OT: UNIX on Windows

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When asked his whereabouts on Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 06:50:25PM -0800,
Bill Campbell took the fifth, drank it, and then slurred:
> 
> Why waste a good ThinkPad on Windows.  SuSE run great on it!  Then you
> don't need fake Unix.

Don't get me wrong...I love linux.  But on a -laptop- I've heard more
troubles with getting linux running all devices properly, getting
bootstrapped, etc.  Never done it myself, and maybe newer installs are
fine, but I'm not sure I'd want to bother.

I really don't have a problem with 'doze as a desktop, as long as I'm
firewalled correctly.  In fact, given a choice between X11 (which I like
with a NeXTStep-ish WM) and the often half-assed collection of tools that
work 85% of the way or time (look at transcode and lame sometime, for
instance), and then Windows with fully blown apps that (no matter who wrote
them) more or less "just work"...well, I'll take what lets you get the most
out of your multimedia, etc.

I would never put Windows in a server environment, but I don't mind it as a
desktop environment--in fact, I like Win2000, although I dislike the added
cruft in XP.

mark->
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