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4 Linux Distros Compared To Win XP, Mac OS X

Posted by timothy on from the from-a-certain-point-of-view dept.

Morf writes "The Australian Consumers? Association has evaluated Xandros, Linspire, Mandrake Discovery and SUSE personal and compared them to Mac OS X and Windows XP in its latest Computer CHOICE magazine. The article is very much focused on "mums and dads", and concludes Linux is just about ready for consumers, although installing new software could pose some problems for those who aren't really computer savvy. The report is available free for a short time."

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  1. Re:pwned in 30 days! by frankie · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Do not, I repeat, do NOT help your friends and family to maintain Windows PCs for free. Tell them to either pay for your support, or switch to a better OS.

    My dad replaced his old iMac G3 with a Dell at Xmas (sigh, he would have gotten the Mini if it had been available a few weeks earlier). If I ever detect it as being trojaned, I will report him to Comcast abuse department and try to get his connection shut off.