i dunno, but there is something about Linux that just says everything is going to be "ok".

there is something about using software, especially an operating system, where you have full control of what your doing and can make improvements or customizations over just about everything you see and when you need help it's only an email away...

the future of computing is Linux

and i really like that!

- perry

yup...but better bear in mind that once DOS was good, after it Windows 3.11 (which I liked too at the time, for a while...) etc.

there aren't too many viruses/worms for linux at the time, but it's too good to remember that it's only because the vast majority of everyday-life-living people hasn't used it until now. and as linux's fame rises and more and more people switch to it, the intrest of crackers and virus-writers will grow too...imo it's only a matter of time. no system is perfect, and linux makes no difference...I like it, love it, and would like to believe it's "the best" but life just won't go so

anyway, at the moment, linux is the best in my opinion...but what happens in future, I don't know. SCO might strike, using open source could be banned by moneymen, linux turn to be so good that it gets the attention of bad guys and gets as wrecked as windows now is and so on...I just hope this won't happen

still, this looks good. hopefully gets even better...one only has to remember that "best" is best only until one finds something better. had linux been only the funny plaything of a few geeks, then would windows be "the best" for most of people (as it still might be). it's just how you look at it...nevertheless, I couldn't think of anything else but LINUX right now. for a number of reasons.

thank you everyone who's involved...helping here, using this, coding, testing, using...whatever, that is part of the way linux works.

-juho

Quality has pretty much nothing to do with a product succeeding on a large scale today. Look at OS/2 Warp for instance - excellent OS, bad marketing. A lot superior to Windows 95 on every level, but it lost - and here we are today...


Håkan

Can you tell me how to get framebuffer images to work in res higher than 800x600 then? ...who do I e-mail since help is only an e-mail away?. I've looking for a solution for a few days now. I posted about it in the Mandrake forum but it's all n00bs (even bigger than myself) in there and most of my posts go unanswered.

Moved: This thread is more suitable in General and has been moved accordingly to help your thread/question get the exposure it deserves.

And at what point did the F-word become acceptable in threads or thread titles?

F--- if I know

If a mod changes a title or subject of a thread does it not report at the bottom that the thread wa editited??

Isn't that the truth! I really miss OS/2 It has been reduced to PBX duties and playing host to Novell Lite and alike in Legacy systems.

Not to sound like a MAC zealot but I used OS/2 for years (in servers and as a desktop) and only had it crash on me once (non-hardware related crash that is).

The more Linux advances the less configurable it will become. With usability and "ease of use" comes restrictions. Many people here that are relatively new to Linux won't realize this but even now I notice a huge difference. The first time I installed Linux it took me almost 2 hours to just get it installed! This wasn't due to errors or anything of that nature but just from choosing packages and configs, it was insane. Look at it now? I can install in literally seconds even if I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing

<must restrain from hitting submit twice>

The great thing is that Linux will *always* have many faces.

There will be the "noob" distros. There will be the "hacker distros". The "somewhere-in-betweens" and the "specialties". But, I have a great feeling that the community of developers will never lose focus of what's great about Open Source.

Contribution.
Accomplishment.

What used to be a hobbyist's OS is now running enterprise class servers. What started as a university project is now one of the focal points of computing.

It's weird, wild stuff, Ed.
I can't help but want to be a part of it.

--Shade