Linux Desktop OR Windows XP

lockestrife

Hi Guys, I had a problem.... I have a choose between Linux or Xp

Which is the better one?

1. Linux desktop

2. Windows Xp

Please give any comments about this this topic.. thanks..

Lockestrife

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RussS

Ask a *nix guru ...... Linux

Ask a MCP ...... XP

Ask me ..... take your pick. Me, no matter what they say about MS I love my XP system and find it very fast and stable. *nix is super fast if you don't have all the bells and whistles, but once you load it up I goes sluggish IMHO.

Ten9t6

lockestrife wrote:

Hi Guys, I had a problem.... I have a choose between Linux or Xp

Which is the better one?

1. Linux desktop

2. Windows Xp

Please give any comments about this this topic.. thanks..

Lockestrife

How about a dual boot PC....or loading XP then VMWare...and running linux through it....just a thought..

/usr

If you don't want much hassle, and just depending on your hardware, I would choose XP for simplicity. It's also a nice OS, actually.

If you want to learn a lot and don't mind quite a bit of reading, install one of the distros of Linux.

HackNack

I'm currently Running Ubuntu Linux (fastest growing distro currently) on one of my machines. It has quite a lot of bells and whistles and is easier to run than other distros.

NPA24

Lockestrife wrote:

How about a dual boot PC....or loading XP then VMWare...and running linux through it....just a thought..

This is the way I'm doing it right now. I'm running Microsoft Virtual PC though instead of VMWare. I did have to add more memory to my system to run multiple operating systems at the same time.

/usr

I wish I could get a wireless card to work in Slackware. Then I would be happy.

Ricka182

/usr wrote:

I wish I could get a wireless card to work in Slackware. Then I would be happy.

What kind of card do you have?