Comments on: A year without Windows http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2005/05/21/a-year-without-windows/ Protect yourself from government gaffes, bureaucratic blunders and incumbent incompetence Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:25:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sean Wilson http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2005/05/21/a-year-without-windows/#comment-594 Sean Wilson Sat, 27 Jan 2007 04:39:15 +0000 http://www.ioerror.us/?p=116#comment-594 The Linux desktop is certainly improving these days. Mandriva One is a great starter desktop for those looking to switch over from Windows. I hear Linspire is as well. I have tried XandrOS and it installs more smoothly than Windows and runs much better. I think now that VMWare, Lin4Win, Codeweavers Crossover and Wine are out there so people can run Windows applications in Linux, they'll start to switch more. The Linux desktop is certainly improving these days. Mandriva One is a great starter desktop for those looking to switch over from Windows. I hear Linspire is as well. I have tried XandrOS and it installs more smoothly than Windows and runs much better.

I think now that VMWare, Lin4Win, Codeweavers Crossover and Wine are out there so people can run Windows applications in Linux, they’ll start to switch more.

]]> By: Johnson http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2005/05/21/a-year-without-windows/#comment-593 Johnson Sun, 18 Jun 2006 22:19:54 +0000 http://www.ioerror.us/?p=116#comment-593 Let me preface this by saying I am a big Linux fan, and it is clearly better than Windows. If you're a corporation with an IT department, you can set up secure systems. If you're a single user desktop, however, good luck. That's a shame. too, because many unsophisticated users could really bebefit from Linux. But the Linux community has mostly ignored them. Ubuntu is probably the closest thing to Windows for these users, but even in 2006, it still takes a lot of configuration. Most default installs leave remote services enabled, and do not install and configure security software. There's only one distro I know of that even has a default firewall. Let me preface this by saying I am a big Linux fan, and it is clearly better than Windows. If you’re a corporation with an IT department, you can set up secure systems. If you’re a single user desktop, however, good luck.

That’s a shame. too, because many unsophisticated users could really bebefit from Linux. But the Linux community has mostly ignored them. Ubuntu is probably the closest thing to Windows for these users, but even in 2006, it still takes a lot of configuration. Most default installs leave remote services enabled, and do not install and configure security software. There’s only one distro I know of that even has a default firewall.

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