

On Wednesday 02 May 2007 10:16:51 Ries, Rich [S&FS] wrote:
> Having grown up with RS-DOS, then OS-9, then MS-DOS, then Windows (3.1,
> 3.3, 95, 98, XP), and seeing all the troubles people have with Linux
> (here, and with Leo & FreeMind at SourceForge.net), I can not see why
> anyone would want to use Linux, short of sheer masochism! (Or maybe a
> psychpathic hatred of all things uSoft.) Maybe I'm spoiled, but with
> Windows I D/L the executable, and GO. It looks like if I want anything
> with Linux, I need to D/L it, then try to compile it, scream, cry, and
> give up.

It used to be that way, but the Linux folks have realized that if they are to 
ahve a prayer at knocking MS down a notch or two, that reality had to go.

As stated earlier, the newer distros are much more user friendly, they come 
with a ton of software and drivers. My personal favorite ATM is Ubuntu with 
SUSE running a close second.

If a person's priority is total compatibility with the MS world.... well.... 
you guessed it, stay with Windows.