Actually the largest problem I am having with Linux is in configuring. I've gone through 4 distros of Linux now and Mandrake is the easiest I have found as a new user, and its not all that simple to set up. MS office is a nice tool and I personally belive the largest draw for Windows is the quality and quantity of software available for it that doesn't need other software to run it.
(On a side not is there a way to update Glibc without reinstalling?)
I agree. I'm a new user to linux, only about 7 months, and I have had a really hard time getting the software to let me interact with MS files to work. It's installed and it runs but its sketchy at best and Samba seems to hate me. It's the only reasone I keep my old windows machine around. I really like Linux and I'm going to figure it all out but it is a royal pain to new users. Windows might be insecure and bug ridden but most of the time it works for the basic stuff I want to do.
Personally I think its vital to open source that there be competition. It means that projects will be competing to make a better project so that someone else doesn't out do them.
Look at how many Distributions of Linux there are. They all try to be better than each other and as a result we get a better product (hopefully).
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ahh thank you for the correction and the proper spelling.
I do belive liable is the word that you are looking for. I think Openoffice can sue them for it also.
Actually the largest problem I am having with Linux is in configuring. I've gone through 4 distros of Linux now and Mandrake is the easiest I have found as a new user, and its not all that simple to set up. MS office is a nice tool and I personally belive the largest draw for Windows is the quality and quantity of software available for it that doesn't need other software to run it. (On a side not is there a way to update Glibc without reinstalling?)
I agree. I'm a new user to linux, only about 7 months, and I have had a really hard time getting the software to let me interact with MS files to work. It's installed and it runs but its sketchy at best and Samba seems to hate me. It's the only reasone I keep my old windows machine around. I really like Linux and I'm going to figure it all out but it is a royal pain to new users. Windows might be insecure and bug ridden but most of the time it works for the basic stuff I want to do.
Personally I think its vital to open source that there be competition. It means that projects will be competing to make a better project so that someone else doesn't out do them. Look at how many Distributions of Linux there are. They all try to be better than each other and as a result we get a better product (hopefully).