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From: wasbit on 10 Apr 2010 22:00 "Mark Warner" <mhwarner.inhibitions(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:82ciq0FbsmU2(a)mid.individual.net... > > Just curious. How many here use desktop Linux on a regular basis? Doesn't need to be your primary > platform, but use it enough to consider yourself a "user". > > -- > Mark Warner > MEPIS Linux > Registered Linux User #415318 > ...lose .inhibitions when replying ------------------------------------------------------ First & only PC I ever bought (built all the rest since then) Duron 1000 Cpu with 512MB Pc133 RAM XP (SP2) dual boot with PC LinuxOS Regards wasbit
From: Mark Warner on 10 Apr 2010 22:21 Comrade technomaNge wrote: > > I have 4 machines in my house, two with Ubuntu, one with Mepis, one with > Kubuntu. In order, they are for mine, my wife, my stepson, and my > grandson. > > So count me for 4. Well Hell, if we count *machines*, then put me down for... lemme see... my desktop, my laptop, and my NAS unit, plus the three old machines I've got stacked up waiting for good homes. And if you count the number of Linux /operating/ /systems/, then I'd be up to about twelve when you count the multiboots I've got set up. And that doesn't even count the VMs. :O) -- Mark Warner goin' mobile with MEPIS Linux Registered Linux User #415318 ....lose .inhibitions when replying
From: Mark Warner on 10 Apr 2010 22:26 The Henchman wrote: > "Mark Warner" wrote >> The Henchman wrote: >>> "Mark Warner" wrote >>>> >>>> Just curious. How many here use desktop Linux on a regular basis? >>>> Doesn't need to be your primary platform, but use it enough to >>>> consider yourself a "user". >>> >>> I used Xandros every single day for a year about 5 years ago. Was >>> very pleased with it. >> >> Xandros was one of the first distros I ever used when I first started >> in. It was great at the time. >> >> Can I take it you no longer use Linux? > > XP Pro convinced me to go back to windoze because software companies > wrote better software for XP. Windows didn't convince me to go back to > windows. Actually WIN2K was my fav windows, except it had to be > reinstalled every 6 months on my old Pentium 2's and 3's to keep it clean. > > Xandros offered me great USB support, and worked on a Pentium 2 laptop, > and pent 3 500 desktop. It got the most of my sound cards, and the most > out of my old scsi scanners. I was able to fax with my desktop with > ease with Xandros. For all the stability that win2k offered, and it was > incredibly stable, it was slow and had very poor USB support. > > Xandros had better graphics and toys (I used KDE), and seemed to get > better speed from my 1 meg modem and no driver issues. I also played > with the first edition of ubuntu and was pleased. mephis was the > worst. SUSE 9.2 was horrible to install but good to run. > > Nowadays I'm a very happy Win7 64 bit user. I love 64bit Photoshop for > windows too. Looks like Windows is the best fit for your needs. If curiosity ever gets the best of you, you might take another look. Desktop Linux has come a looong way in the last five years. -- Mark Warner goin' mobile with MEPIS Linux Registered Linux User #415318 ....lose .inhibitions when replying
From: za kAT on 10 Apr 2010 22:27 On Sun, 11 Apr 2010 00:41:04 GMT, Bear Bottoms wrote: > I've got Vista on this Laptop and Vista ain't so bad at all. Of course, > I've tweaked all the unnecessary stuff out of it like Aero and much more. You didn't do your homework, and bought a low end lappy which could just about run Vista Home basic, and was surprised it wouldn't run Aero well? -- zakAT(a)pooh.the.cat - www.zakATsKopterChat.com
From: Zombie Elvis on 10 Apr 2010 22:58
On Sun, 11 Apr 2010 12:44:41 +1200, Dave Doe <hard(a)work.ok> wrote: >In article <82ciq0FbsmU2(a)mid.individual.net>, >mhwarner.inhibitions(a)gmail.com says... >> >> Just curious. How many here use desktop Linux on a regular basis? >> Doesn't need to be your primary platform, but use it enough to consider >> yourself a "user". > >+1 > >Makes an *excellent* Windows recovery machine; recovering hard drive >data, removing virii, trojans, malware. > >Wouldn't be without it. > >Currently running Ubuntu 10.04 beta 1. > >Don't use Linux as a general desktop machine often though. This is what I wanted to write. |