Comments on: Linux is a Tool and a Philosophy http://mylinuxdesktop.wordpress.com/2008/04/06/linux-is-a-tool-and-a-philosophy/ Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:44:26 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Anthony http://mylinuxdesktop.wordpress.com/2008/04/06/linux-is-a-tool-and-a-philosophy/#comment-64 Anthony Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:32:04 +0000 http://mylinuxdesktop.wordpress.com/?p=48#comment-64 I've found linux works fine as a desktop operating system - mind you I have been using since about 1996 when it was really rough around the edges. Similar to Windows 2000 or NT or Solaris you need to stick to hardware that works. Compairing Ubuntu 8.04 to XP isn't really fair - you should compare it with Vista. I've been running Ubuntu 6.06 LTS since it first came out on a IBM Thinkpad very happily. I’ve found linux works fine as a desktop operating system – mind you I have been using since about 1996 when it was really rough around the edges.

Similar to Windows 2000 or NT or Solaris you need to stick to hardware that works.

Compairing Ubuntu 8.04 to XP isn’t really fair – you should compare it with Vista. I’ve been running Ubuntu 6.06 LTS since it first came out on a IBM Thinkpad very happily.

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