does anyone on this list not use Windows at all?
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Michael L
Mar 25, 2016, 10:46:51 AM3/25/16
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Hello NLUG,
I want to ask if anyone on this email list (at least at home) uses Linux only for their computing needs?
Curt Lundgren
Mar 25, 2016, 10:49:57 AM3/25/16
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No Windows at all, but I do have a couple of Macs…
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Michael Holley
Mar 25, 2016, 10:58:36 AM3/25/16
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All of my servers are Linux, but my desktop is a Mac. I do have a friend, however, that everything he uses is Linux, desktop, phone, server, all Ubuntu.
Tilghman Lesher
Mar 25, 2016, 11:41:56 AM3/25/16
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My primary desktop is Linux, as is my router, Nagios server, and
several other servers. However, I also have a smattering of other
machines, with Mac and Windows, which I use primarily for testing,
since I need to support those platforms, and I have a few applications
that won't run under Wine and for which there aren't compatible
applications for Mac or Linux.
Tilghman
several other servers. However, I also have a smattering of other
machines, with Mac and Windows, which I use primarily for testing,
since I need to support those platforms, and I have a few applications
that won't run under Wine and for which there aren't compatible
applications for Mac or Linux.
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Allen Minix
Mar 25, 2016, 11:42:13 AM3/25/16
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Linux desktop, but do have a Windows VM due to some vendors that still make proprietary thick clients and management tools that require it.
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Chris McQuistion
Mar 25, 2016, 12:02:32 PM3/25/16
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I use Windows, Mac OS and Linux, every day. I still use Windows for my primary work desktop OS, but I have a Macbook Pro at work and another at home. Most of our important servers at work run on Linux, as does one of my servers at home.
Different OS' are good for different reasons. I don't think any of them are ideal for everything.
Chris
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Csaba Toth
Mar 25, 2016, 12:16:24 PM3/25/16
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All of my laptops and even my tablet (!!!) are dual boot. Usually some Ubuntu flavor + Windows. Sometimes triple boot.
Michael L
Mar 25, 2016, 1:44:05 PM3/25/16
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One reason I ask is because I have a co-worker whose time gets wasted by supporting (two older) Windows users. If I can show him a very low maintenance Linux (maybe Mint 17) system that saves lots of trouble, I think he'd like that idea.
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Wesley Duffee-Braun
Mar 25, 2016, 1:45:29 PM3/25/16
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Sounds feasible, what are their workloads?
Michael L
Mar 25, 2016, 2:09:46 PM3/25/16
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One (older) Windows user surfs the web and answers emails; the other just surfs the web.- Nothing else. Neither user has the time to learn anything else, the web/email user has neither time nor interest; no new tricks for an old dog.
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Will Drewry
Mar 25, 2016, 5:06:07 PM3/25/16
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Do chromebooks pass muster as a Linux based solution? They may fit the bill.
(I pretty much only use chrome os and Ubuntu all day long.)
David R. Wilson
Mar 25, 2016, 6:08:41 PM3/25/16
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Hello Michael,
It is very rare that I use Windows for myself. I do have to support it,
but I have not had a reason to use it at the house or away for many
months now. I do have Windows 7. It came on one of the drives on my
laptop. It has likely been 6 months since it was booted.
Dave
It is very rare that I use Windows for myself. I do have to support it,
but I have not had a reason to use it at the house or away for many
months now. I do have Windows 7. It came on one of the drives on my
laptop. It has likely been 6 months since it was booted.
Dave
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Jack Coats
Mar 25, 2016, 6:10:24 PM3/25/16
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I do mainly Linux. Dual boot my laptop with WIN10 (I hate to waste a paid for license). I use windows mainly in support of others that won't move to Linux (wife uses Win for work, they are a win only shop, I support several 'little old ladies/men' from church, they don't need the re-education hassle, plus Win is what their grandkids know - that I get to 'un-fix' what the kids did)
David R. Wilson
Mar 25, 2016, 6:19:18 PM3/25/16
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All you have to do is ask them how much time they spend fixing the
computer. If they are surfing the web they are likely wasting a lot of
time fixing something that should not be broke.
If those running Windows ever looked at access logs of others hitting
their system they would likely be running another OS.
This week I had a drive to become corrupt. The typical Windows fix is
to buy a new one, reload it from scratch and start again. With
something around 700GB on it, that would not be easy to do. It took 1
hour to have it back up with the drive still in place.
Dave
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computer. If they are surfing the web they are likely wasting a lot of
time fixing something that should not be broke.
If those running Windows ever looked at access logs of others hitting
their system they would likely be running another OS.
This week I had a drive to become corrupt. The typical Windows fix is
to buy a new one, reload it from scratch and start again. With
something around 700GB on it, that would not be easy to do. It took 1
hour to have it back up with the drive still in place.
Dave
Paul Tabolinsky
Mar 25, 2016, 6:53:46 PM3/25/16
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I dual boot both win8.1 and Linux Mint w/one IBM PC on XPpro. Mostly use Linux occationally Win8 for a favorate simulation that will not work in linux (Caesar III) and stay on top of what M$ is doing.
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Perkins, Jerry
Mar 25, 2016, 8:05:51 PM3/25/16
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On 03/25/2016 09:46 AM, Michael L wrote:
Hello NLUG,I want to ask if anyone on this email list (at least at home) uses Linux only for their computing needs?
Almost, no Microsoft for 17 years. But I do use a hand me down
laptop OS X from my wife. Normally that is just browsing and travel.
Floyd Mullins
Mar 26, 2016, 12:35:50 PM3/26/16
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It’s hard to be in a “Just One Operating System" environment these days. I mainly use Linux as my day to day OS but I do run Windows and Apple in a virtual environment when troubleshooting issues for clients.
Floyd Mullins
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Jacob Margason
Mar 26, 2016, 12:37:36 PM3/26/16
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In my opinion, if it runs the linux kernel then it's linux.
Csaba Toth
Mar 26, 2016, 2:43:31 PM3/26/16
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But it's also possible to install "real" Linux on a Chrome book. Which yields a very cheap laptop.
Wesley Duffee-Braun
Mar 26, 2016, 4:27:34 PM3/26/16
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Michael,
I haven't gone through the steps, but this looks like it could be a starting point depending on which version of Windows they are using - http://www.pcworld.com/article/2028896/how-to-make-ubuntu-linux-look-like-windows-7.html
Some thoughts on potential blockers - do they use iTunes at all? What browser do they use? Any odd peripherals (digital cameras with funky drivers) that could be a hindrance? What email program is used by the one who emails? What sort of "support" does your coworker end up doing for those users?
hth,
wesley
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