From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-qc0-x22c.google.com (mail-qc0-x22c.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c01::22c]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 93B011EF725 for ; Fri, 10 May 2013 09:44:34 -0400 (EDT) Received: by mail-qc0-f172.google.com with SMTP id z1so2282765qcx.3 for ; Fri, 10 May 2013 06:44:22 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=7wAZ9ZnDZZEnLVga6tgTchyXa0Grt2JH4i+c5Qv43kA=; b=UW3Rq0oJsNIppNswpMToAzTVTlGx0R24GT+MSp2GskjgtKpfMrgaQBzsUkkcYzIFB1 z5EmMVVDLHl3aayupcMx9kDfWuXMFR5CZQ06lA0o1AzssjtN3mj5LrFUI6eQAiniIkma TSo2Ez3ZdaOFZ5ENXE2IUbB1y+I4L6YfLptWe17QIs4oYMlzqwoxDe8uKAcLqC/yb4p7 cSZTj2HUfJzf+dbH8JBQydW7ruceKN5wUt9nJu5YpniASW8hTE75GMtCvHwSUpPb+8Kk EFxMK3De9Na9teTxmLP/FdRwwUsmpxNExK7AJYkXEpgd+oRVAfiUHpdPb1UhWtSxzvi5 pCuw== X-Received: by 10.49.116.101 with SMTP id jv5mr13818000qeb.30.1368193462159; Fri, 10 May 2013 06:44:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pc.kyle.tk (cpe-098-026-014-050.nc.res.rr.com. [98.26.14.50]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id l13sm1959427qaj.9.2013.05.10.06.44.20 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Fri, 10 May 2013 06:44:21 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <518CF9B3.50101@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 09:44:19 -0400 From: Kyle User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130428 Thunderbird/17.0.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: speakup@linux-speakup.org Subject: Re: Windows bashing was: Re: Voxin was: Re: Switching to Linux References: <8021.1367479350@ccs.covici.com> <518A5508.8020502@gmail.com> <518A6931.6070806@math.wisc.edu> <25752.1368029641@ccs.covici.com> <518A9206.8090008@math.wisc.edu> <518B4FCB.6090003@baechler.net> <518BAC38.8060708@math.wisc.edu> <20130509193744.GJ2324@bmcginty.hopto.org> <518C29C9.90704@gmail.com> <518C2BCC.3010003@tysdomain.com> <518C342E.5020604@gmail.com> <518C4546.9040204@tysdomain.com> <518CF3D1.4030701@baechler.net> In-Reply-To: <518CF3D1.4030701@baechler.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: speakup@linux-speakup.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 13:44:35 -0000 Now just a minute here! I *never* said that everyone runs Arch, nor did I say that everyone should. Arch is what I use on my own system, although I can get it working on a system I build if the client wants to use it, or if it fits a specific need. I generally recommend openSUSE and Ubuntu for people who are using Linux systems for the first time. I installed openSUSE on a client's computer and he has had much fewer complaints about his machine now than he did before the installation. It went from taking 5 minutes to boot a too new version of Windows on a too old machine to booting openSUSE in about a minute, and that is really good, considering the age of his computer and the amount of ram/CPU power it has. As for my prices, I purchase my parts and build the computer to order. I don't give people 2-year-old junk, call it new and sell it for $300; I can't, and I flatly refuse to do so. But I have done enough research to know that I can build a really powerful computer, complete with all the software bells and whistles, and ship it for around $900, or if not, definitely under $1000 and this is a computer that Dell won't even sell. Their closest match is not near as powerful, and it costs $1400. Now whose prices are unrealistic? ~Kyle http://kyle.tk/ -- "Kyle? ... She calls her cake, Kyle?" Out of This World, season 2 episode 21 - "The Amazing Evie"