by tuxsax » Sat Sep 06, 2008 10:13 am
The funny thing is that when I started with Linux, my internet here was through dial-up analog modem, and there were a lot of problems with the regular modems that came with the PCs, the "win modem" was the standard and they didn't work well on RH6, no drivers, etc, I bought a very expensive "hardware" modem that still worked with the old ISA16 slot instead of those cheap chips "software" PCI modems. Being a newbie, bringing a linux desktop to dial up to the internet successful was a task that took me a long time to solve. And even then, the info on the net wasn't like today. Today the forums are full of info and how-tos, there are sites dedicated to how-tos, and most of times that I needed help with something, I didn't even have to ask, the answers were there already. All I had to do is to use the search feature on the forum.
It's nice to contribute also, I wrote myself a couple of howtos here and there and there's nothing better than seeing the thanks people give you for "saving them"
So, if you wanna take the challenge, you won't be disappointed, but you must take it easy and dedicate yourself and some of your time. Linux is great but sometimes you need to work hard to make it the way you want.
What are your options? You can go and pay 200-300 bucks and get Vista, but you also will need a high end PC to be able to run it, and you'll also need to pay a few more hundreds to get the rest of the software you need, and all that just because the wold is "addict" to Microsoft and all it's friends...
I prefer to work a little harder and get it all for free.
And now, with people like Ubuntu community, and guys like TheeMahn the task is even easier, the tweaking I need to do to my PC after installing are minimal and only have to do with my personal preferences, and not with something that is "not working".
So, have fun "tweaking" your own PC. It will only hold you for 6 months until you decide to install the newer version...
It's funny to think that with Windows I've always held the same version for 3 or 4 years before moving to the newer version. With Linux I'm counting the days and hours to put my hands on the new release and I install it immediately.
Ziv
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