Nieminen Mika <war### [at] cctutfi> wrote:
> swap better, it manages processes and threads better, etc. It may run
> povray faster, but the main advantage is that if you have to do other

It (i.e. Linux/FreeBSD/other x86 unixes) does run POV faster than any
Microsoft OS would on the same hardware.

>   You have to learn how to use unix, and that's a lot more difficult than
> learning to use windows (even if you are going to use only a window
> manager). There's also a lack of win95-only utility programs (well,
> they might work in a windows emulator...).

Check out KDE at www.kde.org. Many of the simple utilities you're used to
in Windows are present in KDE.

-- Chris

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