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It's 23 May 97  19:06,
We'll return to leonb@dsdata.DIALix.oz.au and All's
discussion of Why use Linux ?? hard to learn....is it worth it ????

 le> : I was told Linux is a better OS, but harder to learn and prefer by
 le> techie.
 le> Linux truly is a better operating system. It has stability,
 le> accessibility standard-compliance and freeness that Windows hasn't and
 le> never will have.

I run a reasonable TCP/IP router and network server on a 386 under Linux
with 4MB.  OK, it's a little slow sometimes, but try doing that with any
version of Windows (or other OS for that matter).

 le> It is also smaller and more efficient, and you don't _have_ to run in
 le> GUI (X-windows) mode to do useful things. I'm sure there is more than
 le> one project afoot to make Linux a fire-and-forget proposition too (and
 le> some Linux people object to that idea).

I'm not sure how this can be achieved, but once setup, Linux can be
almost a turnkey affair in my application (i have diald to make outgoing
calls on demand).

 le> : How much is Linux better compare to MS windows ??

 le> How much better is an Oka than a Commodore? (-:

A better answer might be "will it do what you want to do better than
anything else?  Often, that's "yes".

 le> : What are the main reasons people migrating to Linux ??

 le> Sick of paying Micro$loth's pound of flesh. Sick of things crashing.
 le> Want to edit without having to fire up an entire GUI -- and multi-task
 le> meanwhile. Want to be able to change a thing I don't like or add a
 le> feature to a program I'm using. Many things.

Amony many others. :-)

 le> : Linux does not have word or excel equivalents (most people buy a
 le> computer : just for that), isnt it lower productivity ??

 le> Whatever you would use a DOS machine for, only timesharing; a Windows
 le> machine for, only reliably and for free; a SCO machine for only for
 le> free; a Mac for only with more buttons on the mouse. As for other OSes
 le> on top, you can run DOS programs within Linux. You can also run
 le> Sinclair, Atari, Amstrad and other programs, if you feel masochistic
 le> (-:

I use it for Internet connectivity.  Linux's networking is far more
flexible than that of (say) Windows NT.  Need wierd routing?  Just pop
the commands in rc.net, and all's fine. :-)  In NT, it's not as easy to
go beyond the mundane. :-)

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