Linux or Windows

[Lecarde]

I vote osx becuase i have faith that one day they will port it over to pc systems. The day that happens will be the day of a new os revolution.

Unlikely. One of the perks of Macs are that the OS always knows exactly what hardware is in the system and exactly how to use it. If the OS is ported over to x86 or some other system, you wont have that perk anymore.

 

[Vegeta7286]

Unlikely. One of the perks of Macs are that the OS always knows exactly what hardware is in the system and exactly how to use it. If the OS is ported over to x86 or some other system, you wont have that perk anymore.

Well yes LX! But if they fixed it all up for PCs and marketed it as a rival to windows, I believe microsoft would have a problem on their hands.

One company can't stay on top forever! Someone has to rival windows sooner or later.

 

[Arnediad]

Well, one could argue that *nix is already becoming that rival. Besides, in my opinion Apple would be a tough sell when it comes to porting their OS over to i386/amd64 -- as Lecarde said, they're used to having total, absolute control over what system hardware is being used. Even if OS X *was* ported over, there would be a huge amount of work involved before it would have decent driver support.

 

[paging_jonah]

Linux>Windows

Long live Tux.

 

[CaDan]

OSX on the front end; Slackware on the back end.

 

[Sky~Prince]

Windows more better

 

[christianrock1]

does anyone know a place to download a free copy of linix so i could dual-boot it?

 

[EdmundBlackadderTheThird]

Lots of places, you need to pick a distro

www.mandrakelinux.com is pretty easy for beginners

 

[TigerPRO]

Linux is better than Windows. But do to the popularity of Windows, it's not always easy to get away with just Linux without sacrificing some things.

The solution: purchase a Mac.

That's what I did, and I'll never go back to Windows (or linux).

 

[Arnediad]

christianrock1: http://www.freebsd.org =

 

[hoovernj]

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[hoovernj]

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[Arnediad]

What's wrong with the FreeBSD logo? I've heard this comment before, and still don't understand it. A 'daemon' is a background UNIX process, while the pitchfork they're often holding in logos is a pun on process 'forks'. This common misconception drove NetBSD to redesigning their logo recently, as a matter of fact.

 

[cabbitgrrrl]

i voted windows, because ive been a windows fanboy ever since i started using computers, ive tried multiple time to get into linux, but so far i just dont get it, knoppix is as far as i go. if i had a utility to make a partion i would toatly duel boot.

you obviously havent tried linux enough, most of the distrobutions have utilities to partition

 

[cabbitgrrrl]

The only thing holding me back is thier logo

BTW: FreeBSD is unix if I'm not mistaken

whats wrong with their logo?

 

[cabbitgrrrl]

Well yes LX! But if they fixed it all up for PCs and marketed it as a rival to windows, I believe microsoft would have a problem on their hands.

One company can't stay on top forever! Someone has to rival windows sooner or later.

if they fixed it up for all pcs, it'd end up being similar to windows with a mac interface, and I dont know about you but I actually like the classic mac interface more than mac os x

 

[cabbitgrrrl]

I voted for ~> Microsoft Windows



*Because I am not familier with Linux at all. I use Windows XP.


Blessings, \o/

KristiAnn
MsGuidedAngel

lets hope you dont vote for president on the same grounds

 

[cabbitgrrrl]

What's wrong with the FreeBSD logo? I've heard this comment before, and still don't understand it. A 'daemon' is a background UNIX process, while the pitchfork they're often holding in logos is a pun on process 'forks'. This common misconception drove NetBSD to redesigning their logo recently, as a matter of fact.

thats sad, although i never actually sat around and thought about why they did the logo that much lol

 

[QuePasa]

you obviously havent tried linux enough, most of the distrobutions have utilities to partition

I think the problem is you want to keep your NTFS partition. This means you have to use a non-destructive re-partitioning software, of which I am only familiar with one, Partition Magic. I don't know of any freeware or open source partitioning software that exists that can resize an NTFS partition.

 

[Swart]

I think the problem is you want to keep your NTFS partition. This means you have to use a non-destructive re-partitioning software, of which I am only familiar with one, Partition Magic. I don't know of any freeware or open source partitioning software that exists that can resize an NTFS partition.

YaST will do this.