noclobber
Group: Members
Posts: 75
Joined: Sep. 2004 |
 |
Posted: Oct. 28 2004,17:16 |
 |
Masochist, schmasocist!
Windows NT 3.51 Workstation with Newshell 2 rules! 
Don't laugh. I was actually contemplating installing this on an old 486 prior to my discovering DSL.
My first home computer was an Apple II+ (c. 1981). Had a lot of fun picking it apart, both hw- and sw-wise, just to learn what made it tick. Figured out how to copy "uncopyable" floppies by yanking RAM chips out of the live mobo -- Yikes!
I actually made a live CD of Windows 95 according to that German c't magazine article a few years ago. It was a PITA to make and was the slowest POS OS I'd ever run. DSL totally blows it away.
Right now, my main OS is Windows 2000 Pro. "Favorite" might be too strong a word to describe it, though. It happens to be the platform that runs all the apps I use on a daily basis and is reasonably stable & useable once it's customized with enough 3rd-party sw to replace Micro$oft's half-fast "solutions".
Tried RH, SuSE & Mandrake a few times. They shore do look purdy, but they just seem too big/slow/bloated for me to understand. Learning all those cryptic *nix console commands, I think, has been the primary barrier to my jumping into Linux altogether.
I think DSL is the best distro for Linux newbies -- running it's a breeze, it's useful right "out of the box", and it's small enough to learn at a hacker's level. I like the Fluxbox UI. Who says Linux has to look like Windows anyway?
If I can get to the point where I can do everything in Linux that I currently do in Windows, I'll be happy, and -- I'll probably make a permanent switchover.
Just my $0.02, FWIW
--------------
Don't say "No" to Digital Restrictions Management, say "HELL, NO!!!".
|
.
DSL Market ,
Great VPS hosting provided by Tektonic
