Europe is great if you are young or unemployed. Europe sucks if you actually want to make something of yourself through hard work.
Thats about the most ridiculous statement i've ever read. Its from an American so its not exactly unexpected.
It takes 10 seconds to go to a website and download some drivers for windows. It takes 100 times longer than that to install some drivers for Linux. Its simple Windows = Download and double click on an installer, reboot, done. Linux = delving into the bowels of the internet to read 10 threads in a forum to get a NIC to work only to find you have to do it all by command line. That is not ready for desk tops or corporate use.
Do you live in the dark age? Floppy drive? Crikey. I don't even have a floppy on my main PC at home. The only time I've ever connected it is when I want to make a RAID array. Hopefully soon enough we can do this off a USB flash drive.
Dodgy Windows drivers? I can't say I've ever downloaded drivers from Creative, ATI, Nvidia, Matrox or any other reputable hardware manufacturer that have been dodgy.
In regards to ghost, I use Ghost at work. I don't want one server for Linux and one for Windows. Since windows is used more then we cater for that. If linux doesn't want to fit in with it then screw it. Sometimes Linux is like MacOS. Different because it tries to be, not cause its better.
When I can play games on Linux with all my funky graphics and sound card options and controllers working right out the box like I can on Windows, then I'll make the switch.
Last time I installed Linux, about a year ago, I had to spend a day finding drivers, had problems with the display and half my peripherals didn't work.
Much as I don't like M$, I don't get those kind of problems when installing Windows XP. It takes 30 minutes, 1 install of SP2, a couple of drivers installs and a reboot and I'm back to normal.
One point to make about Linux and enterprise and use in business. Linux doesn't ghost very well, which is a problem as far as I am concerned.
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Europe is great if you are young or unemployed. Europe sucks if you actually want to make something of yourself through hard work. Thats about the most ridiculous statement i've ever read. Its from an American so its not exactly unexpected.
Is it too much to put some Marine through some schooling to learn Arabic? That might give a little help to some much needed public relations in Iraq.
No, an RC is a compatibility test release and the next RC will be a release for a regression test. Its like a glorified Beta.
It takes 10 seconds to go to a website and download some drivers for windows. It takes 100 times longer than that to install some drivers for Linux. Its simple Windows = Download and double click on an installer, reboot, done. Linux = delving into the bowels of the internet to read 10 threads in a forum to get a NIC to work only to find you have to do it all by command line. That is not ready for desk tops or corporate use. Do you live in the dark age? Floppy drive? Crikey. I don't even have a floppy on my main PC at home. The only time I've ever connected it is when I want to make a RAID array. Hopefully soon enough we can do this off a USB flash drive. Dodgy Windows drivers? I can't say I've ever downloaded drivers from Creative, ATI, Nvidia, Matrox or any other reputable hardware manufacturer that have been dodgy. In regards to ghost, I use Ghost at work. I don't want one server for Linux and one for Windows. Since windows is used more then we cater for that. If linux doesn't want to fit in with it then screw it. Sometimes Linux is like MacOS. Different because it tries to be, not cause its better.
When I can play games on Linux with all my funky graphics and sound card options and controllers working right out the box like I can on Windows, then I'll make the switch. Last time I installed Linux, about a year ago, I had to spend a day finding drivers, had problems with the display and half my peripherals didn't work. Much as I don't like M$, I don't get those kind of problems when installing Windows XP. It takes 30 minutes, 1 install of SP2, a couple of drivers installs and a reboot and I'm back to normal. One point to make about Linux and enterprise and use in business. Linux doesn't ghost very well, which is a problem as far as I am concerned.