[FoRK] More iPhone analysis

[Stephen D. Williams]

I spend and have spent far effort setting up and keeping Windows systems 
running than Unix/Linux systems.  Sometimes you run into hiccups on a 
Linux box, but it is unusual now days and it is usually outweighed by 
how automatic everything else is.  I never have to go digging for 
drivers for instance, outside of the commercial nvidia driver, and even 
that is mostly automated now.  Or installing a full set of basic 
applications.

There are and were problems with setting up video / monitor 
configurations.  With modern hardware, which is all you are talking 
about with a Mac as a comparison, it just works now, even with oddball 
monitors.

Just because you know how to get through all of the steps of setting up 
an XP system doesn't make it easier by comparison.

sdw

paul wrote:
> Linux is not ready for prime time.  Well, Ubuntu isn't ready.
>
> But when Ubuntu crashes and comes back at 640x480x16, Goggling for a 
> fix gets a lot of trash...  but fdisk always works.
>
> I don't have time to screw with it when it breaks.  I have some 
> bullshit happening in my life called "work".  It pays the bills.  As 
> much as I want a Ubuntu box, getting file sharing to work is a pain in 
> the ass. And what's with the having to login to look at the other hard 
> drive ON THE SAME MACHINE?
>
> Why should I find the time when XP "just works"?
>
> Hell, Win98SE "just works".
>
>
> paul
>
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