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Re: Re: Re: Re: VH but... (Reply to this comment)
by lawman67
While better than Linux, Mac OS X is also very limited when it comes to games (at least compared to Windows).
Still, I never got quake or movies going in Linux, so you are a step ahead of where I was.
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May 01 '04
3:46 am PDT
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Re: Re: Re: VH but... (Reply to this comment)
by nad_masters
You hit the nail on the head. One of the reasons why I just couldn't stand Linux. I got everything working the way I wanted - MP3s played, MPG movies played, browser working, OpenOffice working, Samba working (was sharing printer and files), etc.
However, I just couldn't get on certain sites that require IE 6. I couldn't work with MS Office files as seemlessly as one would believe. And the fact that I couldn't play most of my games (though running Quake on Linux had a cool/geeky factor), sealed Linux's fate on my PC.
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Apr 30 '04
10:01 pm PDT
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Re: Re: VH but... (Reply to this comment)
by lawman67
I disagree about the browser and office suites. Mozilla and OpenOffice could even be 100% better than the Microsoft equivalents, but they are NOT 100% compatible. Just because a program can import and export Word does not make it a replacement for Word, as formatting can be lost with import and export converters.
Same for websites, there are many that querry your browser to see which one is loaded, and will not work without IE. Some sites go even further and require IE 6, making Virtual PC the only option for Mac users, and completely barring Linux.
The argument that with programming you can get around this is not sufficient. I consider myself a rather advanced computer user, and even got Linux working on my PC laptop, however I am not willing to learn about coding just to visit IE-exclusive websites, nor am I willing to reformat complex documents after running them through an import converter.
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Apr 02 '04
5:58 am PST
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Re: VH but... (Reply to this comment)
by paulphoto,  in Computer Hardware
Linux Mozilla can do pretty much whatever MS Internet Explorer can, and much more. Mozilla is based on the improved source code of Netscape Navigator Web browser (very popular during the 90’s, then). Mozilla is even capable of cross-over plug-ins, allowing a plug-in installation for Quick Time, Windows Media Player, Flash, MS Word, Excel, etc. But it requires a certain figuration from the user, and I agree with Gr8ful. In fact, its not only Mozilla offered in Linux for web browser, there are Konqueror, Galeon, Opera. As for MS Office, Linux has the OpenOffice having similar flavors.
Paul
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Apr 02 '04
5:00 am PST
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VH but... (Reply to this comment)
by Gr8ful
I have to disagree with statement about Internet Exploder and Office. There are free programs for linux that work "exactly the same" and are able to be modified to your needs.
The only trouble with them is that in order to modify the program to your needs you must know a little bit about programming and the average computer user does not.
Microslosh is definitely responsible for not releasing a linux compatible version of IE but Mozilla works just as well and, in many cases, better.
Just my thoughts on it. Nice article.
Gr8ful :-)
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Apr 01 '04
10:57 pm PST
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