Re: I've thought better of Linux



Greg Menke wrote:

> Why are you fooling around with Ubuntu? Just download and burn a copy
> of Fedora Core 3, do a full install and be done with it. I'm sure
> compiling an application doesn't bother you, why should compiling the
> kernel- its little different.

Ubuntu was one of the easiest installations I had ever done on my
working place at the university. I do not know how to install Windows
(haven't used it for 10 years) but I can say installing Ubuntu is damn
easy.

Okay, I performed a standard Ubuntu installation without any need to
tailor it to my needs. Downloaded the 650MB to my ibook in about 5
minutes (I have a fast connection at my university); made a ISO CD with
my burner in the ibook and after 30 minutes I had a running Ubuntu on
my stationary machine (Ubuntu detected all my networks).

However, often tailoring Linux is not that hard. On my old laptop there
was Windows installed by default. The modem of that laptop was an
integrated Windows only modem. Although, it was a no name modem but I
red by chance who the producers of the no-name modem might be. The guys
from that company then emailed me a driver for Linux and to my great
surprise the driver in the following worked and I dumped Windows
eventually because the modem then worked under SuSE Linux.



> No doubt OS X is
> appealing to some as a desktop- but its utility is pretty much limited
> to that market.

I use my ibook only in a standard setup. Nevertheless OS X has one of
the best graphical user interfaces and I do not know of any Linux
windows managers which comes close. The old Gnome themes looked a bit
similar.

Schneewittchen
PS:Btw: it would have been suprising if the original poster had started
learning CommonLisp eventually. However, learning Common Lisp will turn
out benefitial independet of Linux or Windows. Brandom, you should take
the chance.

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