I was using Netscape till Version 4. Then I switched to IE and was using it till the middle of last year, when I found Firefox. So now it's Firefox 99% of the time.
Even when I was using IE, I faithfully downloaded all new versions of Netscape till version 7. When even that version did a poor job of rendering wepages with css (in my opinion), I gave it up altogether.
I had toyed with Red Hat versions 5, 8 and 9. It was fun initially because it was different from Windows. But it's really not for the average person.
I don't know about the other distros or about Fedora 3. But from my experience with RHL 9, I must say I wasn't very impressed. Or should I say, once impressed, but not any more.
Once I tried to get RH to detect my scanner. I googled for answers and asked at forums and was advised to download some drivers. Did that and installed the drivers but nothing happened - didn't even know whether the installed files went to!
On another occasion I wasn't able have RH detect my ADSL (Aztech) modem and I sort of just up.
It's different with Windows. Your scanner or modem would probably come with their own drivers and all you've to do is place the CD or diskette into the drive and everything is taken care of.
Things run on Windows and that's important for productivity. The average Joe isn't interested or have the time to figure things out.
Recently, I installed Freebsd 5.3 and I got excited again. I like the fact that it comes in 1 CD and you can practically install everything no-core after the installation through ports or ftp or whatever. Very cool.
More importantly, it detected my router and I was able connect to the Net. Otherwise, it wouldn't be of much use to me.
As with my experience with RH, I still can't get some things to work. For example, I haven't yet got the printer to work despite trying out known solutions.
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I was using Netscape till Version 4. Then I switched to IE and was using it till the middle of last year, when I found Firefox. So now it's Firefox 99% of the time. Even when I was using IE, I faithfully downloaded all new versions of Netscape till version 7. When even that version did a poor job of rendering wepages with css (in my opinion), I gave it up altogether.
I had toyed with Red Hat versions 5, 8 and 9. It was fun initially because it was different from Windows. But it's really not for the average person. I don't know about the other distros or about Fedora 3. But from my experience with RHL 9, I must say I wasn't very impressed. Or should I say, once impressed, but not any more. Once I tried to get RH to detect my scanner. I googled for answers and asked at forums and was advised to download some drivers. Did that and installed the drivers but nothing happened - didn't even know whether the installed files went to! On another occasion I wasn't able have RH detect my ADSL (Aztech) modem and I sort of just up. It's different with Windows. Your scanner or modem would probably come with their own drivers and all you've to do is place the CD or diskette into the drive and everything is taken care of. Things run on Windows and that's important for productivity. The average Joe isn't interested or have the time to figure things out. Recently, I installed Freebsd 5.3 and I got excited again. I like the fact that it comes in 1 CD and you can practically install everything no-core after the installation through ports or ftp or whatever. Very cool. More importantly, it detected my router and I was able connect to the Net. Otherwise, it wouldn't be of much use to me. As with my experience with RH, I still can't get some things to work. For example, I haven't yet got the printer to work despite trying out known solutions.