Re: Why Linux on a Laptop?

[Brendan J Simon <brendan.simon@bigpond.com>]

Manoj Srivastava wrote:

> > > "Alec" == Alec  <alec1976nyc@yahoo.com> writes:
>
> Alec> I'm wondering what everyone's motivation is for using Linux on a laptop 
> Alec> instead of Cygwin + Windows. 
>
> 	Why would one want a slow, bloated PDA that crashes often and
> does not come bundled in with a decent type setting system that
> understands kerning?
I use Windows2000 and Cygwin everyday for work.  I have not rebooted my 
system in over 3 months.  Windows2000 is much more stable than Win95/98 
and Cygwin is very useful indeed.  Having said that, I am a big Debian 
Linux fan and it is much faster that the Windows/Cygwin combo.  It's 
horses for courses.  If most of your apps are unix based then Linux is 
the way to go, if not then Windows/Cygwin may be suitable.

Brendan Simon.