Re: Yet another OS

In message <pan.2007.02.19.01.15.54.50581@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Dan N wrote:
On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 14:50:30 +0100, Xunil Resu wrote:


and Linux with all its flavors and 350 or so distributions
will remain something for a small group of people who like to do more with
computers than simply run a few applications.

There may be 350 distros, but in reality, only a handful are widely used,
and the common features among them far outweigh their differences. Haiku
may not be Windows, but it's just another open source distro that will end
up lost with the majority of the linux 350.

Not sure about that, Haiku isn't like Linux at all.
Haiku, if it really is like BeOS, is not slower than
Windows like Linux, it is a lot faster!
It is very easy to use even for people who don't know
anything about computers or software and that is the
way a OS should be IMHO.
Computers and OS'es should make life easier not more
complicated, that is what BeOS (Haiku) does.
So I really hope that Haiku will be released anytime soon.
No matter what people say about choices and freedom,
IMO it is a waste of effort more then anything, to release
350 + versions of Linux, it's kind of a joke really.


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