Sorry, but I'm not the least bit interested in building the starting
system for my car or understanding the workings of my car in order to be
able to start and drive it. It is a tool not a project for me. Ditto
computers.
The tool shouldn't get in the way of its use.
Look at how many people are struggling with canned operating systems.
Imagine saddling hem with LUNIX. Not going to happen. I also suspect
the 2% of LUNIX users will shrink with time.
I applaud those of you who manage to do anything in LUNIX. I also
applaud those who can speak foreign languages.
73 de Brian/K3KO
On 5/27/2014 11:32 PM, Doug Person via Elecraft wrote:
He didn't know me but I knew him. Computers have been and to a large
extent still are my life. When I'm done building another receiver, I
build another computer and install another linux variation. I push
them to their limits. Windows, in many ways, is always easier for
main stream things. However, the other day, I pushed then "Scan"
button on my multi-function printer to scan a photo, and Windows 8.1
Enterprise simply stopped responding to user actions. I couldn't even
tell it to reboot. I had hit the power switch and restart it.
Windows, regardless of the version, still has lots and lots of
problems. It really is very unstable.
It has gotten better, but has a LONG way to go to catch up to OS/X for
example - which exemplifies "Stable". Apple really does have a higher
focus on stability and ease of use than Microsoft. Windows 8 is the
biggest disaster Microsoft has ever managed to pull off. Makes Vista
look like a success story. Windows 9 is due out the end of next
year. Your guess is as good as mine what their plans are.
Linux is a work of art produced by thousands of programmers across
decades. It belongs to no one and everyone. When I use it, which is
often, I feel a sense of pride that we, the elders, the senior of the
most senior programmers, as a worldwide movement brought this
incredible thing to life. It continues to grow and mature. Its vastly
better than it was 10 years ago.
Nothing is perfect. Driver problems are just as bad on Windows. If
you got a printer to work on Windows - consider yourself lucky. There
are now about 5 categories of drivers for Windows. You guess if your
printer is supplied with the right driver for your version of Windows.
To me linux is easy compared to Windows. I can find everything. There
are no "hidden" databases of configuration information. And I'm not
constantly assaulted by programs installing other programs that
eventually clog up memory to the point where booting takes 10 minutes.
Its my opinion that linux is the OS that every ham should learn and
love. Its consistent and compatible with the spirit of ham radio. The
do-it-yourself, build-your-own mentality that makes the hobby what it
is. Linux is not hard and with a little patience it does everything
that's important. Consider that Android is linux and that OS/X, for
all its glory, is based on just another open source unix derivative.
The unix-based OS base is winning and Windows is losing. The web is
largely run on linux machines.
So I vote for 64 bit ready Elecraft software because it is rapidly
becoming the future of computing.
73, Doug -- K0DXV
PS: Make that 16. I just built another one this afternoon.
On 5/27/2014 7:43 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
At sometime in the 50's, the President of IBM is alleged to have
said, "The worldwide market for computers is probably about twelve."
Apparently he didn't know Doug.
73,
Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014
- www.cqp.org
On 5/27/2014 1:29 PM, Doug Person via Elecraft wrote:
I probably have 15 working computers.
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