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Originally posted by Cosmic Fur Not very. It's not for the faint of heart. I've been in comp sci for 3 years at UofT, where we've been using RedHat off and on in the courses, and I'm still not comfortable enough with it to use it at home. You really have to know what you're doing in Linux, because unlike Windows, it'll let you completely screw yourself over in terms of your configuration without complaining or raising any warnings.

I agree, it was not as easy as I had hoped.

Installing drivers, trying it read my NTFS drives was just a pain and a half, and I gave up.

I'm getting a lesson from a friend on how to do all that later this, also on how to set up an Aphache +SQL server. Thats really the main reason I want to learn Linux.

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Originally posted by exstasie How easy is Linux to use?

The above responses are correct...

Installation was a breeze (I'm dual booting for now) no problems at all. Getting things to work how you want can be frustrating (ie. dvds, movies etc. don't play by default, you have to download/install codecs). Although I have what I need working right now, I've got a loooong way to go before I'll be comfortable using it (main reason why I dual boot...in case of emergency, fall back on winxp).

I'd recommend browsing through faqs/docs or getting a hold of book(s) for your particular distribution and reading them beforehand, you'll probably find quite a few useful tips.

sounds good guys..

I'll stick to my Mac and XP!

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Originally posted by exstasie sounds good guys.. I'll stick to my Mac and XP!

Yea, I don't think any operating system beats XP right now.

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U already can get pirated copies of Vista in the streets of Mexico City for about $10.

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Originally posted by Ub3rBreaker U already can get pirated copies of Vista in the streets of Mexico City for about $10.

NICE!! whaddup!

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Originally posted by Ub3rBreaker U already can get pirated copies of Vista in the streets of Mexico City for about $10.

You can get shot for about the same price too.

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Originally posted by Cosmic Fur You can get shot for about the same price too.

nah, that comes included

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Originally posted by Cosmic Fur You can get shot for about the same price too.

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Originally posted by Cosmic Fur I guess the important thing is that you TRIED to be funny. Maybe next time.

So everybody is complaining about Vista adopting DRM - but I don't hear anybody offering up any other legitimate alternative solutions or implementations of DRM.

I think you're all just going to have to suck it up and realize that DRM is here to stay (we've been spoiled in not having it early in digital media's lifespan) and that moving forward DRM is going to be a very big part of our lives.

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Originally posted by rabbitjoker So everybody is complaining about Vista adopting DRM - but I don't hear anybody offering up any other legitimate alternative solutions or implementations of DRM. I think you're all just going to have to suck it up and realize that DRM is here to stay (we've been spoiled in not having it early in digital media's lifespan) and that moving forward DRM is going to be a very big part of our lives.

I do not think it's a question of being spoiled nor DRM's ligitamacy.

My problem with all this comes from the fact that you buy media, but cannot use it, or play it on your own equipment which is technically capable of playing it. My computer has the capability to play highdef content, but they say I have to get a new monitor, and new video card with the proper security. How is that at all fair?

What happened to fair use? Why is it that you cannot play a protected Mp3 on any computer, or transfer it to any other file format? You paid for the music, and therefore should be able to do with it what you want (meaning playing and converting, not pertaining to selling or sharing).

When you buy a book, which can be easily copied, they do not state that you have to read it in a controlled, monitored room, so that you cannot scan it.