IS USING LINUX WORTH IT?

I have been going to many many problems with Windows. I have been using windows since v3. 1. Lets just say that I have grown to Hate windows. I am wondering if it is even worth my time to install Mandrake Linux.

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I have been going to many many problems with Windows. I have been using windows since v3.1. Lets just say that I have grown to Hate windows. I am wondering if it is even worth my time to install Mandrake Linux. I want to still have the ability to play all my favorite Multiplayer Online Games but have a system that rarely has errors and can perform at top notch capabilities. Is Linux worth it?

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Quote:Maillion, you could run your Windows 98 from Win4Lin from your Linux. It shouldn't have any problems running those programs. We use it at my radio station for a few Windows apps we need, and it runs them as well as under Windows alone and they are actually are more stable.

I've used a lot of those type of programs. So far each will do some but not all. I guess I will keep an eye on Wine (I like the name...) it will be changing and improving as time goes on. Eventually I hope Linux will replace Windows altogether (I dream sometimes...) and we won't have to have such programs... I have five programs that I use in Windows - Wine allows three of them, and the others I've tried will do two each... (I tried Wine, Winex, and Lycoris.) 8) Another thing that doesn't work at all in Linux is my HP scanner. It is not compatible in any Linux distro I've tried so far, so I have to start Windows to make a scan. (I use it for copies, faxes,and images).

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My Visioneer scanner is a boat anchor too. I'll sacrafice a piece of hardware or two in order to use Linux.