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I hate MS-dos, ans windows. so ive ben thinking about Unix. do you
think it is wort it. and waht Are the benafits to linux.

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Quote:>I hate MS-dos, ans windows. so ive ben thinking about Unix. do you
>think it is wort it. and waht Are the benafits to linux.

If you try Linux just to get away from DOS/Windows, you'll immediately
say it sucks because you have no use for it. Here are some advantages of
Linux, carefully evaluate them. (Look before you leap.)

Superior multitasking
Multiuser capabilities (some nobody can't hose your machine)
Stability - I don't think I've ever really crashed Linux, but I've got
   the keyboard so messed up I had to hard reboot (Nothing a dumb terminal
   couldn't fix)
Transparent Networking
X-Windows
It's free
It's continually being improved, and you can add any feature you want.
Lots of software/utilities except for major apps (There's a spreadsheet,
   but I wouldn't call LyX a word processor.)

Here are some disadvantages:

You gotta sysadmin your system
You gotta learn UNIX
IQ > 110 assumed :)
You gotta buy a Linux CD set or shuffle dozens of AOL floppies, your
   choice. :)
Getting Linux set up to recognize *all* your hardware can be a real pain.
   (Take a peek at this newsgroup if you don't believe me)
You will get so *ed to Linux that you will lose your entire social
   life, if you're a student you'll flunk all your classes because you
   "have more important things to do" and you'll forget that you need to
   eat because you've "almost" got everything to work. You will have an
   obsession to install Linux on your remaining friends' computers, and


   Gates because you're too busy with INN to fix your hair. :)

(It hasn't gotten quite that bad for me yet... :)

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