Comments on: Why Don't You Recommend Linux? http://mailbox.allthingsd.com/20070426/why-dont-you-recommend-linux/ from The Wall Street Journal Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:01:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Carl Hicks http://mailbox.allthingsd.com/20070426/why-dont-you-recommend-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Carl Hicks Wed, 04 Jul 2007 06:06:08 +0000 http://mailbox.allthingsd.com/20070426/why-dont-you-recommend-linux/#comment-12 While I agree with everyone the Ubuntu is a great distribution argument, I hardly think that it has made it to the main stream level of cruse control. I do run Ubuntu as my primary OS, only because after purchasing a system with vista i realized how much i don't like the windows platform. I am a mac guy, but i like to up grade my system about every six months and apple's price points are high. As where you can make an high end dell almost for under a grand these days. Another reason why i don't thing most people could make the switch comfortably at this point in time is there are not enough of the main stream programs people know and love. But if you think about it you can save big time if you go the Linux route, most of you software is free, works on just about any hardware and the OS is starting to become a strong force to be reckoned with at half the cost. Free downloads, or $10-$60 for media sounds to me a hole lot better then the alternatives; what is windows ultimate up to know like $400 or something like that, and then its not much of an improvement over XP Pro, i will take the extra time it takes to learn how to configure and maintain.) While I agree with everyone the Ubuntu is a great distribution argument, I hardly think that it has made it to the main stream level of cruse control. I do run Ubuntu as my primary OS, only because after purchasing a system with vista i realized how much i don’t like the windows platform. I am a mac guy, but i like to up grade my system about every six months and apple’s price points are high. As where you can make an high end dell almost for under a grand these days. Another reason why i don’t thing most people could make the switch comfortably at this point in time is there are not enough of the main stream programs people know and love.

But if you think about it you can save big time if you go the Linux route, most of you software is free, works on just about any hardware and the OS is starting to become a strong force to be reckoned with at half the cost. Free downloads, or $10-$60 for media sounds to me a hole lot better then the alternatives; what is windows ultimate up to know like $400 or something like that, and then its not much of an improvement over XP Pro, i will take the extra time it takes to learn how to configure and maintain.)

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]]> By: Paul Hennessy http://mailbox.allthingsd.com/20070426/why-dont-you-recommend-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Paul Hennessy Mon, 28 May 2007 02:27:29 +0000 http://mailbox.allthingsd.com/20070426/why-dont-you-recommend-linux/#comment-7 I saw a news item the other day that Dell is now shipping laptops and desktops with pre-installed Linux to consumers. The XPS 410n will sell for $850 while the 520n Dimension and 1505n Inspiron will both sell for $600. I'm not a techie, but I can make my way around a computer pretty well. I'm a recent switcher to Mac, and who knows, with enough cost savings, I may end up with a Linux system in the house as well. I'm just not sure what the advantages of Linux over OSX are. I saw a news item the other day that Dell is now shipping laptops and desktops with pre-installed Linux to consumers. The XPS 410n will sell for $850 while the 520n Dimension and 1505n Inspiron will both sell for $600. I’m not a techie, but I can make my way around a computer pretty well. I’m a recent switcher to Mac, and who knows, with enough cost savings, I may end up with a Linux system in the house as well. I’m just not sure what the advantages of Linux over OSX are.

]]> By: Jim Hodapp http://mailbox.allthingsd.com/20070426/why-dont-you-recommend-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Jim Hodapp Sat, 26 May 2007 17:37:59 +0000 http://mailbox.allthingsd.com/20070426/why-dont-you-recommend-linux/#comment-6 I as well concur with both comments about Linux being a very viable alternative to Windows. In fact, both of my parents have been running on Ubuntu Linux for over a year and a half now and the number of tech calls has nearly approached zero for help from me. They don't worry about viruses, their computer runs faster than with XP, and their digital camera, HP all-in-one printer and USB pen drivers just work when they pop them into a port. It couldn't be any easier. All of this on a 3 year old computer. If anything, Windows has some catching up to do to Linux in terms of ease of use. I as well concur with both comments about Linux being a very viable alternative to Windows. In fact, both of my parents have been running on Ubuntu Linux for over a year and a half now and the number of tech calls has nearly approached zero for help from me. They don’t worry about viruses, their computer runs faster than with XP, and their digital camera, HP all-in-one printer and USB pen drivers just work when they pop them into a port. It couldn’t be any easier. All of this on a 3 year old computer. If anything, Windows has some catching up to do to Linux in terms of ease of use.

