[Cumbria] re the RH SuSe "discussion"

[Ken Hough]

Paul Broomfield wrote:

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>Well why do you want a replacement for a windows desktop. Does it do
>what you need it to do? If it does stick with it! Personally as I said
>before I use the distro that best suites the job. The 'My OS is better
>than your OS' thing is frankly stupid. It is like arguing that a hammer
>is better than a screwdriver. The other thing is preference. Hey I hate
>eggs but I wouldn't try to persuade some one not to eat an omelette
>because it was 'lame' or because the eggs came from a particular
>company. I don't know what the right distro for a newbie would be, as
>there are many different things that you can do with Linux. Myself I use
>Linux as a server so a desktop is not important. If you are interested
>in Linux for a desktop then get a few versions; install them; get a feel
>for them; and then decide which one is the best for you. If you want to
>learn Linux from a server point of view or you are interested in
>learning CLI stuff then you cant go far wrong installing SecureCRT and
>getting a shell to play on. That way you can keep the windows desktop.
>Get your Operating systems and software to work for you. Don't start
>working as a salesman for your OS!
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As far as I'm concerned there are a lot of good reasons to move away 
from MS Windows. eg Cost, Crashes (and total screw-ups), Viruses -- just 
for starters.
Seems like common sense to me.

Ken Hough