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Originally Posted by DiscoNinja
Simply I could not find a Linux replacement for every software I need  |
I somehow doubt that could could not find software for most everything you do on windows. Maybe the software did not work the same way which would be a different story. I remember buying RedHat power toys about 6-7 years ago and it was filled with tens of thousands of free applications including Star Office.
Back then you actually needed to know what type of Ethernet and Video card was in your machine. You would also have to search for drivers and your operating system could not just make generic decisions for you. That was back in the days of Win98 which was no smarter then Linux at the time.
Today Linux has been made to be as smart if not smarter then Windows in many ways IMHO. I myself will not give up WinXP for gaming but im going to use both for increased productivity. Just as if i was setting up a local server BSD would be a better choice over Linux.
I used to use have one of my boxes setup with Win98se as a backup storage and i had to run an anti-virus since at the time many viruses would target other machines on the network. Plus it had to be rebooted once a week or else it would eventually just lock up for no apparent reason. Back then setting up FreeBSD actually required you to read a 250 page manual to do it properly.