re: Bootable CD vs Dual-boot or new OS (was: ...AVG free...)
Monday, September 1, 2008 at 10:01 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by gewg_
(4444 messages posted)
heh heh wrote:
|one thing i think that can be answered is the charge of
|the existence of this forum proves that a lot of people can't run their own computers.
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In that same thought, I said that
getting a good Support guy or Support forum is essential--regardless of OS.
|When a person runs distro's like Slackware,
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Whoever picks Slack as a *first* distro--especially in 2008--
has gotten horrible advice. Maybe that someone heard about Debian
Sid too. 8-(
The Ubuntu variants are MUCH more user-friendly. Almost anything is.
|are they not encouraged to READ the linux forums
|such as Linuxquestions.org or the many Ubuntu forums.
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Folks who get a *new* version of Microsoft stuff are often just as befuddled
by the new look & feel of that. Mostly, it's about shedding old habits.
Again, having a good Support system in place makes life easier.
|And how about distrowatch, so that you can find more new distro's to play with.
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Yup--and you don't even have to install one to try it.
With a "Live CD" which will boot to a Linux desktop,
you can decide pretty easily if *that* Desktop Environment / app collection
has the look & feel and the functionality you desire.
Windoze, OTOH, has to be installed to give it a try.
Ever try to return a Windoze CD?
...and those heavy-duty payware Windoze-compatible apps:
Ever try to return one of those?
|I'm sorry but I came back to windows
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Horses for courses (aka Different strokes for different folks).
|because I am done with going from here to there,
|giving up my free time just because something is free.
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I don't think folks switching to XP
spend that much less time getting acclimated to it,
though a Click and Drool interface seems pretty intuitive for what Joe Average does
--no matter what the OS.
|Linux is coming,
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Millions of people can demonstrate for you that it's already here.
I already mentioned Largo, FL; Munich; and Ernie Ball, Inc.
|and we need the competition.
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Amen.
|But I don't need to defend linux on a windows forum.
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Again: It's about Choice.
Paying M$ for another OS with the same old flaws seems foolish to me.
When those flaws are SECURITY flaws, that crosses WAY over the line.
|And I don't go to the linux forums to spead FUD as said.
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It's only FUD if you don't have the facts to back it up.
...and if you check the (xxxx messages posted) beside my name,
you'll see I'm not a newbie here. I know the strengths and weaknesses of W98.
When I mention Free Software, it's because someone is struggling unnecessarily.
When that is because of one of the M$ apps that got installed with Win98
(and usually the pitiful "security" associated with that app),
I mention that (Free Software) Mozilla products are available.
I often mention (freeware) Opera as well, though I prefer non-proprietary software.
As those options actually have versions available from this century,
their up-to-dateness is superior to M$'s ancient offerings.
Ever try to install the (still-poorly-secured) 21st Century versions of IE or OE
on Win98?
M$ purposely broke those to thwart that. That is EVIL.
My recommendations are not FUD or trolls;
these are (mostly cross-platform) options, available at zero cost,
which don't suffer from the *let's ASSIST in the infection process* thing
that IE and OE suffer from.
When someone is struggling with the pasted-on 3rd-party "security"
that they have to endure with Windoze,
I often mention that a properly-designed OS doesn't need those.
When someone here mentions XP as a "solution" to Windoze 98 deficiencies,
I point out that MSFT hasn't solved the security problems yet
and that there are *actual solutions* to M$'s poor security model
--but they require that you you stop giving money to MSFT
for Defective-By-Design software.
I'm not forcing anything on anybody. Each solution has its strong and weak points.
I'll give the facts; you can pick your poison.
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