# Why not to run Linux

"Kevin L. Kitchens" (klk@crl.com)
Wed, 20 Dec 1995 14:20:03 PST

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    WELL PUT!  Couldn't have said it better...Each has its purpose.

    > At 11:12 AM 12/20/95 PST, Neuro wrote:
    > >I /still/ haven't gotten Doze95 to do [TCP/IP]
    >
    > Win95 immediately recognized my network card and I was on the Net within
    >  five minutes.  No offense, but a child could do it.
    >
    > >There's no excuse for 99% of the people on this list not to be running Linux.
    >
    > I don't have a CD-ROM.  My hard drive is running DOS and I can't afford a new
    >  one to install Linux.  I don't have enough space to use the funky partition
    >  aids to slice off a piece for Linux.
    >
    > I grabbed the Win95 files, clicked SETUP and everything was done for me.  I
    >  didn't have to FTP several dozen disk images, unpack them to floppies,
    >  re-partition and re-format a hard drive, and wander through setting up a
    >  multi-user system for my single-user purposes.
    >
    > Why keep DOS/Win?  Win95 is a slick interface of which I've grown very fond.
    >  What I've seen of X doesn't hold a candle to it.
    >
    > I prefer Eudora and Qmodem 95 to elm and telnet.  I can't run Rise of the
    > Triad,  Terminal Velocity, Hexen, FX Fighter et al on Linux.  I enjoy
    > playing those games.
    >
    > And lastly--I have a shell account when I want UNIX.  I like UNIX systems.  I
    >  just don't wanna run them on my PC.
    >
    > I'll back out of the OS wars now.  I like Mac.  I like Win95.  I like DOS.
    >  I like UNIX.  I prefer Win95 on my PC.
    >
    > -Quinn
    > -http://www.vv.com/~quinn/
    >
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    Kevin L. Kitchens                                   Internet: klk@crl.com
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