Linux is great... for a server. All the settings packed neatly into.conf files and you don't have to hunt the checkbox in a difficult gui.
But when it comes to the desktop... windows is integrated and easy. you can do things like click into display properties and set up your monitors in two seconds. Programs start without dependancy crap, and you can download a program and install it without waiting ten hours for the dman thing to compile. I feel that Linux has all the right components, but they don't yet quite fit together without some technical glue.
I'd try a mac if i had the money...
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Linux is great... for a server. All the settings packed neatly into .conf files and you don't have to hunt the checkbox in a difficult gui.
But when it comes to the desktop... windows is integrated and easy. you can do things like click into display properties and set up your monitors in two seconds. Programs start without dependancy crap, and you can download a program and install it without waiting ten hours for the dman thing to compile. I feel that Linux has all the right components, but they don't yet quite fit together without some technical glue.
I'd try a mac if i had the money...