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**fds** · 27 June 2001, 06:24

It's because Konqueror is kool.
(The KDE web browser)

It's because it's a much more cost-effective solution to be running the free OpenSSH server for SSH2 remote access to my machine when I'm away from home, than to get Van Dyke's VShell NT/w2k ssh2 for $249 with a very limited feature set.

The built-in firewalling and NAT (masquerading) ability is also very nice and very configurable.

And many more reasons, but I'm tired.

I don't like Mandrake though. That's just ugly and over-bloated.

**kewlcat** · 27 June 2001, 07:09

Free software.
Unlimited tweakage possibilities.
Geeky OS.
Konqueror/Galeon.
Unreal Tournament on two monitors.
Did I mention free software?

-Rahul

**Wombat** · 27 June 2001, 07:13

And yes, in addition:

stability
rapid bug repair (Open Source does that)
high observability
stability

**Wombat** · 27 June 2001, 07:14

And if it were connected to the internet, we could probably log in and troubleshoot the problem.

**Paulr** · 27 June 2001, 09:22

I really don't know why everybody goes on about the fact it's 'free software'.
From the various and occasional posts that get started in the 'Soap Box' forum, it would appear that a great percentage of you are all very happy to pirate software anyway, so surely cost is a rather mute point?

**cjolley** · 27 June 2001, 09:34

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Originally posted by Paulr:
...rather mute point?</font>

What, is that dang moot point not speaking to you anymore?
chuck

**kewlcat** · 27 June 2001, 13:21

Trust me, the free software bit is important.

Add up the following for a Windows machine:

OS - $99 upgrade, $150 full
Office suite - $200
Graphics editing program - $100
(more like 500 for Photoshop)
DVD software - $30
Development environments - depends, but certainly in the hundreds

Leaving out the last one, that's still close to $500. You can get an e-machine (sans monitor) for that much. And no, I don't want to spend an entire evening sifting thru popups and porn looking for pirated software.

One last thing I forgot to mention:
your 3D drivers are updated every night, automatically if you so wish.

-Rahul

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Abit KT7, Duron 700@900, G400 32MB DualHead, 256MB RAM, 2xMaxtor 20 GB, SBLive! Value.
Running RedHat 7.1 and Windows 2000 Professional.

**DentyCracker** · 27 June 2001, 16:23

PaulR, if you don't have pirated software on your machine you feel better. Well I do anyway. hehe.

I have the pirated and the legal version of powerdvd 3.0 installer on my machine at home. I used the pirated version initially and it worked wonderfully, so much so that I felt obliged to buy it, which I did.

**DentyCracker** · 27 June 2001, 16:30

To answer the question of the thread, I installed Linux on my machine for several reasons. On my machine it is as stable (if not more so) as Win2k. It works pretty well with the default settings on my hardware. I can get it to do almost anything I can do in Win2K without too much bother (even my ATi TV Wonder which thank God doesn'tdepend on drivers from ATi). I could setup a linux box for my mother to use and get her email etc. without too much hassle.

**Alec** · 28 June 2001, 07:56

The best way to copy Mandrake 7.2 is a direct CD copy, isn´t it (since it is a bootable CD)? I have a copy that doesn´t boot and I think it´s because I copied it wrong.

P.S. and yes, I set the CDROM as first boot device in the BIOS.

**Paulr** · 28 June 2001, 08:00

:-)
Oh I know that having legit software on your machine makes you feel better.
On my home system every single piece of software has been purchased, right down to WinZip.
I have on two occasions installed something I didn't have a license for.
First time, simply didn't like the software, deleted it.
Second time, did like it and bought it the next day.

It just makes me giggle when I see:
Well, cost is my main reason for LINUX because it's free, BTW - anyone know where I can download Win2k?

**nehalmistry** · 29 June 2001, 10:21

here is my 2 cents...

Advantages

1. It is free software, looking for pirated software could be dangerous(viruses) and time-consuming... and there is a GREAT selection of programs... eg, there is at least 20 icq clients.... almost too many email clients too mention.. etc..

2. Help is always there... go to chat channels.. u can always find help

3. VERY configurable... since it's open source... u can basically change everything and anything you want...

4. The kernel is faster, no doubt..

5. Makes better use of memory...

6. Due to open source, bugs are solved quickly.. and stable version of apps usually never crash..

7. The concentration of hackers/programmers out of linux users is much much higher than windows... and that helps development a lot..

8. Maybe gaming support is limited, but when WINE(windows emulator) will be completed, it wont be a problem... also games such as quake3/UT are already ported to linux.. so no problem there...

9. etc..etc.. i think i made my point...

Disadvantages

1. yes, it is much harder, but once u get used to it, not a problem

**impact** · 29 June 2001, 10:47

and besides

1) it's trendy

2) gives you an excuse to buy lots of cute little plush penguins

**kewlcat** · 29 June 2001, 11:27

And you thought you wouldn't get bombarded in General Harware/Software? Walk on over to Alternative Lifestyles, and see who posts there.

-Rahul

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