Curlydave
May 28th, 2005, 08:53 PM
I'd like to say that my trip through Linux/ubuntu land was an adventure, and I had fun. I'm still keeping it on my other hard-drive, which is still hooked up, but I don't see myself booting onto that hard-drive any time soon.
I love the concept of open-source software, and Microsoft seems to be pissing me off lately with the frivolous lawsuits and bullying lately. The suite of apps ready to go from the install is great, and the installation is easier, faster and simpler than that of Windows. Also, the promise of no spyware viruses is good with Linux, but that hasn't been an issue for me since I stopped using Internet Explorer.
Linux cannot run my games successfully (some not at all.) I can't get the newest version of my video card drivers working, and if I could I still heard that the video performance is dismal as ATI and Linux don't like each other. Basic apps like firefox take that much longer to load. My sound card doesn't work at all, although my 2-channel onboard audio does. The mouse movement is less than optimal, and I don't have logitech mouse drivers to make it better. (the sensitivity adjuster does nothing at all, while the acceleration adjuster seems to be more of a sensitivity adjustment) Overall, the post-9/11 security system on Linux is great for a server or someone who's experienced virus attacks, but for someone who likes to mess with files on their HD, it just doesn't work out too well, and just slows things down and gets in the way. Another thing that turns me off from linux is that while the Install is simple and straight-foward, the post-install setup is hell.
Default files eg hosts are written wrong, things aren't configured right, and the tutorials to help you give you errors until you find other tutorials. You can't even change your screen resolution without getting specs for your monitor and editing a file manually. If you want to change it again, you must re-edit the file and reboot your entire system. Set up would be near impossible without the aid of IRC/these forums. The commands that you need to do just about anything must be retrieved online. Also, installing programs is a pain as well, and requires much troubleshooting. Call me simple-minded, but I prefer clicking on an executable or extracting a zip file without having to enter a number of console commands and modifying files. (and going through trouble trying to let it let you modify files.) What's even more frustrating is when following these steps to install things, you get errors throughout.
I'm not into the Jumbo icons either, but that's just preference. Thanks for all of your help with my issues, I appreciate it.
I love the concept of open-source software, and Microsoft seems to be pissing me off lately with the frivolous lawsuits and bullying lately. The suite of apps ready to go from the install is great, and the installation is easier, faster and simpler than that of Windows. Also, the promise of no spyware viruses is good with Linux, but that hasn't been an issue for me since I stopped using Internet Explorer.
Linux cannot run my games successfully (some not at all.) I can't get the newest version of my video card drivers working, and if I could I still heard that the video performance is dismal as ATI and Linux don't like each other. Basic apps like firefox take that much longer to load. My sound card doesn't work at all, although my 2-channel onboard audio does. The mouse movement is less than optimal, and I don't have logitech mouse drivers to make it better. (the sensitivity adjuster does nothing at all, while the acceleration adjuster seems to be more of a sensitivity adjustment) Overall, the post-9/11 security system on Linux is great for a server or someone who's experienced virus attacks, but for someone who likes to mess with files on their HD, it just doesn't work out too well, and just slows things down and gets in the way. Another thing that turns me off from linux is that while the Install is simple and straight-foward, the post-install setup is hell.
Default files eg hosts are written wrong, things aren't configured right, and the tutorials to help you give you errors until you find other tutorials. You can't even change your screen resolution without getting specs for your monitor and editing a file manually. If you want to change it again, you must re-edit the file and reboot your entire system. Set up would be near impossible without the aid of IRC/these forums. The commands that you need to do just about anything must be retrieved online. Also, installing programs is a pain as well, and requires much troubleshooting. Call me simple-minded, but I prefer clicking on an executable or extracting a zip file without having to enter a number of console commands and modifying files. (and going through trouble trying to let it let you modify files.) What's even more frustrating is when following these steps to install things, you get errors throughout.
I'm not into the Jumbo icons either, but that's just preference. Thanks for all of your help with my issues, I appreciate it.