Bootable CD vs Dual-boot or new OS (was: ...AVG free...)
Sunday, August 24, 2008 at 3:45 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by gewg_
(3943 messages posted)
heh heh wrote:
|Linux makes great live cd roms,
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Yup. I've mentioned that in this thread.
|and since linux is always in a state of constant upgrade curve,
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That's NOT a bad thing. One of the BEST things about Free Software
is the rate at which those projects release patches & updates.[1]
Just think how long IE6 stagnated until Mozilla (a Free Software app)
and Opera (a freeware app) spurred Micro$oft to work on IE.
Think how long M$ futzed with Vista (5 years)
before stripping out most of the promised features then
shoved it out the door in a state that has many people just shaking their heads.
"The Vista Death Watch" by John C. Dvorak
cache of http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2209837,00.asp
|(2-6 months)
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Because Debian supports *so many* processor/architecture types (not just x86)
--and since they want to release all of them at the same time,
it takes them *longer than most distros* to put out a new release.
Ubuntu (which is based on Debian)[2]
was started to give a firm 6-month release cycle of the Debian codebase.
Firefox typically issues patches ~weekly.
They also offer nightly builds for the adventurous.
|It can't be counted on.
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Can you give an example?
...or do you think M$'s Security Through Obscurity model
and its frequent *we're never going to patch that* stance is somehow superior?
...and the "Patch Tuesday" model of once-monthly SECURITY patches that M$ uses
is just confounding to me.
If you've never actually INSTALLED an upgrade to a Linux distro
then **reverted** to the previous configuration
(read: put back the previous kernel--which is possible with Linux)[3],
you don't really have a valid data point to add to the graph.
|Use live Cd's only for now only,
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Well, they are excellent for test drives and for practicing
but I don't see the logic behind "only".
If you wanted to, you could install Linux to a completely seperate HDD.
You could then remove Linux by removing that drive;
all of Linux that would be left behind would be the (benign) Multi-Boot Manager.
|windows 95/98,98SE,& XP are still old versions that get the job done.
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That's what counts most: A tool that does what you need to do.
For people posting questions to *this* forum, XP typically *isn't* an "old version";
they would have to purchase it and learn it.
If you are going to have to learn something new, having to *pay* for it as well
seems like twisting the knife--especially when there are FREE options.
|Linux is a great Temporary solution.
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When people mention spending yet more money
for yet another M$ OS with yet another version of MSFT's poor security model,
I have to ask what those folks are thinking.
In most cases, I think it's just no one telling them there are options.
Most apps that folks are currently using have Free Software equivalents.
(Many of those apps are cross-platform
so they can be used under Windoze long before the Big Switch to another OS.)
...and under Windoze, those Free Software apps are more secure than the M$ apps.
WINE (a recursive acronym for Wine IS Not an Emulator)
is a reverse-engineered re-implemention of the Windoze APIs.
It currently allows many Windoze-compatible apps to run under Linux
(and it is improving weekly).
Smart software developers make sure that their Windoze apps will run under WINE.
The brilliant ones did it 5 years ago.
From the Usenet Archive -- Mike Engelhardt
There are also folks who have never used a computer and haven't formed a bias.
When they buy new computers with pre-installed Linux[4]
(Wal-Mart does a profitable business in this),
those folks find that can do all the usual stuff--sans Microsoft.
I posted a link to the story of a sizeable corporation
that for years now has conducted its business completely Microsoft-free.
The city of Largo Florida has done the same since 2002.
[1] ...and no one is holding a gun to your head to upgrade anything
--though if you do, the process under Linux is **easier** than with MSFT.
[2] as is Knoppix and MEPIS and Freespire and ...
[3] This just boggles the mind of Windoze users.
[4] ...which, of course, are cheaper without the Microsoft Tax(tm).
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