]]> By: Michael Swanson http://mailbox.allthingsd.com/20070426/why-dont-you-recommend-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Michael Swanson Wed, 02 May 2007 16:51:08 +0000 http://mailbox.allthingsd.com/20070426/why-dont-you-recommend-linux/#comment-3 I concur with the sentiment of the previous comment on Linux as a viable alternative to Windows. Of all the Linux distributions that I've used (and I've worked with many) Ubuntu is the only one accessible by the general non-tech savvy computer user. In my experience with the OS, many of the basic requirements for ease of use are present in Ubuntu, if not many other flavors of Linux. I believe that in many cases, Ubuntu is now worth some attention as a possible alternative to Windows or MacOS. It comes with quality built in software for all the basic tasks - office software, web, email, and music. I concur with the sentiment of the previous comment on Linux as a viable alternative to Windows. Of all the Linux distributions that I’ve used (and I’ve worked with many) Ubuntu is the only one accessible by the general non-tech savvy computer user. In my experience with the OS, many of the basic requirements for ease of use are present in Ubuntu, if not many other flavors of Linux. I believe that in many cases, Ubuntu is now worth some attention as a possible alternative to Windows or MacOS. It comes with quality built in software for all the basic tasks – office software, web, email, and music.

]]> By: oliver richards http://mailbox.allthingsd.com/20070426/why-dont-you-recommend-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-2 oliver richards Sun, 29 Apr 2007 21:27:39 +0000 http://mailbox.allthingsd.com/20070426/why-dont-you-recommend-linux/#comment-2 oh, and compared to vista, you can have all of the eye candy without having to have ridiculous system requirements as well. they are built-in with 7.04. oh, and compared to vista, you can have all of the eye candy without having to have ridiculous system requirements as well. they are built-in with 7.04.

]]> By: oliver richards http://mailbox.allthingsd.com/20070426/why-dont-you-recommend-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-1 oliver richards Sun, 29 Apr 2007 21:14:59 +0000 http://mailbox.allthingsd.com/20070426/why-dont-you-recommend-linux/#comment-1 <b>"I don’t believe Linux is yet simple enough and automatic enough and nontechnical enough for these mainstream users. "</b> Many Linux Ditros have made siginificant progress over the last few years. For example, i run ubuntu (7.04) as my main desktop environment. I'd take installing ubuntu over installing xp any day of the week. all of my hardware works without having to find the driver cd's (as i must do with an xp install). And when i plug in a usb pen drive or other usb hardware, yes, it automatically loads. I encourage everyone to simply try it out--you don't even have to install to test it out--with a live cd. you can download and burn the cd, and run it from boot. for basic tasks, i believe it is far superior to xp. i agree though, for more complicated tasks, ubuntu still requires some technical knowledge--but then, so does windows. I encourage you, mr. mossberg, to try it out before you start telling people that it is too technical for the common user. “I don’t believe Linux is yet simple enough and automatic enough and nontechnical enough for these mainstream users. “
Many Linux Ditros have made siginificant progress over the last few years. For example, i run ubuntu (7.04) as my main desktop environment. I’d take installing ubuntu over installing xp any day of the week. all of my hardware works without having to find the driver cd’s (as i must do with an xp install). And when i plug in a usb pen drive or other usb hardware, yes, it automatically loads.
I encourage everyone to simply try it out–you don’t even have to install to test it out–with a live cd. you can download and burn the cd, and run it from boot. for basic tasks, i believe it is far superior to xp.
i agree though, for more complicated tasks, ubuntu still requires some technical knowledge–but then, so does windows.
I encourage you, mr. mossberg, to try it out before you start telling people that it is too technical for the common user.

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