I think Linux sweeping the world was a bit of a premature prediction (what everyone in relatively intellectual circles was saying in the late 90's and very early 2000's). Microsoft with a true oligopoly that has crushed the chances of any third party OS, like BeOS, one of the most promising OSes of the 90's IMHO. Linux and Unix really need a serious internal structural revamp (like the NT system does of course), perhaps even a change to a server based OS; I guess that would sort of be a total rewrite of all the code though
but what makes linux so mainstream is that is hugly customizable but yeah point taken M$ makes it impossible for anyone to pop out with new os, cuz the greed of money will taken then and they will sell the product to microsoft.
Help! has anyone ever heard of a hard drive deleting a Operating system? I have a old HP that I
had been playing with, trying to fix it up for a friend young son to mess around with. It had no
Operating system in it to start with. I had a old hard drive laying around that had windows 98 in
it which was perfect for the old HP due to memory and being just a 286. Well, I removed the old HD
and put in the one with the 98. Booted up great. even got on the net with it for a bit, then I had
to run out for a bit so I shut it down. When I got back, I turned it back on to in....
About three years ago I decided to learn how to use Linux and after a lot of posts on a forum I
tried Ubuntu Linux as it was recommended as a good first Linux distro. Ubuntu is not the easiest
Linux distro to use but with its unmatched forum community support it is one of the easiest to learn
to use. One of the problems with learning Linux is that a lot of users have an attitude that Linux
should be a free Windows knock off which it is not. Ubuntu is build on a Linix core or kernel and is
a different Open Source and free as in to use operating system. This brings us to t....
I am new to the forums and im posting to get free hosting, and i would like to know what people like
to use on there computer Ive played with ubuntu, but a friend of mine said go straight to linux so i
wanted to hear a few suggestions about what he has considered do you think i should try linux?....
Recently I was customizing a computer for my neighbor's needs. All was going well giving her the
proper amount of RAM and hard drive space and all of the components she would need to run what she
needs to run, and then we got to the Choice of operating system. There's good news, All listed
as Windows Vista. I have never run windows vista before but i heard from a friend it is much more
advanced than Windows XP, so i got on the phone with the tech and asked if it would be possible to
get windows XP on it instead of Vista But i was told that Windows Vista is the ....
Have you ever dreamt of Windows Vista Beta 2 DVD delivered at your door by Microsoft. Yeah thats
true. Just visit the following link and answer some question on Windows Vista. If you answer all
questions correctly, then fill up the form with your correct address and Vista DVD will be delivered
to you within some days. Please mote that it is promoted by Microsoft India, so it is available for
Indian customers only. So what are you waiting for go to the following link and get Windows Vista:
http://www.microsoft.com/india/offers/vista/quiz.aspx Happy computing with Win....
Linux is becoming such a craze nowadays that not even a single day passes without one or other
distribution releasing a new version. But why is it failing so miserably in the desktop arena. The
answer lies in three reasons. 1. The plethora of distributions -
Redhat,Debian,Ubuntu,Suse,Gentoo,Knoppix - everbody and his uncle is coming out with new ones. 2.
The lack of backward compatibility - I had Redhat 7.3 running. I upgraded to Redhat 9. Many
applications had to be recompiled. You ask my mom to recompile applications - She will throw out
Linux and take Windows anyday. ....
Well it i s kind of obvious, but i have gotten many questions from people on here before asking me
what some people ment by OS..and so i explained it to them, and i thought i might be able to explain
it to other people on here OS aka Operating System OS is short for Operating
System. An Operating System is the system in which a computer operates on. Basicly it manages all
of the other processes/programs that you put on the computer.. As defines by google it is:
QUOTE The software that the rest of the software depends on to make the ....
I thought I would start this topic to inform newbies to the linux world, or anyone else that is
careful before going and switching to an Operating System they have no prior experience in, and to
maybe sway some people on this forum to change to a free, community basd O.S based on the linux
kernel: GENTOO Here's my story: I am a student in the UK, and I recently received a laptop for
my birthday, although I was able to choose it...The fact is that I had a price limit, so I wanted to
spend as much as possible on the hardware and tried to avoid paying for software/os&....
It is made by brasilians, and it's obvious if you go onto the site of the project - it's
not in english, at all... But about the system. It's based on a Linux kernel, and has teh
capability to run Windows appliacations. So one could say 'stable and with many software that
most use'. For example the highest version can run Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Internet Explorer,
Access, Visio, Photoshop, Flash, Diablo II, Half-Life, Lotus Notes, Winamp, WinZip, and many
more! I wrote highest, because Freedows is not so free, as it looks... There is a free ve....
So what do you think windows long horn is going to be like? its true that there are beta copies out
on the net but i don't want to take a chance. also when it comes out i will wait a while before
geting it. Let others test it and if there are problems with it i stick with my old windows.....
A few months ago, while i was visiting some harware hackers store, I noticed they got a new OS, call
Microsoft Longhorn XP, and it actually worked as an add on to microsoft window XP, It has a kool
design though, But I am not sure, as microsoft did not release anything officially about a new
windows called so.....
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