My tivo used to use linux... until I tried to upgrade it... now it just blinks at me. I use OS X on my ibook FreeBSD on my backup server (soon to take the place of my main server) for mail/web RH9 on my mail/web server Fedora C2 for my arcade machine Knoppix whenever possible :) I think my ipod runs some type of unix
On Jan 18, 2005, at 5:33 PM, Will Hill wrote: > On Tuesday 18 January 2005 12:25 pm, Banker, Craig wrote: >> Just curious... >> >> How (what for) do you use linux? (or BSD ;-) > > GNU, Linux, KDE and others do everything for me. Communications, > publication, > image manipulation, programming, news and entertainment: > > communications: kmail, gaim, konqueror, mozilla, ipchains > publication: kword, OO, grace, gnumeric, cups, bluefish, kghostview, > k3b. > image manipulation: gimp, image magic, gqview > orgainzation: kontact (calendar, todo, addressbook, mail) , kpilot > programming: gcc, g77, vim > news: browsers listed above > entertainment: krecord, juk, xine, kmix, alsa, arts and many others. > > I've got it on all of my computers and don't really use anything else. > It's > my firewall, my file storage, my mail, editor, typesetter, CD burner, > archiver, whatever. It runs on my desktops, laptops and palmtops. > Some of > the more important utilities that were not mentioned above are ssh, > ftp and > html servers that tie everything together. I doubt any other software > could > do what free software does with my hardware. > >> >> >> What roles do you wish to see it in? (emerging roles?) >> > > CAD. I would like to know how to make qcad print to scale and draw > splines > from co-ordinate files. Pythoncad looks promissing. I have some > nifty > model glider building routines that used a spreadsheet and autocad > 10's lisp > and printer drivers. The set up was general and could print shapes of > any > length on fanfold paper. I'd like to have that under Linux, but it > takes > time. > > I'd also like it to be the favorite OS of hardware makers and vendors. > >> >> Do you see linux as demerging/waning in some areas? (which ones?) >> > > No. > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
