____/ Rockinghorse Winner on Tuesday 01 January 2008 15:21 : \____
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz had the audacity to say that:
>
>> Windows vs Linux - The Battle of the Operating Systems
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| Sorry Windows!
>>|
>>| This Linux distro (distribution) has so far kicked you in the rear!
>>|
>>| In two days, I have gotten Xubuntu to do everything that you can do and do
>>| it better.
>>| All the apps that you have - Xubuntu has them too!
>>| If I want to find an app I don't have to go hunting through the Internet to
>>| find a suitable free/trial version to install/uninstall.
>>|
>>| Xubuntu and its brothers Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Edubuntu are so easy to use that I
>>| installed it on my 6 year olds laptop (yes, I got him one for Christmas)
>>| and even he has no problems with it. I wish he'd spend more time with the
>>| learning tools, but it's Christmas break and I figure he can go and install
>>| and play games as much as he likes! For now.
>>|
>>| Eat that Windoze. My 6 year old is configuring his own laptop! Now if I can
>>| only get him to clean his room....
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.squidoo.com/winvslin
> SNIP, SNIP
>
>
> I would only second the reviewers impressions of Xubuntu. I am always
> trying to get the word out about how *good* Xubuntu is. A great desktop
> to get work done, and also a hobbyist's configurability and tweakability.
> An even better implementation is found on the Mint flavor of Ubuntu, in
> which even the proprietary codes for multimedia come preloaded. Not *Free*,
> but a boon to the lazy!
>
> *R* *H*
Xubuntu seems to have become popular with those Eee PCs. It does Compiz-Fusion
very nice, out of the box...
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