Reply #8: With all the virii out there why would anyone run Windows? [View All]

[Serenity-NOW]

Makes no sense at all, linux rocks, Macs are nice too, and once you get past a little learning curve you discover that 1) no viruses and 2) your capabilities reveal Windows for the shabby ripoff that it is. I like Suse since it came ready to roll with office programs and software galore, for free, and even set up my TV card with zilch effort on my part. I don't recommend doing the online install if you are on dialup but for broadband it can't be beat.

Mozilla has a groovy mail thing that eliminates all the spam and popups without any setup which I think is just awesome. I get upwards of 500 emails a day and all the spam is detected and expunged. With Outlook I had to constantly tell it what spam was and that was cumbersome.

If you think it's too scary consider this: my 69 year old mom on heavy rheumatoid meds switched over without a problem. She's still not used to not seeing all the junk mail trying to get her a bigger penis... LOL.

I did have to buy one piece of software so I could run Quickbooks and Visio but that was 40 or 50 bucks. Can't beat linux with a stick.