12 май 2009

Why Linux is still for nerds

Just look at these random system requirements:


Windows
* Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista
* 1.5 GHz Pentium 4 or comparable
* At least 512 MB of physical RAM
* At least 150 MB of available space on your hard drive
* 16 bit sound card (Recommended: 32 bit Sound Card)
* Speakers or headphones

Mac
* Mac OS X 10.5 or later
* Macintosh computer with an Intel x86 processor
* At least 512 MB of physical RAM
* At least 100 MB of available space on your hard drive

Linux
* glibc 2.3.4 or later
* XOrg 1.0 or later
* gtk+2.10 or later
* fontconfig (also known as xft)
* libstdc++6
* 1.5 GHz Pentium 4 or comparable
* At least 512 MB of physical RAM
* At least 100 MB of available space on your hard drive
* 16 bit sound card (Recommended: 32-bit Sound Card)
* Speakers or headphones