Re: Re: Netscape   
     By: Hustler to Mro on Tue Apr 08 2014 01:24 pm   
      
    >> why dont you just run windows 7? that's a decent os. i'm not a fan   
    >> of ubuntu's GUI. or many linux gui's actually. there's nothing keep   
    >> me there. i'd rather run windows than a windows clone.  when i need   
    >> something done in linux i just ssh into a linux box.   
      
    Hu>  Windows 7 is a decent OS and I've been using Microsoft OS and software    
    Hu>  since Windows 3.1. I just want to learn a new OS. I have 3 android   
    Hu>  devices that was dirt cheap but never use. I have 2 netbooks with   
    Hu>  windows 7 on them. So I'm ready to explore another OS. I worked for an   
    Hu>  IP in the early 90's and all the machines were UNIX. I've always wanted   
    Hu>  to dive into linux but PC's were so expensive who could change OS's? Now   
    Hu>  you can get an atom 1.6 ghz and with a meg of ram for $75 bucks used.(I   
    Hu>  did anyway) The only machine I will probably never own is a new apple. I   
    Hu>  still don't think they can justifiy there prices but what do I know. I'm   
    Hu>  just a throw back from the 70's.    
      
   I have high hopes that Valve is going to really push people towards Linux for   
   gaming (SteamOS), at that time I might setup a system with Linux as my primary,   
   but in the meantime Debian runs great on Virtualbox. VMs are great for learning   
   because you can save your state before making big changes and if you mess up   
   you can just back up a bit.    
      
   I've been dabbling with linux since like Red Hat 3   
   I think, I find it's easy to setup, but difficult to make adjustments,   
   Sometimes...   
      
   Apples are ok hardware in pretty cases. I have my father-in-law's old G5   
   Powermac, thing is awesome to look at. He uses his mac's for music (Jazz   
   mostly).   
      
      
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