On Wed, 2005-01-05 at 05:04 -0800, ken keanon wrote: > Hi folks, > > Since my discourse about free software last month, I > had installed Debian GNU/Linux Sarge on one partition > of my harddisk while retaining WinXP in another. > > Starting with the maxim "To beat MS you have to be as > good as, if not better than, MS", I am constantly > comparing the Linux I had installed with WinXP. > > With Konqueror, the Window Management, File > Management, Web Browsing is on par with WinXP. > > What I find wanting in Linux is Device Management. > With plug-in, adding new devices to WinXP is a breeze > but not in Linux. I used a Prolink ADSL bridge/router
USB, right? > for my broadband service. Installing it was plain easy > and the gui to operate it is superb in WinXP. But in [snip] > config menu but it does not have any means to select > or specify devices. Hopefully work is being done in > this area. Maybe FLOSS programmers are having to write amedyn by reverse- engineering the h/w, which is a long, difficult and tedious project. It would help is manufacturers were of more assistance. The bottom line is that not all s/w & h/w works, or works easily, with Linux+GNU+X. For example, there's no Shockwave player for Linux, and the Acrobat Reader is a major version behind the Windows version. That's a reality we have to deal with, just as a Mac user can't use every bit of h/w, and won't run Windows s/w. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "'He insulted me, he cheated me, he beat me, he robbed me' -- those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace." Buddha
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