Re: UNIX & Windows...????

["Indranil Das Gupta" <indradg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, 

There are certain things called marketforces....your video card may work
under Win9x b'coz some company bothered to write a driver to work with
it....as that is the only way to sell anything in the Wintel
world.....there are commerical X-servers on Linux...go ahead and pay for
it, you may see a few cards better supported.

If you have everything up-and-running under Win9x within 30 minutes...u are
definitely one of the few luckier ones....If it is all that easy and
smooth, how came people still have run to tech-support helplines so often
or look for support elsewhere......?? Definitely that must be the hallmark
of an "extremely-easy-OS"  And what about the "circus" which one has to
perform every 2 -3 months of re-installing Windows to keep the things
running properly?? 

Besides, the Linux installation process has been getting smoother, better
and user-friendly with each new release.....and improving very fast....

Sure, to drive a car you don't need to know about the components inside...u
can always take it to the neighbourhood garage/mechanic......but think what
may happen if it breaks down on the side of a highway with not a repair
shop in close proximity...had you taken the bother to look inside the car
before, you might have been able to help yourself, fix it and drive on
again.....

- --Indra.



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> From: Karthik K H <karthik_kh@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: linux-india@xxxxxxxxx
> Subject: UNIX & Windows...????
> Date: Thursday, June 17, 1999 5:43 AM
> 
> Hi all,
>     I have been wondering for a long time as to why 
> L(U)nix is not very popular as compared to MS-Windows.
>   I think I have found the answer. When I was trying
>  to install Linux on my brand new machine , I had to have nearly six
books on my side as well as info on 
> Clock timings of some mysterious chips. Coupled with this one has the
problem of the X Window system not supporting some graphics adapter or the
other.
> 
> ( It sounds crazy to hear that one has to change the graphics card if
Linux is not aware of it!!!! )
> 
>  On the other hand , when I installed windows 95 , 
>  it was completed in 30 minutes flat. Everything was configured the way I
wanted including the display & graphics stuff.
>     
>    Now I am not trying to start a flame war here. But honestly , how many
people can the Linux-builders expect to know about such intricate Hardware
details.
> 
> Though I have always loved the Unix world , for once I was really
frustrated about this whole circus one has to perform when installing an
Operating System!!.
> 
> ______________________________________________
> Eat Java , Sleep Java , Drink only HOTJAVA.
> Karthik K H
> Senior Software Engg,
> IBM Global Services,India
> Bangalore
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