On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 2:08 PM, Don Flowers <donr...@gmail.com> wrote: >>What do you run as your "production" OS? I'm willing to bet it's not > a flavor of DOS. > > Linux (Kubuntu [Ubuntu/Debian derivatives) is my primary OS, but FreeDOS is > my secondary OS followed by Windows 7 on one machine only because I recently > acquired an HP Elite 8000 for under $100 with W7 preinstalled. I added a > second drive for FreeDOS and Kubuntu.
I was actually addressing that to Rugxulo, but it's interesting to get your response.. The current desktop he is a refurb Dell box that came with Win7. I maxed the RAM (8GB, for that box), added an SSD as boot drive, and dual boot Win7 and Ubuntu. Total cost when the dust settled was $550, and it's more than adequate for what I do. > As for valuing time, I have been disabled since 1990, (should have been dead > about 15 years ago), so the time spent is valuable in the sense that I keep > my mind occupied if not sharpened. Certainly, but I look at it in terms of opportunity costs. What might I be doing with the time *instead* of trying to keep ancient hardware running? I have enough things that are of higher value to *me* that the time I spend on keeping ancient hardware running is limited, when I don't have anything meaningful to do with the hardware in the first place. What constitutes value is an individual and subjective decision. ______ Dennis https://plus.google.com/u/0/105128793974319004519 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
