From: Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
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Subject: Re: MICROSOFT has Bought Over Linus Torvalds!!
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Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 17:11:52 GMT
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On Sun, 02 Apr 2000 05:22:56 GMT, "Robert L." <vlad3 AT sympatico DOT ca>
wrote:

>>Linux works properly and it is free.
>
>Linux is not free at all, or i don't know what's free mean.

http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html

>At RedHat web site, personnal edition is 30$, Deluxe is 80$ and pro is 180$

Mandrake is cheaper.

>BTW, windows is not as good as Linux

How not?

>i know that and it's going to be this way a long time.

So you think the GNOME desktop will take "a long time" to get good?
Try HelixCode's GNOME distribution; it may change your mind.

>I dislike windows, isn't the kind of OS i like, but i can't put
>Linux on my computer, cause i'm the only one here at home who know
>how computer work, and windows is enough hard for them. If i have
>Linux on my system, i'll have to be by their side everytime.

Then set up GNOME and gdm with "users can shut down the computer"
access, and give them an account on your box.

>Some games are not ported on Linux, Tomb Raider, Sims, FF7, Viper Racing,
>Commandos, and the list is very long.

Quit yer WINEing.  Starcraft and Carmageddon run quite well on WINE.
There are _lots_ of cross-platform games, and the list is very long:
  http://depot.allegro.cc/

>Some companies should start develop games over Linux.

In fact, it's easier.  The Allegro library for Windows has a much
cleaner API than DirectX, and Allegro works on DOS and Linux too.
So write your wingame with Allegro and recompile it on Linux. Better
yet, write your Allegro game on Linux and recompile it on Windows.

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