| How does Linux stack up against Windows XP? [Seattle Times] |
Jan. 18, 2003
Paul Andrews' News Year's resolution was to try out Linux. Comparing it to his Windows XP system, Andrews found installation "pretty straightforward" using Red Hat, file compatibility "almost a breeze", the Netscape Mozilla browser "slightly faster" and Hewlett-Packard printer installation went "smoothly". He deems Linux "good-enough" for every day use. The article does point out some limitations under Linux and notes they are being addressed today. Read the article at the Seattle Times . . .
" . . . I e-mailed myself several Word, Excel and PowerPoint files. All opened easily in the OpenOffice counterpart — Writer, Calc and Impress — on the Linux machine. Formatting stayed the same. Fonts looked slightly different, but that's often true if you move from one Windows version to another. There are differences in feature sets between Office and OpenOffice, but I found none of consequence . . . "
"Still, in most ways Linux has crossed the "good-enough" threshold. Overall, Linux crashed only twice during two months of installation and configuration. Windows XP locked up countless times and continues to perform unpredictably. I could not log into a Web conference via DSL on the XP machine recently, even though a colleague on a dial-up connection running Windows 98 had no problem . . . "
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