On Wed, 2005-07-27 at 17:36, ryan wrote:
> >
> > i infer from some of your previous comments that you're looking to run
> > CentOS on your desktop machine (since you're talking about DVD drives
> > and Xine and so forth). if you want a pleasant desktop experience
> > where things Just Work, i'd recommend you buy a Mac like Bryan said.
> > running Linux on the desktop is a painful and laborious experience, and
> > is likely to be so for the foreseeable future. it's a different story
> > when you're talking about server applications, though...
> >
> I have Linux running on a Desktop machine, and 2 laptops. Installing,
> updating and using Linux on them has been great and not at all a"painful
> and laborious experience".
>
> For the technically savvy, and those who aren't afraid to learn, Linux
> is an excellent desktop OS.
Yes, but for many things you take for granted under commercial OS's
like playing music and videos you'll have to do some non-obvious
and legally questionable things to do the same on Linux.
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Les Mikesell
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