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

date posted 20th August 2003 18:03

I use Linux (RH/MDK/Slackware) on various machines at home all day.. I
use vmware to run windows if I need to (so I don't have to reboot, and
also provides me with as many testing environments as I could ever need)

I use smoothwall for my nat/firewall/gateway on an old P90..

I use various text editors for my development (mainly php/apache) and
mozilla (firebird) for my mail..

I find it more than useful for development and infinitely more stable
than any version of windows anybody could mention.

I wouldn't recommend it for *everyone* but for my personal use it is ideal.

I also do a *lot* of server maintenance.. and ssh/scp/nfs and vnc makes
administration *extremely* easy. (and yes, there are windows versions of
all those)

Cheers

Craig



Dan Norcott 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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