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

[Vinay Avasthi <avasthi@xxxxxxxxx>]

Karthik K H <karthik_kh@xxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote --
> 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.
> 

Probably the reason was that you bought a machine that was fully
compatible with Windows operating system and you expected Linux to ba
compatible with that machine.

You could specifically buy machines that are fully compatible with Linux
and you will not face any such problem.


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