We've got some fairly enthusiastic users here: how much of your data processing is done on Linux?
For starters, hands up those using a Linux email client?
Oooh, oooh, a survey! Okay, I own up. I used to use KMail & PINE but I've made a strategic shift to Mac OS X for day-to-day client type work so I mostly use other things for mail (check out the headers - I like the look of Firebird and Thunderbird though, when they get a bit of maturity/stability in them...)
Why Mac OS X? 1 - BSD based, 2 - easy for the other half to use (he couldn't handle Windows 95 and wasn't overly impressed with OS 9 but he thinks OS X is wonderful), 3 - wanted to support something other than Intel and MS (I like Motorola chips).
The old P100 Linux gateway box got retired a few months back as it was cheaper to buy a new, generic box than get it repaired! The server runs Linux as well.
Linux is used for centralised storage, ST booklet typesetting (StarOffice - good enough for me), LyX for various stories and things, Fluxbox as window manager, playing with Linux From Scratch. Blender will work anywhere which is good as it gives me a chance to set up a render farm.
One of the iMacs has a copy of Linux installed on it although I don't use it much, but it's neat to look at (shame that the ISDN adapter isn't supported under PPC Linux (i386 drivers exist but not for PPC, sigh, and they're closed)).
Having played with OS X and Linux, I have to admit that I feel more at home with Linux but that may be because of the odd things that OS X does, most of which seem to be hangovers from the NeXT stuff.
I still miss VM though...
Rod
