What's a better platform - win2k or Linux

[Vladimir Milovanovic]

Hi all,   I know that this sounds like a troll question, but I ma being serious. I am currently running a w2k setup, and most of the software I use daily is for windoze. However, I have used lyx before, and I think that it really makes word look like a toy, so I'd really like to be able to use it. I read a page about a port on windows, and even tried it , and while it worked sort of OK, I could see that it was a port, and it wasn't "just right'   - sometimes I'd get errors from the X-server etc.   My question is this : how difficult would it be for a linux newbie (not an idiot though, i've installed linux before) to set up Lyx on, say, RedHat 7.1? Or would it be better to stick with CygWin? Please, email me directly if you have a suggestion, since I am not subscribed to the list.   Thanks, Vlad.