Re: Considering switch to linux

<graemeharison@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1135942726.382178.162570@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi,
>
> Wondering if anyone can give me some advice. Just now I have two
> computers my main one has Windows XP installed and the other one ( a
> laptop) is just a messing about machine where I try new things before
> installing it onto the main desktop.
>
> The main thing about Windows I don't like is the fact that after say
> 3-4 months of it being installed it, everything seems to start running
> slowly and you have to reinstall it again and also it seems to crash
> quite a fair bit. I've been mucking about with some of the linux
> distros on the laptop and tried some of the live CDs on the main
> desktop and everything seems to work fine. No hardware problems or
> anything. But there is a few things I would like to know before
> installing it onto the main desktop.
>
> 1) does linux slow down like windows after time?
> 2) there is a couple of software packages that I just can't find good
> replacements for on linux (i.e. Newsleecher - it's only the NZB support
> I need. A good video conversion program that can handle various formats
> i.e. AVI/MPG/VOB etc.. )
>
> If anyone can offer some advice on this I'd appreciate it a lot.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Graeme
>

If you have that kind of problem with Windows, in that you simply don't, or
don't know how to clear the prefetch, temp files, temp internet files etc.
to keep XP running smoothly, I assure you Linux is not for you.

Take it from a Suse Linux 10 noob like me who is still struggling with how
to get Yast2 to install the ClamAV and ClamTK .rpm(s). ClamAV is a free
anti-virus program and ClamTK is the GUI for it. I also can't get Yast2 to
the install Firefox 1.5 .rpm

Then there is the matter of fonts - they simply are not at clear as those
which appear on Windows. It's that simple.

Joe
Windows 98SE, XP Pro, Suse Linux 10 triple boot PC.


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