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To: SuperSonics who wrote (656)	1/28/1998 2:34:00 PM
From: Judd	Respond to of 1600

>> You will be really luck to have all the stuff installed and still able to run. How would an average user understand this? Yes, This is what I want, and I think I could buy everything that is in Windows NT, or get shareware to do everything that I want to do for cheaper, and it would run very fast, and I wouldn't need Gigs of Hard drive to keep it. This is essentially what I have done with Linux, and it runs great. I also understand the point about the average user not being able to do this. I know that as a techie that most of the time I am going to lose my superior technology to the simplistic needs of the common user. I have lost in the past and I'll lose in the future. There are projects out on the internet to make Linux as easy as windows, but I do not think that they will succeed. They simply do not have any marketing muscle and have no momentum behind them. I cannot ever imagine going into CompuUSA and buying a scanner, and it coming with Linux drivers. Also, I learn some things from my friends that are beginers and ask me to help them buy/setup a computer. I rarely hear them complain about crashes, or having to reboot. They think that it is normal. They have never seen an OS that is highly reliable. -Judd