Re: .bin file and other annoyances

I'm pretty new to Linux myself. I have an Ubuntu desktop at home that I
just upgraded to 9.10, and since I was running NVIDIA proprietary drivers it
broke. I spent three days figuring out how to correct the problem. During
this same time I was still, after three WEEKS, trying to fix my Windows XP
pc that locks up within a few minutes to a few hours after booting.

The Ubuntu pc is up and running. The Windows XP pc is still locking up. I
have over 20 years in IT and I still have more trouble with Windows than I
do with Linux. I started playing around with Linux about a year ago. The
conclusion seems obvious to me.

Gene

On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 8:32 AM, Brian McKee <map@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 7-Nov-09, at 1:50 PM, Jon Paris wrote:

Some of my "spare" time the last couple of days has been spent playing

with Ubunu

... "When she was

good she was very very good, but when she was bad she was horrid."

The big problem for me as a Linux/Unix newbie is what the hell to do

when things don't work. Right now that renders it impractical from a
work perspective. I need stuff to "just work" - when to make the OS
do that causes me more grief than with Windows that's when I begin to
wonder.

The strides Ubuntu in particular has made in the 2 years since I last
seriously looked at it are amazing - but for me it still doesn't seem
"ready for prime time" unless you are a Unix hack.

By those rules I'd submit that Windows isn't ready for prime time unless
you are a Windows hack.
And OSX.... you get my drift.

How many hours of experience do you have fixing issues on other platforms?
Of course Linux is not
going to be as easy until you have at least some kind of familiarity with
it.

Brian

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