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A Linux User Goes Back

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-to-think-about dept.

An anonymous reader says "A friend of mine recently switched to using Windows XP after three and a half years of Linux. I thought the community might benefit from reading his story. Even as a dedicated Linux user, I agree with many of his points. 'Unix on the desktop" has come along way in recent years, yet could still stand much improvement. It is no longer an issue of having a fancy GUI (KDE can't get much better), but rather the real problems lie in the foundation.' Some of his points are wrong, but it's a reasonable article.

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  1. ummmm... by jrg · · Score: 0, Redundant
    has the guy never heard of os x? or does he not want to get new hardware? it seems to me that os x is the best of both worlds.

    james

  2. Other OS's? by micq · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Linux was all you tried? You didn't try Mac OS X?

    I agree with you on Linux not being ready for the desktop, but I would have tried other things before going back to M$...

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    Snooze and you lose your sushi.
  3. Linux is not ready yet for Average Joe by i_luv_linux · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Linux may never become Windows replacement at all. The beauty of Linux is mostly because geeks can use it, change it anyway they want. Not that it is easy to use, but it is mostly possible to modify.