🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <xohn2mf8t0h.fsf@mud.imperium.net>, edge@mud.imperium.net says...
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>mind@ripco.com (Dr. Who) writes:
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>> : >The simple message is - leave your windows baggage at the door when
>> : >you enter Linux world. You _should_ be prepared to have to work at
>> : >getting your machine stable, solid and working. If not, stay
>> : >out!
>> 
>> : I hate it when people say this. :( Why can't Linux be an OS that
>> : competes with Windows, providing users with a choice? For that it must
>> : be more user friendly. :-)
>> 
>> This is precisely why I'm drifting every more quickly toward the *BSD
>> camp.  I'm quite sick of seeing that Linux has become a trendy "Generation
>> X" operating system.  The fact of the matter is that Linux is doing more
>> or less what Microsoft does.  Even though it's not commercial, it
>> certainly behaves that way.  Everyone is too busy trying to support every
>> new crap hardware device that comes out on the market, but is not giving
>> much thought to improving what already exists (ie: the "good" hardware
>> support).  Do we *really need* plug and pray support under Linux?  I
>> think not.  Especially judging by the typically poor quality of that
>> type of hardware to begin with.
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>If we don't get support of new hardware, it will be more and more
>difficult to find a Linux-compatible computer.  One of the reasons I
>used Linux in the first place is because it had support for all of my
>hardware.
>
>I am happy with Linux how it is; what I want is better support from
>third-party application vendors so I can give it to my users at work.
>They use Microsoft Office mostly.
>

Then there are those of us who prefer SYS V style Unix which is why I use Linux  
rather than BSD.