Re: Irv Mullen & Black Hats
- Posted by jbrown105 at speedymail.org Apr 05, 2002
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Of course, for us cheapies, dual-booting and virtulization software (such as VMWare) are other helpful/useful options as well ;) jbrown On 0, acran at readout.fsnet.co.uk wrote: > > Ok folks before this escalates into an OS "religious war" > > Choose to use the operating system best suited for your needs. If you have > diverse needs (I do for example) then either make a compromise and choose > an operating system of "best fit" or get two computers and run the two > rival operating systems on each system. > > If your needs are more more diverse get hold of a third or more computers. > A Pentium 75 (yes 75) will run a more than fit Linux or a slowish but > useful Win 98. > > I know that two computers are not an option for many but a second user > Pentium 100 Mhz must be going in the second hand market near you for not a > huge amount and think of the green issues. You stop an old computer going > into landfill or worse. > > In short use the right tool for the job. I once read on an email list > (possibly EUforum) that if you see every problem as a nail then you'll use > a hammer to solve every problem you come across. > > An OS is a tool - use an appropriate one (note I say appropriate and not > "right") for the job in hand. > > Better still of course is to write code with platform/OS/version > independence in mind from the start ... > > Just my 4 pence worth... > > Andy Cranston. > > At 18:42 05/04/02 +0200, you wrote: > > > >Yes, X-Window isn't the best that Linux provides. > >It's slow because of its modularity. MS Windows are still better than > >Linux for desktops (interesting idea is AtheOS - it can run lots of Linux > >utilites and has Windows-like API and integrated GUI www.atheos.cx) > >But lots of 'real' Linux users never install any GUI. > > > >P.S. Microsoft has recently started an anti-UNIX campaign. > >The servers for the campaign were running FreeBSD. After this > >was revealed, they moved the servers to Windows, and they stopped > >working > > > > Martin > > > >>http://catalog.com/hopkins/unix-haters/x-windows/disaster.html > >> > >>Euman > >>euman at bellsouth.net > > > >