Edit: on Linux, it is still pretty much "do it yourself", and large companies haven't yet invested in that platform, so if you depend on such apps, it's a dead end for now.

Em

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You can keep XP, make it more secure, and change a browser to something that is alive :)
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Edited by - Em on 6/8/2004 12:51:39 AM

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Edited by - cv on 6/9/2004 1:25:33 AM

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"To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing: that is enough for one man's life." - T.S. Eliot

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Edited by - daviangel on 6/8/2004 10:33:35 AM

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I wasn't planning on switching from XP and I am learning to like OSX though it has some little things that annoy me. I was just wondering about program compatability.

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What I believe in is open formats and standards. Write once, publish everywhere, on any platform, and device.

Not that any of this helps you...

Em

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Edited by - cv on 6/9/2004 1:26:03 AM

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actually your response was hardly useless. What I was considering is updateing one of my older systems to a different platform to see how it works. But was wondering about such things as program compatability.

I chose Linux at random as an example but should have been more specific in my original post that I wasn't necessarily switching to that platform.

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I'm banging my head against a brick wall and I've wasted far too much of my time doing so. It's far easier for me to stick with answering inane threads. (sigh)

Good luck with your OS decision, Lee.

Edited by - cv on 6/9/2004 1:37:37 AM

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and once in a while one visit windows update, to check for fixes right? And for God´s sake, who the hell opens email attachments with .exe´s from unkown sources? seriously, the main problem with windows is that users think they dont need to know ANYTHING in order to run it safely, i mean, you get a license to drive a car right? and a computer is a little more complex than a car right?

sorry for the rant ;)

That said, linux is a really nice OS, only downside is the rather steep learning curve of it. And if you put in as much knowhow and time as it takes to learn linux into learning/securing windows you´ll probably end up with just as stable a system.

For certain things linux is certainly superior, webserver stuff, networking etc it beats windows hands down with vastly superior stability. And its basically free too ;)

But for a everyday PC, there are no real alternative to windows that wont limit your use significantly.

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and once in a while one visit windows update, to check for fixes right? And for God´s sake, who the hell opens email attachments with .exe´s from unkown sources? seriously, the main problem with windows is that users think they dont need to know ANYTHING in order to run it safely, i mean, you get a license to drive a car right? and a computer is a little more complex than a car right?

reading that you've used unix/linux before you know that anyone that regularly logs into their computer as "root" is just asking for trouble!
That's pretty much what everyone is doing when they are running windows and the majority are totally unaware and could care less...
That's the Windows mentality at work; in the Windows world, there are no consequences to failure: just reboot and move on.

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