Goose 0 Posted November 11, 2003 Stardate:213860.9 Well I have heard alot of good things about Linux and am thinking about using VM and checking it out. Problem is I dont know a whole lot about it. Those of you who have experience with Linux whats it like?Should I try it?Is it better / worse than windows?? ECT...?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nik 0 Posted November 11, 2003 I use Linux almost exclusively. It's quite powerful and versatile. It does, however, have a stigma of begin non-intuitive, but this isn't too much of a problem anymore given the number of "X" environments out there. I would recommend checking out the following web sites: Linux.org = A nice informative site with links GNU web site = Although "GNU's Not Linux", there is a lot of information on Linux here. Sourceforge = A source of a huge amount of FREE Linux software (Nearly all Linux software is free.) and, one of my favotite Linux distributions: The Knoppix Web site. I would recommend NOT using VM, as I've tried this before, and it was a pain in the neck. (I might add that the purpose was for compiler-intensive scientific computing using several languages and compilers, so maybe everyday applications would work fine.) Good Luck! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nik 0 Posted November 11, 2003 I use Linux almost exclusively. It's quite powerful and versatile. It does, however, have a stigma of begin non-intuitive, but this isn't too much of a problem anymore given the number of "X" environments out there. I would recommend checking out the following web sites: Linux.org = A nice informative site with links GNU web site = Although "GNU's Not Linux", there is a lot of information on Linux here. Sourceforge = A source of a huge amount of FREE Linux software (Nearly all Linux software is free.) and, one of my favotite Linux distributions: The Knoppix Web site. I would recommend NOT using VM, as I've tried this before, and it was a pain in the neck. (I might add that the purpose was for compiler-intensive scientific computing using several languages and compilers, so maybe everyday applications would work fine.) Good Luck! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nik 0 Posted November 11, 2003 I use Linux almost exclusively. It's quite powerful and versatile. It does, however, have a stigma of begin non-intuitive, but this isn't too much of a problem anymore given the number of "X" environments out there. I would recommend checking out the following web sites: Linux.org = A nice informative site with links GNU web site = Although "GNU's Not Linux", there is a lot of information on Linux here. Sourceforge = A source of a huge amount of FREE Linux software (Nearly all Linux software is free.) and, one of my favotite Linux distributions: The Knoppix Web site. I would recommend NOT using VM, as I've tried this before, and it was a pain in the neck. (I might add that the purpose was for compiler-intensive scientific computing using several languages and compilers, so maybe everyday applications would work fine.) Good Luck! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nik 0 Posted November 11, 2003 By the way, that last post - which looks like it got posted three times - was done using a Windows system...... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites