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Linux...Windows?
Not Bothering
You know... I never understood the stalwart defense people give Linux when bashing Windows. Windows is a good OS, not great by any means, but good. Linux is good as well. Both have their merits. Linux == flexibility; Windows == Ease of use. Windows is always consistant and reliable. Linux (in my experience) tends to be a bit more shaky.
And as for stability? Come on, my install of XP hasn't crashed in... since I installed it. And believe me... I've TRIED.
But beyond all that (and if you've read this far, you have my gratitude) Linux is a deritive of Unix, correct? Well... newsflash: so is Windows XP. Windows 9x/3.1.1 was an extended DOS shell, basically. However, Windows NT always stuck with a modified UNIX system. After Windows Me, Microsoft ditched DOS for the more stable UNIX. Of course, they modified it somewhat, but so did Mac. Hell... so does Linux. This is why you need some heavy duty DOS emulation to run older games... DosBox, anyone? Dos4GW? Yeah.
Real geeks know what their talking about.
Have fun /w/.
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