I've read this thread with interest but it seems none have realy answered the original question and is flaming on OS's while they're not understanding an OS at all.
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Originally Posted by AssKoala
If something breaks, you're SOL unless you have a *nix saavy type. Want to configure something? Gotta head to the console most of the time (thanks to KDE, this isnt the case as much anymore, however).
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Which Windows user has ever find the recovery tool? And if they did find it, how many successfuly recovered their system?
The biggest issue in Windows is the registry which is the biggest file loaded at boot. Which windows user has ever been able to fix the registry file after it got screwed?
Each OS has its issues and each has its benefits. You all can't complain about linux nor about windows in the way this thread is talking about since it's just flaming.
The real issue here is software. If drivers and applications were as easy to install as on Windows then many manufacturers will support Linux just as they do with Windows, but for the moment this is a "no go" since the costs are to high compared to market share and profit.
Another issue is the maze of libraries in Linux which prevents companies to support Linux. You know how much .so files of one library are on your system and that you still can't install rpm/deb files due to version incompatibility.
Windows is not the best system but it has a interface that doesn't change much and when it's changed it still works.
Windows also has issues, why else did they create DirectX ?
Thanks to XFree Linux has the same look and feel as windows but way more powerfull then the Windows Explorer. The only issue is the lack of good event queue and multi-threading support.
Another issue is the SDK documentation, windows has a good documentation with examples where X only has simple function descriptions.
I do agree that you shouldn't write a new OS unless it is only for educational purposes since there's just not enough time.
A good thing would be to take the real deal and that is the plain Linux (the kernel) and learn it. After that you can do anything you want.
The thing is that Linux is just a kernel and Ubuntu, Debian, RedHat, etc. are a compilation of many applications that run on the kernel.
Windows XP is a full blown OS and you can't simply remove parts from it without crashing it, where with Linux you can.
Windows 98 is a different deal since that kernel is only 5MB.
80% of all computer users can't work with Linux since they grew up with Windows since 3.11 so if we grew up with Linux the world would be different but not better or worse.
just different...