should linux come with a warning?

[Paul Unger]

Should linux come with a medical warning something along the lines of:

WARNING! Linux, in any variation, prompts addictive behaviours! You will work through hardware and software issues with the relish of a dog gnawing on a bone and will not rest until they are resolved! You have been warned! Proceed at your own risk!

I ask because I think I'm addicted . . .

[tylerwylie]

I voted no, but I see what you mean.

Fedora 8 everything just worked out of the box really, so no complaints there. Besides the Wireless LED light, lol

[jdhurst]

Use whatever OS you want. Windows supports everything I need, whereas MAC and Linux do not. But they are still decent systems, so just use whatever. ... JDH

[pibach]

for me its the other way round. Ubuntu just works, whereas in Vista you can fight forever with all the bugs and have only little chances to resolve them.

[ajkula66]

I believe that it's also a question of persistence and preferance when it comes to one type of bugs over the others...

Still a Linux newbie, but am liking it more and more...which is not what I'd say about Vista...

[jdhurst]

I believe pibach may have misinterpreted my post. I am not saying any one OS has bugs or has not bugs. What I was saying is that stuff that I run (and must run) does not come in MAC or Linux versions. That is why I remain in Windows. I happen to like XP as well because it is entirely crash-free over a five year period.

Once again, MAC and Linux are just fine and use whatever you wish. ... JDH

[pibach]

jdhurst, I was nor refering to your post but to the general thread topic.
I am also quite peased with XP. Now got Vista on new x61t. But there I struggled endlessly with the "Battery Drain Bug", http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=53757. Switched to Xubuntu and had no issues at all.