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Good project, I hope that it works out as unbiased as you say your going to.. We don't need another page just saying that Windows is better than Linux.

Linux rocks! Will you be testing it for reliability? This is why we all use linux, it doesn't crash every 2 mins like windoze.

LinuxUser wrote:
Good project, I hope that it works out as unbiased as you say your going to.. We don't need another page just saying that Windows is better than Linux.

Linux rocks! Will you be testing it for reliability? This is why we all use linux, it doesn't crash every 2 mins like windoze.

Thanks LinuxUser, glad you like it.

We certainly aim to be as unbiased as we can. There will be some element of bias in that we are approaching Linux as an existing windows user and looking at the OS as such. This is not so that we can make a judgment on either system being better, it is purely to see how easily a windows user can adapt.

Reliability wise, I am not sure how we can test this. I have not really had much in the way of issues using Windows XP SP3, in fact I can't remember the last time it crashed. Win7 yes, but it is in beta. If you can tell me what steps to take, I will consider it. But I can't tell you through observation if Linux is more reliable than Windows, only if it is noticeably less reliable than my very stable XP install.

Hello Blair and Derek,

I've read your post on Ubuntuforums.org, and I support your idea. I applaud your tenacity and willingness to throw yourselves into the deep end! Before you begin, please make sure that you don't give up at the first roadblocks.

As a beginning Linux user, there inevitably will be times when a particular problem seems unsolvable.

However, unlike Windows, where "if a problem is unsolvable, learn to live with it", almost all problems in Linux (especially if they're not hardware compatability problems) are fixable!

I will be monitoring this forum time and again for your questions. If you need to contact me directly, feel free to use the contact form at ubuntu.kareeser.com

Thanks very much for your kind words. Its great to have a friendly supporter that we can turn to.

We don't intend to give up on this one, though if it takes us longer to complete, we will give it the extra time (I left a caveat in the brief to let us extend if need be)

Seems at the moment all I do is read about linux. Doing as much homework as I can.. Got several distro's downloading at the moment for eva purposes, thanks to suggestions on the ubuntu forums mainly.

This project isn't doing something that's relevant to most MAINSTREAM consumers, who do NOT install and configure their PC operating system. The mainstream consumer will visit a retailer (online or local shop) and choose from whatever Linux-preloaded PCs are advertised. Non-commercial Linux is irrelevant, except to avid PC tinkerers.

This experiment also seems to disregard that brand-name PC makers (e.g. HP and ASUS) have developed THEIR OWN Linux desktop environments, effectively creating (or forking) new Linux distributions. Those customized desktop environments essentially define/image the targeted end-user.