Re: Considering switch to linux


"Enoch Root" <root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:pan.2005.12.31.00.06.09.592849@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 03:38:46 -0800, graemeharison wrote:
>
>> 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..
>> )
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> -=1=-
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> Linux doesn't have a registry to bloat. You are running into a
> monolithic "registry" file that just keeps getting bigger whenever you
> install data on your pc. This is equivalent to text files in linux, held
> in the /etc directory. There are /etc configuration files for each
> program, and organized into few directories. All of your programs that
> you have installed are not on one text file, as it is with windows. Bill
> Gates did this on purpose to *** you over and not let you touch his or
> your own software. I'm not kidding, he's a sick ***. Windows is designed
> to break from use.

Profanity aside, I did an interesting experiment. I created a text file
called a.txt in a particular directory. Then I renamed it to b.txt, then I
moved it to a different directory. Then I copied it to c.txt.

I did further tests. What I found was that every action you take on the
machine is logged in that registry and no record is ever removed except at
the hand of a registry cleaner. Like you said, its no wonder, that after
awhile, the bloat slows things more and more. I have a cleaner program but
it isn't very smart about getting rid of this rubbish. Along with the
rubbish it removes the icons for explorer as well as other stuff that is
needed.

>
> -=2=-
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> http://www.bnr2.org/ as was stated before, also the previous post with
> http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/sourceforge/n/nz/nzbget/nzbget-0.2.3.tar.gz
> was a nice lead. I've never used that.
>
> Let me be honest with you here though. Newsleecher has no competition at
> this time even on Winblowz platforms because they have that super-search
> option, and they can handle file headers in the millions without a sweat.
>
> It is a very efficiently coded program with a semi-database backend for
> sorting. Pan needs 1 GB of RAM for every 1 Million headers. Binary News
> Reaper is more efficient, but still not as fast as Newsleecher- or able to
> handle that heavy a load.
>
> Thus far linux newsreaders that have been developed were made for
> this-----> text, not downloading 50 GB's per hour. I wish it were
> different, but it is what it is. If you have to load alt.binaries.dvd at
> 8 Million headers, you had better use Newsleecher. You could of course
> load windows Vista or XP or whichever in VMWare on the linux box, and run
> it. If that's a must have, then this is a way around it for now. And
> VMWare 5.5 workstation works exceptionally well for this.
>
> -=3=-
>
> Linux can handle more file formats and their conversion than windows. I
> will take the Pepsi challenge any day on that blasphemous statement. The
> ease of use for major file format conversions are very nice looking. Here
> are some video conversion utilities I know of off the top of my head:
>
> GMencoder
> Konverter
> ProjectX
> Tovid
> Kavi2Svcd
> Kmenc15
> Avidemux
> QDVDAuthor
> Video-DVDRip
> GOPchop
>
> Mplayer/Xine can handle playing any video file format and most audio
> formats. Xmms/Amarok handles every audio format and most video formats.
> Pretty soon I reckon we'll have just one player to rule them all, and in
> the dorkness bind them.
>
> So, those are my suggestions. One last and most important suggestion.
> Buy Suse 10 and install KDE as the default GUI. It's the closest mirror
> of Windows and has an excellent set of features that won't have you
> looking back ever again. Everything else can build up from there once
> you get it installed and configured to your liking. Good luck.
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> ER
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