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Re: opinions on freeware/opensource operating systems?
de Maynard Man 04/27/2006 08:39
> Linux ops. (eg. Fedora, RedHat, Knoppix, etc) require alot of text
> editing for configurations at command shell. It is not recommended for
> person not familar with command shell programming and exection
>
>It's very difficult for mutilple users on one pc, would not recommend
> as family pc.
>
> Not all hardware is compatible with Linux.
> check: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO/
>
If you can learn DOS and HTML then you can learn basic Unix, but I have
found that the new versions are getting more and more as simple as Windows
to load. The newer versions don't really need any text editing if you do a
standard install with common hardware. They are not quite there yet, but
they mount and unmount the floppy and CDRom for you, have a form of plug and
play and have a more usable GUI now. The ones that are starting to charge
(Redhat, Mandrake etc) for the full system have quite extensive driver
databases (which is the only area that Microsoft excel), are not too bad to
load nowadays and can do a full install with the mouse only.