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Originally posted by VF19
I didn't like Red Hat 9. It ran slow, some programs didn't open, it took 5 minutes to boot up, I didn't know how to install anything (like downloading something off the net and using it- couldnt do that) and my no. 1 problem: NO GAMING.
Slapped XP Home on my machine and it ran at least 3x faster, plus GAMING.
However I had no problems at all with just surfing the net and using some Open Office stuff (still ran slow) on RH9
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Don't mean this in a bad way whatsoever, but that's the typical response of someone who tried Linux because it was "the buzz" without knowing enough about it. (Not a personal judgement at all, just a fact of life)
A signifcant number of your issues are addressed by the first link I gave above. The lack of significant gaming supoprt is something that someone trying out Linux should be fully aware of WELL before they even consider installing it. As for how to install anything, well, that's just something that comes with the territory of using a different operating system. Things work differently, and Linux isn't designed to hold your hand and make decisions for you, thus, no clear-cut installation process.
Anyways, this is a bit off-topic, but I wanted to use this as an opportunity to highlight the fact that NO ONE should try Linux without doing a significant amount of research as to wat they're getting themselves into first. Linux is not "some other program" to install as some of the buzz seems to make it seem. Linux is an entirely different operating system. A different way of thinking, a different way of doing things, and a different way of computing essentially.