Stu.H

Simple Question.

Comments welcome

Jamz

Nope, bit too bleeding edge for me (read: not stable enough), I'm a FreeBSD man.

benporter

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i tried it once then bined it.

Dan B

Debian Woody Stable, on my 2nd machine......wouldn't class myself as experienced in using it, but what do you need to know?

Cam

Used Redhat for about 6 months but downgraded to XP Pro for ease of use.

Markb_s1

Fuck no!!!!

AKJ-Dan

Linux is alright if you have the time to learn the commands etc otherwise can't beat windows XP in terms of functionality

JRST

what do you need to know?

regards

Jay

Stu.H

nothing

a few of my mates are running it on aseperate partition saying how good it is etc.

AD-RS1600i

i've tried it a couple of times using the Mandrake edition.

Pros
-Excellent value for money Mandrake is Ł50 and includes a full office suite , paint package etc. and if you get a copy of it, it is totally legal to copy it for free!
-Tons of free software
-Your not adding to Bill's mountain of cash from selling buggy software.

Cons
-Compatibility with hardware is always a bit hit and miss, especially dialup modems, or very very fresh new pieces of h/w without the drivers.
-tricky to fix when you are used to Windows thoroughly (as I am)
-Getting new h/w going or even finding the cause of the problem can be a total nightmare unless it detects and works straight away.
- Does have bugs (little random things), but these are not that annoying when you consider that for the most part the software is free.
-Game compatibility could also be a problem in a lot of cases.

If you have some spare time, and like messing around with computers it is well worth a look I think.

Spax

I need to read slower, thought it said "Who Uses Linx" LOL

Jim Galbally

used to, and im very competent with *nix and Xwindows

then i suddently thought of something... "why bother"

XP is stable enuf anyway

used to be handy back in the day of 56k modems etc as the networking side was much more stable/speedy

benporter

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@ spax