How many EO members use Linux
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I keep threatening to get it and try it out but never do. In a prior lifetime I was master console operator of an IBM 3090 system and learned a fair amount of Unix I've managed to forget since then. One of these days I may take an old radio and convert it or maybe even make it a dual boot system and maybe really learn something.
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unorthodoxneon
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I was planning on using Linux or some other open source program. But with there being pretty much no programs for it i'm just going to deal with windows...
As I recall the setup we ran was a VMS and Unix system that ran about 8 virtual machines in a software development environment. It might be interesting to have a 3090 in a truck but would use up about half the cargo box I think.
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Our art department here has always been in the mac environment. The rest of us die hard windows people are slowly but surely moving to the mac system.
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greg334
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But....
Lawrence.....
Since Apple has moved to a Linux based OS for Mac....
And.....
Since Apple is now using Intel based processors instead of Motorola based processors.....
What is the difference between a Mac using Mac OS X and an Intel runing Linux?
It is interesting that you mention the converstion, I have seen Mac software ported over to Linux with some help. A few things like MS Office for Mac and a bunch of Adobe products makes me wonder if Apple shot itself in the foot with the Linux core?
Lawrence.....
Since Apple has moved to a Linux based OS for Mac....
And.....
Since Apple is now using Intel based processors instead of Motorola based processors.....
What is the difference between a Mac using Mac OS X and an Intel runing Linux?
It is interesting that you mention the converstion, I have seen Mac software ported over to Linux with some help. A few things like MS Office for Mac and a bunch of Adobe products makes me wonder if Apple shot itself in the foot with the Linux core?
Got Linux on my desktop at home. Currently using Mandrake 8 (2 cd ver). It is loaded, X-windows, mail server, office apps etc.
I'm not overly knowledgable yet but i'm learning. Have been experimenting.
I was thinking of setting up another server and putting Linux on it and having a large mail area. give the kids somewhere to use that they have easy access and can be the moderators. Give them a web server for their own use.
What I like about Linux is the ability to utilize a systems resources better than windows does. RAM is all available and you can really make an old system fly. I tried it on a 350mhz system and it was quite fast. If we had this OS years ago we could really have done without these new fast machines as Linux is quite fast. We would not need 1GB of RAM etc. Think how inexpensive systems would be!
If you don't need all the extras it utilizes so little space as well.
Rob Fis
I'm not overly knowledgable yet but i'm learning. Have been experimenting.
I was thinking of setting up another server and putting Linux on it and having a large mail area. give the kids somewhere to use that they have easy access and can be the moderators. Give them a web server for their own use.
What I like about Linux is the ability to utilize a systems resources better than windows does. RAM is all available and you can really make an old system fly. I tried it on a 350mhz system and it was quite fast. If we had this OS years ago we could really have done without these new fast machines as Linux is quite fast. We would not need 1GB of RAM etc. Think how inexpensive systems would be!
If you don't need all the extras it utilizes so little space as well.
Rob Fis
Benzoid
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I use Ubuntu 7.04 on my laptop.
I do keep a small windows partition for the Mapping program and a podcasting program. Also, iTunes for the ipod.
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I do keep a small windows partition for the Mapping program and a podcasting program. Also, iTunes for the ipod.
-Mike
www.mikedell.com