Re: Linux, why?
- From: Robert Heller <heller@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2006 19:37:51 +0100
At 7 Dec 2006 09:23:58 -0800 "Edd" <charleylandscapes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
the fact there are so many distributions is another problem. Which is
best and why so many? I think I may have to do the unthinkable and try
Have you every visited a clothing store? So many shirts, so many
colors, styles. Buttons or no buttons. Zippers or no zippers.
Pockets: none, 1, 5. And then there are pants. Short, long, baggy, with
stripes, without stripes. Button fly or Zipper fly? How many pockets?
Belt loops or no belt loops?
MS-Windows is like a clothing store where all they have are plain grey
overalls. One size fits all. Linux comes in different 'colors' (or
flavors), suitable to different tastes.
Mac OS
On Dec 7, 5:04 pm, Grant Edwards <gra...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 2006-12-07, Edd <charleylandsca...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm a linux beginner and I am struggling to see the point of having an
OS that requires so much hassle to install applications. I was wanting
to move away from windows but as far as I can see there isn't much
point because of the headaches involved in finding and installing
applications which auto install with windows.
Help me out understanding why people bother with linux.Troll.
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