Re: I agree linux is not for avg. homeuser

From: Jim Hubbard (valid_at_email.address)
Date: 11/08/03 

Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 22:10:46 -0500

"Noi" <noi@siam.com> wrote in message
news:pan.2003.11.07.06.50.16.815@siam.com...
> On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 17:11:37 -0500, Hugo Drax without thinking wrote:
>
> > I really do not see what the homeuser gains from running linux VS the
> > Windows XP that ships with home pc's
> >
> All depends upon use. I find Linux to be a more stable OS than XP,
> however, there's more applications and hw drivers written for the
> Windows-like platform.

Seems like someone would write a plug and play module for Linux that would
read and use the device drivers written for Windows.

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