It was on, or about, Sat, 09 Jun 2007 13:00:17 +0100, that as I was
halfway through a large jam doughnut, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> __/ [ p5000011 ] on Saturday 09 June 2007 12:34 \__
>
>> On Sat, 09 Jun 2007 11:57:44 +0100, William Poaster wrote:
>>
>>> "Free. It is not something Western culture does particularly well. It
>>> is certainly not something that features big in the plans of the
>>> millionaires at Microsoft, Apple and Intel - to name but a few.
>>>
>>> This week we take a look at the open source operating system Linux and
>>> make a few software recommendations."
>>>
>>> Ubuntu, OpenOffice & Firefox are amongst their recommendations.
>>>
>>> "........Linux is finally looking like a very serious alterative to
>>> Windows and OS X."
>>>
>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/6733501.stm
>>
>> Nice article. I'm sure the quirk will appreciate these bits:
>>
>> || And from that acorn did many versions of Linux grow - up to 300.
>> Each || flavour is called a distro (short for distribution) and is a
>> version || prepared for a different purpose or a particular type of
>> user.
>>
>> ...
>>
>> || "So what you are seeing is just a function of Open Source, the fact
>> || that there are a number of front ends out there, that's because ||
>> organisations have felt the need to go out and develop that. ||
>> || "That's all about choice, it's about organisations allowing the end
>> || user to choose what their front end looks like."
>
> Distributions like Fedora and PCLOS (to name just the popular ones)
> enable people to create many more personalised distros with just the
> click of the mouse. Have a look at this new article.
>
> http://applications.linux.com/article.pl?
sid=07/06/07/2044243&tid=8&tid=51
>
> Vista has far more limited features and it does not boast multiple
> desktop environments, to name just one deficiency. There is also a
> distribution limit (WGA).
>
> Surely, the Linux way is the way of the future.
Yup, & they mention (which has been said a few times in this ng) that "It
is free *and you can copy it to as many machines as you like*."
Something you can't do with M$, *unless* you buy licenses.
Sheer greed IMO.
> Microsoft also plays catch-up in the Live CD/USB pen dept.
In GNU/Linux where you can download *any* Live-CD distro's ISO & run it,
AFAIK you *have* to have an *original* eX-Pee M$ CD to make a Live-CD,
which rather restricts things. That is; compared to a GNU/Linux Live-CD
where you can try *before* installing, in M$'s world you have to *buy*
their windoze offering *before* you can make a Live-CD.....which is
upside-down. If you just need to use it a rescue disk, a knoppix Live-CD
(so I'm informed) does a better job. (I suspect the M$ apologists Quack/
Funkenbush/Smith) will disagree)
AFAIK they don't have a windoze which can be installed on a USB pen drive?
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