Linux - why should I bother?

John Campbell · 2003-06-18T13:39:41

As the many little annoyances with winXP slowly stack up, I was thinking about putting a linux partition on to go alongside it (need a fresh clean out and reinstall anyway, so this would be the perfect time). So while browsing the forums for which distro, and various other things, I had the rather practical though - what does it gain me? I already have XP happily running all my games, and is the most compelling reason to keep XP still. But what about development, and all the other areas that linux is supposed to shine? I have a well rounded setup for programming in, Eclipse for the majority of hobby work in Java, Visual Studio for C/C++ work, PSP for graphics, milkshape for modeling. Add in half a dozen other utility programs that get used along the way and its pretty complete. There are either versions of these avalible for linux, or alternatives (Gimp springs to mind, I keep meaning to try it). But I can''t help but think that its not worth the hastle - admittedly if need be i can reboot into XP for anything i can''t find an alternative to (my tv tuner app for the tv card sounds like a likely culprit) but i''d prefer not to have to reboot every five minutes - again, it defeats the point. Convince me its worth my time More useable interface? More convinient file organisation? Use my computer for X that i''ve never even thought of before?

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Started by OrangyTang June 17, 2003 03:27 PM

21 comments, last by OrangyTang 20 years, 10 months ago

Anonymous

June 18, 2003 01:33 AM

Windows NT/2000/XP: For asynchronous read operations, hFile can be any handle opened with the FILE_FLAG_OVERLAPPED flag by the CreateFile function, or a socket handle returned by the socket or accept function.

BitBlt

386

June 18, 2003 09:53 AM

It may be worthwhile learning your way around Linux for a job later in life. Many jobs require some Linux development as well as Windows, if for nothing else, there''s a reason.

-vic-

112

June 18, 2003 01:39 PM

If what you want is just a windows clone, stay with the original. Linux is different. Try Linux if your''re curious enough and brave enough to explore new areas.

When i started using Linux i used to dislike it, comparing it with windows etc etc... i wanted a windows clone. But the curiosity in me was stronger, and after some time i started to like it. Now i love Linux.

Victor.

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