hat i'm not too happy with the state of XFree86 4.0. Primarily beca
use there's a lot of support that was left out. Particularly on most 3dfx chipsets. Sure, it says all 3dfx chips are supported, but that's laughable.
Perhaps 4.0 was build up quite a bit more than it should have been - but it comes down to the fact that this wasn't really a next-gen release. It was more of a 'other-gen' release. For some people it was worth while to upgrade, while for others it was not. I would have been much happier to see the folks at XFree86 wait a little longer to release a much better product. Something that everyone could upgrade to. I know at least 3dfx and some ATI chips got screwed. (Next comes my - why does 3dfx support for linux suck so bad? post)
That's very true. I've been a Linux user, for I'd say, about two years now, and it's become very _boring_, and extremely annoying. There's a few things I don't like about Linux: 1. There's a Linux patch out about every day. 2. Not a lot of time goes into fixing bugs in the kernel. 3. The security issue. On the securityfocus poll, Linux was only second to NT concerning exploits/insecurity. That's why I'm moving to OpenBSD. Right now, I have OpenBSD on my 486, which acts as a gateway/router for my internal lan, and I also have it on my Sun IPC. While I have FreeBSD on my laptop, and Linux on my desktop computer. I love *BSD for one main reason: security, and stability. (no frequent kernel patches here.)
Sadly, I'm not afraid to admit that Microsoft's plan could work against Linux. Think about it, most of the world's computer users consists of average, net-surfing people. They probably use Windows, or Mac OS also.
See, if they ever hear about Linux, and start liking it, they might want to test it out, but the ploy Microsoft will begin using will drag them back to their familiar user-friendly enviorment. And maybe, because of those other supposed 'better' benchmarks, and other anti-Linux propaganda, Linuxites might revert to the Windows OS.
Another point to add, I don't think Linux will be widely used by the general public, it's mostly used my computer gurus, for networking, or programming. Linux is just not ready to fully compete against Microsft.
But, what the hell, maybe we'll win, eh? Even if we don't I'll still be using Linux.
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use there's a lot of support that was left out. Particularly on most 3dfx chipsets. Sure, it says all 3dfx chips are supported, but that's laughable.
Perhaps 4.0 was build up quite a bit more than it should have been - but it comes down to the fact that this wasn't really a next-gen release. It was more of a 'other-gen' release. For some people it was worth while to upgrade, while for others it was not. I would have been much happier to see the folks at XFree86 wait a little longer to release a much better product. Something that everyone could upgrade to. I know at least 3dfx and some ATI chips got screwed. (Next comes my - why does 3dfx support for linux suck so bad? post)
That's very true. I've been a Linux user, for I'd say, about two years now, and it's become very _boring_, and extremely annoying. There's a few things I don't like about Linux: 1. There's a Linux patch out about every day. 2. Not a lot of time goes into fixing bugs in the kernel. 3. The security issue. On the securityfocus poll, Linux was only second to NT concerning exploits/insecurity. That's why I'm moving to OpenBSD. Right now, I have OpenBSD on my 486, which acts as a gateway/router for my internal lan, and I also have it on my Sun IPC. While I have FreeBSD on my laptop, and Linux on my desktop computer. I love *BSD for one main reason: security, and stability. (no frequent kernel patches here.)
Hey,
Sadly, I'm not afraid to admit that Microsoft's plan could work against Linux. Think about it, most of the world's computer users consists of average, net-surfing people. They probably use Windows, or Mac OS also.
See, if they ever hear about Linux, and start liking it, they might want to test it out, but the ploy Microsoft will begin using will drag them back to their familiar user-friendly enviorment. And maybe, because of those other supposed 'better' benchmarks, and other anti-Linux propaganda, Linuxites might revert to the Windows OS.
Another point to add, I don't think Linux will be widely used by the general public, it's mostly used my computer gurus, for networking, or programming. Linux is just not ready to fully compete against Microsft.
But, what the hell, maybe we'll win, eh? Even if we don't I'll still be using Linux.
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