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TFM® said:
Stacey wrote:

But does it do anything other than *work*?

Does it run real games? Windows is purty! Linux appears to be like
me.....rough and powerful.
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I never said windows doesn't have it's place. I have one windows machine and
it's my fastest one. I use it for games, video editing and digital
darkroom. I just wouldn't let it have access to the internet is all I was
saying. As cheap as computers are, it makes sense to me to have an
older/slower machine set up with some flavor of linux for using online.
 
hawk said:
Sorry, but no thanks. I tried to use Linux twice. I am just not enough
of a geek to use Linux for a desktop system. I use my system, as
opposed to administer my system.
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If you have a windows machine conected to the net you DO have to work harder
to keep it safe. I'm not going to argue that linux can do everything a
wondows machine can as far as desktop use/games etc. It's just I'd never
conect a windows machine to the internet. Have you tried knoppix? On most
newer machines it will boot off a CD and just -work- without any fiddling.
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If you have a windows machine conected to the net you DO have to work harder
to keep it safe. I'm not going to argue that linux can do everything a
wondows machine can as far as desktop use/games etc. It's just I'd never
conect a windows machine to the internet. Have you tried knoppix? On most
newer machines it will boot off a CD and just -work- without any fiddling.
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Also try here: http://tinyurl.com/23nmq

Around 100 different live distros of Linux. I downloaded Susie and
Mandrake. Susie had problems with my monitor (the full version is supposed
to support it) but switching monitors allowed me to test it. Mandrake ran
just fine (with the problem monitor). With both I was up and connecting to
the Internet within 5 minutes. Susie also recognized my ATI TV Wonder VE TV
card right off the bat.

Amongst a wack of other stuff, both came with OpenOffice 1.1.

FWIW, If I wasn't running W98SE, Mozilla, AVG, ZA Pro 4, OpenOffice, and a
hardware firewall (router) I'd be mighty leary of connecting to the
internet with Windows too.
 
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