In a message dated: Tue, 02 Jul 2002 16:05:32 EDT
John Abreau said:
>When I'm forced to use Windows, I like to install cygwin, which includes
>OpenSSH and has an XFree86 add-on. In the past, before I tried cygwin,
>I would have recommended SecureCRT for Windows users; now I'd be
>tempted to offer cygwin first, with SecureCRT as a secondary option.
I was "forced to use Windows" for about 1 day at my current job. I
thought about the cygwin route and got so far as getting it
installed and running X. But then I began to realize I missing
things I needed, like perl, so I'd install perl. Then something else
was missing, so I'd install that. I spent about 6-8 hours installing
"missing" stuff. Finally I gave up, figuring I could partition this
drive and install Linux in about 20 minutes, which is what I did.
Now I have a normal Linux system which is dual-boot with Win2K on it.
Though the last time that was booted was my 2nd day at my new
location just to see if the partitioning worked.
My next dilemma was how to exist in an all Exchange environment. I
bought the CodeWeaver software, Crossover Office which included
Outlook 2000. With a few minor inconvenient bugs, it worked
perfectly. It was bug-for-bug Outlook2K, with a couple of extra bugs
thrown in just to remind you that Windows really does suck :)
Of course, I then convinced my IS team that they should run the IMAP
server on the Exchange server. Now I'm 100% Linux in an otherwise all
Windows world.
So, why is it people are "forced" to use Windows? I really think
it's gotten to the point that you can use Linux if you want to with
out too much trouble. Barring the requirement of a very specialized
application that must be run under Windows, anyone who says they
*have* to use Windows but really *wants* to use Linux, is, IMO,
someone who's all talk. If you really *want* to use Linux, there
isn't anything stopping you at this point, barring that 1 specific,
specialized, odd-ball application. And you may as well try it under
the CodeWeaver's sw and/or Wine, Win4Lin, or VMWare!
--
Seeya,
Paul
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It may look like I'm just sitting here doing nothing,
but I'm really actively waiting for all my problems to go away.
If you're not having fun, you're not doing it right!
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