n Nowhere is there a guideline anti-Microsoft, much less (if at all we have is a general dissatisfaction). I decided to install Linux on my desktop.
few years ago I did, and the experience was not pleasant. Things have changed since then I wore development was entirely based on Windows, and today is no longer true. There were no drivers for many devices that I used, but now the only one out of the play is my iPaq agenda, which could indeed Linux system (if all goes well).
chose to install RedHat 8.0. After you inserted the corresponding supportfirst disk, booted, and installed. The process took about 20 minutes, and all hardware was detected perfectly. Even the screen resolution was better than in Windows. The two sound cards work, the keyboard has no problem (although HP extended keys are not assigned to anything), and the performance is clearly good. I installed VMWare Workstation
, because this computer comes with a license for Windows 2000 and I continue to use as I find it useful. The Windows installation took another 20 minutes, with the interesting mention of having done while downloading the JDK from Sun and install it.
RedHat The new interface is much more consistent and more manageable than earlier versions of Linux. No, not yet come to the beauty that can be
Mac OS X
, but it is what it was two years ago. No problem could mount a Windows share via Samba
, installed JBuilder JDeveloper
and also without incident. The basic installation includes OpenOffice, Mozilla and any number of utilities, of which caught my attention one that allows you to configure the services running on automatic, start and stop (similar
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