"Tim Watts" wrote in message
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On 30/05/15 12:52, Judith in England wrote:
On Thu, 28 May 2015 09:51:33 +0100, Tim Watts
wrote:

On 28/05/15 08:43, Martin wrote:

Linux is free and works a hell of a lot better

In what way?


Updates takes minutes not 10's of minutes upwards (OK I am comparing to
Windows Server 2008 which I run a few instanced of at work).

Less hackery and malware;

Free (beer and speech);

Installation is quicker (Mint install takes about 10-15 minutes and is
ready with a load of applications from the get go;

Can boot a "live" version from a USB stick to try without installing;
(http://www.linuxmint.com/)

Current versions tend to run better on lower specc'd hardware compared
to current Windows versions;

GUI Desktop is just a component, so choose for heavy and pretty (eg
KDE)
to medium and Windows 95 like (XFCE4) to absolutely insanely minimal
(eg
Ratpoison)


I could go on


Yes - you missed off:

Difficult for the average domestic user to install and use.


Compared to Windows? You jest!
I thought one needed a Phd in computer science to run Linux. Hasn't one got
to learm a whole new set of complex unix type commands, just to get the PC
to basically run as in DOS , let alone figure out how to get a GUI Windows
type system to run. I had a look in a Teach Yourself Linux type book once
and gave up after reading several pages. Just horrendously complicated.