Re: Can Linux beat XP in homes yet or NOT?

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There are many points. The following are few.

1. Linux is "FREE".
2. Linux has much more hardware support than OS X (referring to the one that ships with Mac) since one can't even imagine to run OS X other than on Apple's own hardware and expect everything works. One can run Linux on both Dell and Apple's notebook but not OS X. You are tied up.
3. Power users do not need to pampered.
4. Linux also has eyecandy (Beryl, compiz etc).
5. You can use Linux as a "sandbox" if you are part of project for huge server deployment. To my knowledge, there are not many users that would opt for OS X for their enterprise server deployment. OS X is just a desktop class (Apple might claim otherwise, BSD Unix may be server class).

Srikanth

BRUCE STANLEY wrote:


*/Srikanth Konjarla <srikanth.konjarla@xxxxxxxxx>/* wrote:

    Interesting subject as always. To me, yes Linux beats XP/Vista etc.
    Last
    time i have run windowZe for business was NT4 (i go to customers) since
    then i have started running Linux on laptop (started with RH7.0, no
    dual
    boot either).

    But, for many out there it may not beat XP because there is no vendor
    stands behind "Linux" to support. Also, Linux has become very general
    term and i guess these days we gotta be specific about a Linux
    distribution (F7, Ubuntu, SuSE etc). If there is a vendor who is ready
    to pre install Linux (any distro) and extend it to full supportability
    while providing all the drivers (video, wireless specifically) then it
    can beat any OS (in my opinion OS X also).

    The question, who is gonna do that.

    Srikanth


Hum.. why do you think Linux beats  OS X  which is based on
BSD Unix?




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