Whats up with Linux vs. Windoze?
What good is the fastest processor in the world if ya don’t have an operating system. All operating system like Linux, Windoze, Mac, Unix, etc., when ya think about it pretty much have the same basic operations, like copy files, save files, etc. The frills come in when ya try to multi-task, when ya try an handle lots of data, etc. So you’re asking what’s the big deal with Linux when Bill and his big old marketing firm for the most part succeed in getting the public to use IMHO a piece of shit OS. Well the reason most people stick to windoze is because micro$oft writes applications people use every day (like explorer for browsing, word for doing word processing, excel for spread sheets, power point for presentations, etc.). Furthermore windoze gives people the impression of being a bargain (by that I mean micro$oft throws in all sorts of junk like a media player, games like solitaire, etc.). For the most part Windoze is OK if all ya want to do is run off the shelf software, and it tries