Re: The future of Linux

From: Mxsmanic (mxsmanic_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 04/09/05 

Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2005 10:05:50 +0200

Mouse writes:

> I wouldn't put it this way. On my dual-CPU box reboots take a minute or
> two... And when multi-core processors get hold - then we'll be able to
> enjoy true VM (like from Cambridge center, remember?), runnign multiple
> OS in parallel. Then I'll enjoy doing work on Linux, while my favorite
> video application on Windows is happily transcoding my film...

I usually have dozens of applications running. I'm not about to stop
them all then restart them again five minutes later. Some of them
contain work in progress, as I like to move from one thing to another.

I want an operating system that does everything I require, not a
computer that runs multiple operating systems simultaneously. I've used
the latter before, and it's a tremendous pain, too.

> True, Linux is still inconvenient for a non-expert, and its
> user-directed applications usually are more crude than on Windows. But
> it's software development system is unparallelled, and its security is
> better than that of Windows.

The software-development system is very friendly, although virtually no
one today develops software. Its security is much worse than that of
Windows from an OS design standpoint, but since it has fewer
applications, less exposure, etc., it is less likely to be the target of
hacking attempts. 

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