Re: I've dumped Linux and moved to Windows XP.

From: Snuffelluffogus (darkred_at_myway.com)
Date: 06/16/04 

Date: 15 Jun 2004 16:36:16 -0700

> >> There's a generation of Linux enthusiasts that do indeed strive for
> >> precisely that... but only because they want Linux to be just the same
> >> as Windows, and Windows is like that.
> >
> >It's the majority, not a "generation". Personally I could do without the bloat,
> >without the elaborate GUIs, without all the junk that only sysadmins care about.
> >I think it's time to start over frankly. Too many hands in the pie.
>
>
> http://www.linuxlinks.com/Distributions/Mini_Distributions/
>
> How about a Linux that will fit onto a floppy?

Been there, done that. That's WITHOUT hardly anything useful e.g.
a C compiler. Whereas compare to MSDOS and Turbo C, which can be
distributed on 2 floppies.

Linux is patently obese.

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