Thanks dude, and although it wasn't too flaming, you're right in saying that I didn't mentione KDE or Gnome, and why would I. We all know the most powerful commands are run from the console (terminal) mode in Linux, Unix and other non-Win OSs that support GUI layers.:)
You've captured my thoughts in a nutshell. My brother just forked out a few thousand for a new WinOS machine with a 1.4 pentium chip and 64mb nVidia graphics card. Sure, there are places and times you may need / want these peripherals, along with some extra RAM, but I'm running the latest build of Debian on a very stable Pentium 100 with 32mb of RAM. Without installing Linux, this machine would've been made redundant (indeed it was, for several years), however buy using Debian I've not only taught myself something, but made a powerful computer that ultimately can perform tasks my brother's new PC can't, especially in regards to serving, routing and the like. With Windows, this machine's hardware would not be used to it's optimum, so I'm thankful to Linux that I have an extra PC at my disposal
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Thanks dude, and although it wasn't too flaming, you're right in saying that I didn't mentione KDE or Gnome, and why would I. We all know the most powerful commands are run from the console (terminal) mode in Linux, Unix and other non-Win OSs that support GUI layers. :)
You've captured my thoughts in a nutshell. My brother just forked out a few thousand for a new WinOS machine with a 1.4 pentium chip and 64mb nVidia graphics card. Sure, there are places and times you may need / want these peripherals, along with some extra RAM, but I'm running the latest build of Debian on a very stable Pentium 100 with 32mb of RAM. Without installing Linux, this machine would've been made redundant (indeed it was, for several years), however buy using Debian I've not only taught myself something, but made a powerful computer that ultimately can perform tasks my brother's new PC can't, especially in regards to serving, routing and the like. With Windows, this machine's hardware would not be used to it's optimum, so I'm thankful to Linux that I have an extra PC at my disposal