When I installed Mandrake Linux the first time in 1999, I remember that people wrote about it as if it was now Linux was ready for the mainstream. Mandrake was really easy to install compared to what I had had to go through with the Microsoft products at the time, but there was so much hardware that didn't work properly. When I finally moved over for real I kept a double boot Windows installation for many years. Now I can work entirely on Linux and never thinks about Windows. It has been some very fascinating and enriching 20 years.
Linux has got a lot easier over the years. Now most stuff just works, but I expect there are still issues with some exotic hardware. Maybe someone will read my post and give it a go.
Seems we have lots of Linux users around here. I think people just find it does what they need
When I installed Mandrake Linux the first time in 1999, I remember that people wrote about it as if it was now Linux was ready for the mainstream. Mandrake was really easy to install compared to what I had had to go through with the Microsoft products at the time, but there was so much hardware that didn't work properly. When I finally moved over for real I kept a double boot Windows installation for many years. Now I can work entirely on Linux and never thinks about Windows. It has been some very fascinating and enriching 20 years.
Linux has got a lot easier over the years. Now most stuff just works, but I expect there are still issues with some exotic hardware. Maybe someone will read my post and give it a go.