Wait

[know code]

Is that most people don't want the hassle of having to do this.

Most people don't have to do this! Very, very few people recompile
kernels these days, but at least with linux you have the choice if you
want to!

Just sit at your pc, and it updates itself.

That is very easy to do with linux!

Personally, if direct x was supported
on linux I would have Mandrake installed in a flash.

Well, if you must use your computer as a gaming machine instead of
buying a games console.... then it's probably best to stick with Windows!

 

[Wes Newell]

You don't have to recompile the kernel in windows!

More appropriately, you can't recompile the kernel in windows. You don't
have the source code.

 

[Mitch Crane]

More appropriately, you can't recompile the kernel in windows. You don't
have the source code.

Thank God. I'd probably die of fright is I ever saw it.

 

[20099]

On Mon, 06 Nov 2006 14:49:46 -1000, Hertz_Donut wrote:

*YAWN* another m$ zealot squeals...

Vista is far from being ready for mass distribution. You may find it
useable, but for those of us that use our computers for more than a toy,
m$ is just not what is needed.

 

[20099]

there are things Windows does
better than Linux, get over your selves.

Sure! It crashes much better. It runs much slower. You'll never know what
will happen on each reboot, so it's not boring.

I definitively agree with you.

 

[20099]

On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 17:23:46 +0000, Carl wrote:

You don't even have a kernel in windows!

 

[Carlo Razzeto]

You are correct, of course. Windows crashes better, gets infected by
worms and viruses better.... err, can't think of anything else it does
better!

Now what does linux do better? Better security, better stability, better
legacy hardware support (I'll bet 64-bit linux supports your Promise
card!), better memory management, better file systems (you don't need to
defrag a linux disk!), truly open standards etc.

Hardware support, backwards compatibility, UI... Over all I still like
Windows better as my desktop OS...

 

[Carl]

Well, if you must use your computer as a gaming machine instead of
buying a games console

Buying a games console? No way, the PC does games far better than any crappy
console. Even though every 5 years we hear how the next gen consoles are
going to be far better than current PC offerings. That's just hogwash!