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Tony Langdon (tlang@freeway.DIALix.oz.au) wrote:
> 
>  CS> The simple message is - leave your windows baggage at the door when
>  CS> you enter Linux world. You _should_ be prepared to have to work at
>  CS> getting your machine stable, solid and working. If not, stay
>  CS> out!
> 
> Linux is a _lot_ of work for the newcomer to setup and get tuned (said
> while remembering many hours spent with books and FAQ files :) ).
> Lately, it's been largely "throw the switch and forget", Linux just
> doesn't miss a beat. :)
> 
Try Redhat or Caldera Open Linux from their original CDs. "Just point
and click":)... At least you can setup it for the first time very easily
and quickly. And later when you want and have a lot of time you can 
customize it according to your taste. But in general you _may_ swim down
stream and just apply ready-to-use Redhat patches and don't worry about it.
(I almost don't do this and prefer to compile kernel and other things 
by hands :))  
>  CS> And believe me, I know that Windows has more support hassles than
>  CS> Linux - I do sysadmin for a living, and 99% of my hassles are with
>  CS> our NT/95 machines. The other 1% come from our Mac's :)
> 
> I found in a previous job, it was around 80% / 20%, a similar ratio as
> the PC to Mac ratio.  Most of the Mac problems were "self inflicted"
> though. :-)
> 
My own ratio is about 50/50. But I deal with Windows(NT/95) because of
breaks and with Linux to make things better and do very delicate tunings.