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I've decided that I really like Linux's system of Packages that can be downloaded, installed and managed through something like aptitude or synaptic. I needed GCC, so I started up synaptic and searched GCC. I needed the make utils, so I started up synaptic and searched make. Very easy."
It's great, isn't it. And even better is that if gcc or make depend on some other library or program, the package manager will install that automatically if it's not installed.
Quote: "3) Just because linux is free doesn't mean a lot of propriety software doesn't run on it. It does. Recent example: nVidia drivers."
Sure, the nvidia drivers work fine now, but the AMD drivers are still pretty bad as are a lot of other hardware. On windows you can take any hardware you can find, plug it in and it will work (atleast if it's relativley recent). A lot of things work on linux aswell, but it takes a bit more effort to get working. For example, the macro keys on my keyboard 'work' but I would have to manually bind them to functions in some config files instead of being able to plug it in and use them immedietly. I have to say though, almost all older hardware and software works, sometimes even better on linux than on windows.
Quote: "Only problem is that Office doesn't quite work in WINE(and I paid for it, might as well use it as long as I can) and too many games don't have Linux ports. "
Im pretty sure you would be able to run office in a virtual machine since you don't need the graphics acceleration that those lack. I do agree that it would be nice with more games though and it seems like we are getting there. There has been atleast one or two AAA games that have come out on linux every month the last few months.
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