Linux : Do you like it or hate it?????

[coduk]

So, do you like or hate linux, or are you in the middle????

Im in the middle, i suffer when using linux, all the time, just error after error, and all the effort you put into just intalling one thing, you dont think its worth it, cos with windows, it would have just been, install the exe file, thats it!!!!!! Ive just had a really bad experience with linux. :|

So what do you think???

BTW Im using linux right now, trying to set up a linux server for my IRC, i cant use my usual PC, as i need to carry it around now, and the windows of this pc is somewhat messed up, but im currently phailing badly...

[Smith6612]

I like Linux. Starting off is a bit shaky and a bit tough, but if you know what you're doing, for free software it sure is good.

[digitalfarm]

Linux was hard at first but its cool.A free OS.It can help u out especial n learning

[HomerJ]

I love Linux. Its free, most distros are less bloated than Windows or Mac OS, and its way more usable.

[winlux]

Linux is really good, although if you are starting out new, often you will have no errors if you keep to installing just the default packages and everything that it recommends. I know this is not the best way of going around doing things in linux, but it would get rid of many errors and make life a little easier until you find your feet. So do all that and then start compiling your own software in a testing directory. Make sure the software doesn't have dependencies. Play around with the configure options compile see what happens, remove, recompile with different options etc. Then as you go on, you will soon get a hang of standard commands etc and most those errors would be resolved in a matter of minutes.

[rayminator]

I like Linux

[LHVWB]

Linux is cool and can be used for many purposes, but for running games I still use XP. And my housemates can't handle anything that isn't familiar, which XP is.

[GamingX]

Linux looks quite large and complicated when you start off, but once you get the hang of it, it gives you more possibilites than Windows. You need to have patience if you want to work with Linux.

[ThePaintGuru]

I like it, but from the perspective of a user and not an open-source fanboy, I'm not crazy about the way they've been selling it For one thing, who actually reads through the source code? Probably almost nobody. Also, people don't want to endlessly customize their operating system, they want to get it working and keep it so it never changes, and you don't have to learn a whole new interface. That's the problem I see with linux on the desktop, even with Ubuntu they have only really begun to gear it toward real people who don't fancy themselves as developers.

[alexandgruntz]

Windows takes my vote, because it's simple and runs most games natively. Wine on Linux isn't enough.