Linux or Windows Operating System?

@niggy haven't overcome the ppp link issue there are other linux games out there e.g america's army wolfstein etc try linux-gamers.net

i use celtel and ubuntu even on windows its the same ppp stuff

A year of big gains
While the operating system market is still dominated by Microsoft and shows little sign of changing that doesn't mean that all other options have failed hopelessly because there were some significant gains made over the past 12 months. Below are some good examples:

IBM will not use Windows Vista - but will move to Linux desktops
IBM cancelled their contract with Microsoft last October which means that they will no longer use Windows for their desktops. Beginning July, IBM employees will begin using a Red Hat-based platform.

The City of Chicago goes Linux, saves over 85% in the process
Big elements such as the vehicle registrations system, online job applications, restaurant inspections and more were migrated to a Red-Hat system in order to reduce costs and improve support, performance and scalability.

Munich opts to use Debian version of Linux
The city of Munich has opted to use the Debian version of Linux for a high-profile, 14,000-computer installation, passing over Novell's Suse Linux despite its regional popularity. Another massive win.

Ubuntu is noted as being #27 in PCWorld's 100 Best Products of the Year
Clearly a great result being placed above the iPod, iTunes, Google Desktop, Flickr and other good products.

Linux cuts Kent Police system costs by 90% by using SuSE
Kent Police has cut the cost of running its major criminal investigations system by 90% using Novell Open Enterprise Server, the company's version of SuSE Linux.

Kerala (an Indian state) goes Linux
Children in 12500 high schools in the state will not be taught Windows. Instead instructors are lining up Linux for them. Another good win for Linux.

Venezuela's Government Shifts to Open Source Software
According to government sources in Venezuela, the South American nation has announced an official policy that exclusively calls for the use of open source software in that government.

Korea migrates 120K civil servants to Linux desktop
The Korean government is to buy 120,000 copies of Hancom Linux Deluxe this year, enough to switch 23 per cent of its installed base Microsoft user to open source equivalents. So another 120,000 users.

Dell refunds Linux users who ditch XP
Dell, a massive player in the computer market have obviously accepted the need for this as an option for those users who do not wish to have Windows. A reasonably good gain as far as the consumer is concerned.


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Because Linux presents a win-win situation. I have the feeling lots of people are getting feed-up with MS. You can get almost same function with Linux based products as you will with MS and a whole lot cheaper if not free.

thanks i'll try that now

@niggy i added the comment but the idle was already in  comments and it still but still gave exit code= 16 @hayprof well anytime u come over plz bring along your nokia pc suite and your cable ok

Finally got fc6 installed.Bye bye core 5.Think i'm gonna miss dat.Anyway a new fc6 is now running on ma celeron 2.6Ghz 512Mb and 64Mb GeForce MX4000 VGA card. Fc6 has no prob detecting ma Geforce card. i only have to download the kernel mod and xorg driver to enable direct rendering.
I'm currently enjoying Cube2(sauerbraten).
Another thing i could notice immediately is the great sound quality of alsa.wow!, there's great improvement in the sound.
I also have my beryl setup fine and i'm havin my desktop turnin round in cube.Amazing!
More detail review to come later. Gotta setup some servers.

i seen screen shots of beryl it transforms your os into a video game. nice innovation.

@adewaleafolabi.  What can I say?  I'm so sorry for not being around but more emphatic about your problem.  I think you should try using an Extra-Initialization string for your modem in the wvdial.conf file.  Add a line like:

Init3 = AT+CBST=0,0,1;+CHSN=2,0,0,0;+CGDCONT=,,"internet"<cr>

                                        OR

Init3 = +MODE=2

Replace "internet" with your access point name.  It may be wap. That is the init string for Nokia phones (to the best of my knowledge). I hope it works.  Try the second one first.  How come your gprs is still working?  Mine has been dead since like forever.

@niggy. R u sure no one has talked about Suse?  I use 9.3 on my desktop on 10.1 on my laptop -- 10.1 is on FIRE!!!

Ciao

@Esquire, please show me the way.

adewaleafolabi, I support you as per the Suse thing.  I think it's one of the best distros on the planet right now.  Bliv me, you won't miss windows for a long time if you use it. 

Well, agree with you partially.   I think Ubuntu is too empty.  To optimize it, you'll need good bandwidth to download updates OR get the DVD version.  Suse comes bundled with 5 CDs -- do you have an idea of what is packed inside that.  While I will recommend Ubuntu for newbies, I say get Suse or updated Ubuntu (or a Debian distro) if you wanna move ahead in you Linux race. I forgot Fedora Core, niggy forgive me. 

@esquire the linux center along that place is an academy i went there once but they were not open then.@fissayo i know what a five cd contains i've used rh 9 and i had an abundance of programms. anyway am trying to get my hands on a dvd version of edgw

@adewaleafolabi.  I am sorry about my statement, I didn't mean it as an insult whatsoever.  What I meant was that there were a lot of stuff on the CDs.  A DVD version of Ubuntu rocks (a friend of mine used to have it).  Wassup with your modem?  Any good news?

@esquire.  Well, you've got a point.  By the way, I don't doubt Ubuntu's supremacy in the distro race; but like Suse, it's one of the best.  It was designed for ease of use by an average computer user and it has met up with it's purpose.  For servers, software development, mathematical computations & representation, sound, image and video editing, and other intensive jobs, that single CD may not meet up.  That's when you will need the DVD version or updated one. Suse has helped me with all of these without much stress (since I can be very lazy -- that's why I HATE Fedora!!!).  I must confess that Ubuntu has better support for my VAIO laptop (all the shortcut buttons work) than my Suse but it is still too empty for me to do my work.

But you know, I may be missing something .

@fissayo have u been able to fix your gprs yet? and connect on your pc yet?

@fissayo don't mind celtel jare its not only you. the intialization string didn't work. the modem works fine but celtel doesn't allow me to establish the connection even on windows

@fissayo some have been lucky using sendo x esquire was lucky just for 4seconds another person's phone shows connected but doesn't browse on the pc. what do u think about that?