On 2/4/11 1:56 PM, Manuel Escudero wrote:
2011/2/4 Michael Miles <mmamiga6(a)gmail.com <mailto:mmamiga6@gmail.com>>
James McKenzie
Very well said....
Michael
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Hummm, All that paragraph that James Mackenzie wrote is really
mistaken, I will only give my
opinion on that ok? I don't believe I have the reason or something
like that, but I think this way:
Reading between Lines:
"If I could get Fedora or CentOS running on my old Thinkpad, I would move
back to Linux. I would have to go find an external DVD player..."
¿How many RAM does your computer has? You can Run Fedora + LXDE
with at least 128MB in RAM and it will run better than XP or others...
Also,
why you need an external unit? We have USB's and you can install the O.S.
from there...
Again, this is said from the viewpoint of Joe User, who does not have
the time to tweak. S/he wants a system that works OUT OF THE BOX, with
the hardware they have. It may be 1, 2, 5 or even 10 years old. I know
about all of the fun stuff you can to with Linux.
BTW, most of the older hardware CANNOT boot off of USB and some even
have 4x CD drives. This is what I'm talking about. Not the guy with
the shiny new computer that wants to replace what came from Redmond on
the box.
" I use a Mac because it 'works'... Not so for Linux"
Humm... We have an equivalent for almost everything and they run just
fine, I believe
any Linux alternative for any program has very much power as the
Windows/Mac original
program has. For example, to raplace AutoCAD we have Archimedes and
gCAD3D. Also, for
some other programs you have PlayOnLinux/Wine as an alternative and
you have also the possibility
of Running a Virtual Machine via VMWare Player/Virtualbox (if you have
a strong enough machine)
to run Windows and some programs of it's own.
I can run VirtualBox on my Mac,
and I work in a shop where we do that
everyday. However, I will dispute POL/Wine. It is really NOT ready for
primetime and does NOT support some of the programs I work with (they
have software that does wonderful things like check the system to insure
that it is not running on hacked Windows, will NEVER work on Wine, ever.)
What I wanted to say with that, is that you pick one or other
enviroment not based exactly on their programs
but in many other things... For example, I use Linux because I was
tired of viruses and HDD errors that made me
wipe the computer once every 2/3 months, it's more secure that
windows, it's more reliable, it's the best out there.
So is Solaris. I don't run that either. And Solaris is REAL UNIX, with
REAL SUPPORT. If you were getting hit by viruses you were not
practicing best security practices. The ONLY time I was hit was because
I thought the other party had virus protection turned on. Turns out
they did not and I did not scan the disk before using it. I don't do
that anymore.
Mac it's just expensive, a Mac Computer costs 3 times more
it's real
value, and they're only PC's!!! Hardware, Software...
if I want an OS that can run any hardware only by plugging it, without
viruses and with an alternative for every program
out there, I'll use Linux buying a powerful PC and putting a Linux
Distro inside of it, also I like the "lastest things"
so, for example, fedora is the best O.S. for me, Don't like to have
something for many many long time...
I won't disagree with the 3x price. But
if you go out and BUY a decent
DVD authoring software package and the remaining software, you end up
spending more for your PC. This was proven by the folks at PC Magazine
a year and a half ago.
"Fedora is an experimental OS for RH to try and get it right"
And that's a myth buddy :)
No, it is experimental. Even RH says so. CentOS is
the 'free' Linux.
I'll run that in production any day. FC, no. It is a beta, nothing
more nothing less. It is where RH 'tries things out' And that came
from RH themselves. And I work for a company that holds a very large RH
contract.
Fedora was born as an opportunity of keep giving a free O.S. always
very updated to the final user
because Red Hat decided to move it's developing path to focus into
more stable software that could be mantained for large periods
of time without the need for radical changes, They wasn't able to
provide the lastest technology and that kind of service
in only one distro, so they splitted up in two paths: For servers
(that are those that need to be mantained without very much
changes over the years) and for Desktops: (these are the ones for
normal users, the market of everyday's person
who likes to get the lastest technologies and innovations quite soon).
