Subj : Re: Linux Gives Me Heartburn, But Compared To Windows? To : alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux From : imotgm Date : Wed Aug 18 2004 11:04 pm On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 01:50:04 +0200, Nomen Nescio wrote: > I'm using linux about a month. mail and news and web browsing is fine; > Kooka and Gimp can't seem to get serious with my scanner - maybe one > preview scan, then crap out when I try to do the final scan; It won't > recognize my eth0 card - I can't see the other windows computer on our > lan and it can't see my linux machine; Can't find a matching driver for > my printer. The nearest match I could find prints everything 1/4 size. > > So am I going back to windows? Hell no! After running those bloated > applications and seeing my computer slow down, freeze, hang, bsod, at > the drop of a hat; after being in a constant semi-rage at having to run > applications that I *knew* were far too big for what I needed or even > for what they could do; after being stuck with an OS that did everything > in the most complicated way possible; after years of being wedded to > that insane rubbish, seemingly with no escape, I have embraced the > lovely linux and shall remain true to her. > > I will be happy to confine my computing to mail, news, and browsing, if > that is what I have to do; however, I am sure that my knowledge of linux > will creep forward until I can fix the stuff that isn't working. > > My thanks to all the experts here who answer our bewildered questions. Fix your word wrap, so it looks like above. -- imotgm .