Performance shock

[raven]

I read all the threads from the first one to the last one, 

and this is my 2cents, 

I just installed ubuntu on PIII 450, mem 512MB,

Video GEforce5200 128MB, 

It is been couple of years wanting and trying 

to install Linux on this pc so 

I will try on hand and see what Linux is all about, 

I could not, cause I always was missing drivers or 

sound card not detected, and when I ask a question

on the distro forums, I get responses that are so cryptic,

that I just gives up, anyway I met a freind who is into Linux 

and showed me Ubuntu, it works fine, I like the feel,

it crashed couple of times, (but I guess it was something I did) 

cause I did a new installation after month of experience 

and is working fine, but hell to learn to install java plugin and flash
for mozilla,

so for people who have their pc's as tools to work 

and not as a hobby of deciphering every HEX number

and where every byte is located in memory, Linux is 

very hard to tame, all APPS on ubuntu works as fast 

as on the same pc with MSXP (2 seperate hard disks) 

but to say that MSXP crashes after a while is NOT true,

I have MSXPpro for  4 years, never got formated, never 

got slugesh, I have tons of apps on it ex:  zone alarm, sniffers, 

mesenger, MSspyware detection, norton AV2002, wallwatcher, 

a USB wireless card, synchback,Kazaa, all these softwares 

are on start up, I use IE, opera, FireFox, macromedia suite, 

and tones of apps, never had a problem not for speed nor 

for crashing, as for Mr Bill Gates BIZ practicing, I am only 

discussing the products that I tried, and not his personal 

ethics, I am giving Linux a shot I will try it and put all the apps 

that I need on it as in my MSXP, and I will test, as for MSXP 

getting sluggesh after time, only win95/98/ME were a weak OS,

win2k and XP, are very stable, I work in ISP support, and I talk 

to your every day JOE, do not forget that these people have 

no notion about any funcioning of a PC, it is a mere tools 

to work on. Imagine you need to learn mecanics just cause 

you want to drive a car, the man is a doctor, he does not 

care to know how IP table and routing should work, he 

want to send an email to say that he discovered a formula

to that can cure a sickness, which by the way a lot 

of Linux wizzards would not understand, and so for 

viruses and spywares on winduh machine, that is the 

comparison "you would go fishing in a lake were you know 

there is fish, and not in a dry out pond". Before I get smashed

with all kinds of opinions and critisisme, 

I would like to leave on a appreciation note for all the 

Open source comunity, which gives us the free softwars,

and the tools to enjoy this world of PC's, 

A big Thank You...


-- 
raven