On Tue, Dec 28, 2004 at 08:44:25AM +0100, Jonas Otter wrote:
> Brian Swale wrote:
>
> >Hi all,
> >
> >Thanks for all the advice about different programs, which I will follow up
> >where
> >I have not already been looking.
> >
> >Operating Systems: I have already tried Linux. I made this machine a dual-
> >boot system with Debian Linux a few years ago.
> >
> >
> Linux has improved enormously since a few years ago, there is simply no
> comparison. I think if you tried again you would have a completely
> different experience. Also the stuff about ruining important files is in
> practice not true, if you shut down improperly it will take some time
> repairing the file system on the next boot, just like Windows does. If
> your Windows system goes bad on you, very often the only recourse is a
> complete reinstall, often losing everything on the machine. With Linux
> it is possible to boot from CD and repair the system. Being an open
> system, all the details of its operation are widely known, which is not
> true of Windows.
I'd like to point out that if you use one of the journaling filesystems
on Linux (ext3, reiser, etc.) and you have a crash your files and
filesystem are retained intact. Then when you reboot everything is restored,
no data lost, no files corrupted, almost immediately. You won't even notice
any slowdown on the reboot. Like others have said, Linux has improved
drastically over the last few years. If I were to recommend a
distribution, it would be SuSE. I don't use it, but I have heard rave
things about it.
Cheers
>
> In my experience, the Linux distributions of today are very easy to
> install and very reliable. I have not been able to get my scanner (HP
> PSC950) working reliably under Linux yet, but then it is rather a joke
> as scanners go :-( Have another go at Linux, you will be surprised at
> the difference.
>
> Regards,
> Jonas
>
>
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