No. You
missed the part where I said that RH is NOT interested in the
Desktop. They were up until RH8 or so. Then they learned the hard way
that they were not going to win the desktop and moved on. FC is where
they test what does and does not work.
Okey, maybe the company analizes the different features developed in
fedora in order to decide if get them into RHEL or not,
They're also awared about all the new features and technologies that
appear in the Linux world, just like any other company that offers
systems with large maintenance periods (in this case for servers)
does. If that myth was actually the truth, we will be saying that all the
Desktop Operating Systems are just BETAS for Server's ones and we will
be fooling ourselves.
RH is very interested in the server market and are doing very
well
there. They are actually doing well.
"Linux remains a niche product in many ways"
I don't think so... I've been installing linux in many PC's for some
time ago and
I have to say, my users can't be more happy with it, they even say
things like:
"Wow! How it's possible I'm meeting this right now!" and that's
because, with
every installation I do, I also prepare the computer for almost
everything without
"bloating" it... Linux isn't the problem... The people around Linux is
the problem...
Maybe so. However, I bet you have a 'standard' installation.
For example, every new user has to follow a
"Post-Installation" guide
in order to get all of the things
right in it's Linux, and that stands also for Mac and Windows user.
Every O.S. Need you to follow
some steps to "tweak it" as you like or need just after installing it.
I never seen a O.S. that has
almost everything without bloating itself.. THE ONLY O.S. that can
almost successfully accomplish
this goal (And this is just my opinion) is PARDUS LINUX.
Yep, I thought so. And what do I have to do 'post Install' on my Mac?
Create accounts. Not so with Linux.
"Sad to say, but I may have to become a Windows Fanboy to get what I need
done, without having to beat on a system all day long."
So tell me, What do you have to "get done" in Linux that makes you
"fight with the system"
in order to get it? If you need a windows instance, use VMware or
VirtualBox, as I see it,
I don't. Why would I load up software that makes my
system slow as
molasses in Boston in January. Just load up Windows, dual boot and get
it over with. And I have full access to the hardware so any program
that needs to do specific things can.
Also, why would I want to or need to use a second product to use a
simple program? I don't. I can install Windows7 on my Mac, after
blowing away MacOSX. I know several people who have. They don't miss
MacOSX, they never used it. Ask them about the only Linux known to run
with Macs, Ubuntu and they laugh and go back to work.
"I just don't want to
have to go through the hoops to get it to work anymore."
Then, DON'T USE FEDORA!! fedora isn't for a person Like you,
if you want a "FULLY FUNCTIONAL" linux without doing anything,
then try with Linux Mint, Mandriva or Pardus, but keep away from
Fedora, OpenSUSE
and even ubuntu maybe...
Nice suggestion. I like it. Too bad there are not more like you that
know the difference between FC and a stable Linux distribution. I've
seen the skid marks left when a user received 300 MB of updates that
almost trashed their system. They spent about 1/2 hour formatting their
hard drive and installing Windows. They said "I'll NEVER, EVER use
anything but Windows." Even with the bloat from AntiVirus programs and
GB of backups, they will never come back.
I have tried CentOS 5.5. This is the non-commercial RHEL. I have a
'thing' for RH and I like them. However, someone has to say the money
is not made in the shiny new computers but in supporting those who have
supported you....
"BTW, Windows XP SP3 runs on the hardware I have, slowly. Linux cannot
even bring up X. That is a sad case."
And, just Remarking my point, if you want to run Linux in very old
hardware, forget about gnome
or KDE, use LXDE instead, it's "very windows like" desktop and very
much Lighter than WinXP
Why? Most software is designed to work with Gnome/KDE.
But the problem here is why do I have to 'lighten up' Linux? Because it
has become what its competitors have: Bloatware. And I don't feel like
building kernels. I've been there, done that....
As I said, Linux on the desktop is niche. It is for folks who for some
reason don't like the folks in Redmond. Even the major distributors
know this.
Oh, I'm not knocking the concept behind FC, it is great. Folks have to
know what they are getting into.
James McKenzie