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Originally posted by jakec
For me it is the Lack of Hardware and Software Support, For example when trying to install Printers, modems etc. it is very difficult because All the Drivers for the hardware are made for WINDOWS. Software delevopers think "Well No body uses Linux, so why bother" this of couse is compleate and utter crap
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again, if you buy a server for your desktop, you will find unix have perfect support out of the box.. so if you can't figure out a few drivers and give up on a Operating system, well.. nothing more to say.. and yes, i agree that unix user base is small, but we are extremely loyal.. Windows users, however...
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Originally posted by jakec
Another thing that ties in with the above point is that it is very hard to find someone who actually will come out and help trobleshoot the OS. When I say Oh I need to learn how to do webpages or Commandline stuff or whatever and say I am using Linux IT Pros are like "using linux is pointless, if you say to an employer you can do such and such, they present you with a windows OS, and you say I only Know how to do it in Linux, they won't hire you" this what I was told
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well, there is a saying goes something like this in unix community: RT(F)M (search for what that acronym means.. as i can't swear in here..).. i agree it's a bit harsh, but that's what needs to be done when confronted with a complex OS.. and current state, if you just want to do things on computer and get out of here, i'd still introduce those ppl to windows.. but if you want to actually learn computers.. well, welcome to our world
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Originally posted by jakec
This is crap, because webpage coding is supposed to be universal anyways (unless you use Frontpage) and so is commandline most of the time (same Fundamentals)
It's going to be a real learning curve for them, when Linux becomes the base OS in the World and then these people who said it would never happen will be buggered....
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well, we are making headways into desktop, all the while Uncle Bill there is scampering to get their commandline act together (but apparently they dropped in the initial release of longhorn.. pity actually).., and also security
just a race to see who gets their goal first
and no, Quanta+ is a good alternative to frontpage/dreamweaver, just don't have the WYSIWYG element (or so i thought..)
and again, if you are not willing to take time to get your drivers to work (it will work, in most cases).. you better not touch alternatives with the possible exception of Mac.. please, don't whine about bad driver support, if you don't want to wrestle with it, don't use it, that's all, there is no reason for you to write such an old argument and for us to read such an old argument.... at least until all drivers are supported (or try to find a computer that is all supported out of box, and there is alot of them in distros such as ubuntu/mepis)..