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<blockquote data-quote="Hundreth" data-source="post: 3221777" data-attributes="member: 556975">I don&#039;t fix these computers under any business, just for friends and family.&nbsp; I don&#039;t have the time to deal with obtaining a legal copy of Windows for each format.I&#039;d say the only reason that Linux isn&#039;t fit for the mass market is because people are so used to doing things the Windows way.&nbsp; Linux really isn&#039;t much harder to use and its VERY rare when I actually have to start dealing with tarballs and the like.&nbsp; You being an Ubuntu user should know very well how easy it is to install apps using the package manager.&nbsp; Typing sudo apt-get install xmms is about 50x easier than going to the winamp website, downloading the app, installing, making sure the app doesn&#039;t hijack your machine with all its BS, and then deleting the install files.You are also way off base claiming that the Linux community has been working for years trying to get games to run the same.&nbsp; Games already do run the same, we just have no big name developers to create them yet.&nbsp; Try getting the Linux version of Unreal Tournament 2004 and running it, guess what.. it&#039;ll be exactly the same if not better.&nbsp; Theres nothing to convince the developers of, there just isn&#039;t a large enough customer base yet.Where I work we use both a Linux Debian Server and a Windows Server.&nbsp; The Debian server has been running for over a year with no problems and without ever being rebooted.&nbsp; The Windows server has occasional issues and needs to be restarted EVERY week otherwise it slows to a crawl.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hundreth, post: 3221777, member: 556975"] I don't fix these computers under any business, just for friends and family. I don't have the time to deal with obtaining a legal copy of Windows for each format. I'd say the only reason that Linux isn't fit for the mass market is because people are so used to doing things the Windows way. Linux really isn't much harder to use and its VERY rare when I actually have to start dealing with tarballs and the like. You being an Ubuntu user should know very well how easy it is to install apps using the package manager. Typing sudo apt-get install xmms is about 50x easier than going to the winamp website, downloading the app, installing, making sure the app doesn't hijack your machine with all its BS, and then deleting the install files. You are also way off base claiming that the Linux community has been working for years trying to get games to run [I]the same[/I]. Games already do run the same, we just have no big name developers to create them yet. Try getting the Linux version of Unreal Tournament 2004 and running it, guess what.. it'll be exactly the same if not better. Theres nothing to convince the developers of, there just isn't a large enough customer base yet. Where I work we use both a Linux Debian Server and a Windows Server. The Debian server has been running for over a year with no problems and without ever being rebooted. The Windows server has occasional issues and needs to be restarted EVERY week otherwise it slows to a crawl. [/QUOTE]

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