Re: FN-FORUM: Microcock / Linux / Ramblings of a fat man

date posted 20th August 2003 16:34

Hey ho,

Yes, I use Linux. I have one website out there running it, with an
Oracle 9iAS backend providing the content. I've had previous ( now
defunct ) websites running it for years between reboots. I develop
using linux, in fact I support one customer who's on Win2k/Oracle by
performing my development locally on linux/oracle. If I want to run
anything serious, then I use linux. I love Unix of any description...
I've been using them for 20 years!

But what am I sending you this from...? Windows XP. For an office
desktop, there's nothing to beat it. I thought there was a chance when
people started using html to format documents, but that seems to have
gone by the way now, and it's all M$ Orifice again ):

Sad but true.

Steve

On 20 Aug 2003 15:50:37 -0000, you wrote:

>
>Hey hey
>
>During a recent conversation with Andy about the annoying nature of XP's
>draconian licensing policies, I started wondering about Linux. I've =
used it
>quite a bit through SSH, to muck about with web servers and stuff, but
>haven't really any experience of it as a desktop environment.
>
>Spoke to a geekier chum, who used various linux GUIs for a year, and his
>general feelings were that they're not quite there yet, but it was about=
a
>year ago he made the switch back to windows. How many of you actually =
use
>linux as a development environment - through GNOME or whatever - and do =
you
>like it? It is stable? Is there a reasonably easy to configure setup =
that
>delivers functionality comparable to windows without the whole 'pay =
bill'
>scenario, or hours of tedious configuration? Are there big lists of =
things
>that you can and can't do?
>
>Bit of a broad question, I know, but if anyone has any thoughts, my =
brain
>could do with a bit of filling up.
>
>Ta,
>Dan.
>
>
>
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