John Whitworth wrote:[color=blue]
>
> "R0bb0b" <rob@ositnet.com> wrote in message
> news:R0bb0b.3dpi51@no-mx.tabletquestions.com...[color=green]
>>
>> James;989530 Wrote:[color=darkred]
>>>
>>> I have the best of both worlds. You should try it. lol
>>>[/color]
>>
>> I also share my box with windoze and linux, only because I have to. I
>> have a small partition of 10g set asside for windoze and only use it
>> for specific .EXEs that I unfortunately cannot do without, otherwise I
>> would prefer to get rid of it all together. I absolutely refuse to get
>> Vista, am still using XP, I just don't like the way that MS relys on the
>> public to debug their OS. But you know what, Mac is getting a lot of
>> attention, especially now that they are using intel, and linux is
>> really stepping up now, I think that this is the beginning of the end
>> of MS. Oh please oh please be true.[/color]
>
> Don't be fooled. Linux isn't 'stepping up'. It is not, hasn't been for
> the 8 years that I've followed it, and probably never will be suitable
> for mainstream desktop computing. Last time it was apparently 'stepping
> up', there were Linux magazines available and all sorts. MS spends
> millions ensuring that their product provides what their target audience
> wants. Whether it works smoothly or not is another matter. Linux (in
> it's Ubuntu incarnation) on the other hand, looks virtually the same as
> it did back in the days when Red Hat was due to take over the world. It
> doesn't listen to what the majority of people want. I'm sure the acid
> test for most people would be being able to install their copy of MS
> Office natively, with the same ease as in Windows. Can you do that?
>
> Linux is great as a server, but it's too raw and clunky as a desktop.
> But hey, it has some nice screensavers! :-)
>
> Great as a toy...not so great as a business/work tool. The majority of
> people that I know through work and personal life, do not want
> OpenOffice or other such applications. They want to use their Works or
> Office software.
>
> JW[/color]

You need to hang out with a different crowd, one that thinks. You
haven't been following anything because Ubuntu works out of the box and
needs no terminal work to get it or keep it going. Ubuntu has come along
way since I first installed it in 06. For example, you can now change
the grub order with a GUI. NTFS drives are automagically recognized.
Linux friendly printers install with three clicks, scanners as well.
Plug the web cam in and out pops Cheese. No software on a CD required.

What can be done with Ubuntu:

Email
Surf the web
Burn CDs.
Rip CDs.
Listen to music.
Watch vidoes/DVDs.
Scan and print.
Spreadsheets.
Presentations
Newsgroups.
HTML editing.
Games like Chess, Tetris, all kinds of solitaire, etc.
Make videos.
Download photos from a camera and organize them.
Translations.
Use a dictionary
Learn how to touch type.
Edit images.
Send and receive a fax.
Take screenshots.
Create .PDF files.
Create and use a data base.
Instant messaging with over 10 different programs in one including
Windows Live Messenger.
IRC.
Bluetooth.

and much more!

What you can't do with Ubuntu:

Worry about:
WPA and WGA raising their ugly heads,
DRM,
Viruses,
Root kits,
Spyware,
and
Malware.


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