Re: [ubuntu-uk] Choice of OS in work

2016-03-29 Thread Gareth France
On 29/03/16 21:32, Liam Proven wrote: On 18 March 2016 at 22:49, Gareth France wrote: I haven't yet been in the job long enough to figure out the reasoning behind this software labyrinth. There isn't one. The sad fact is that most people in C21 IT are

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Choice of OS in work

2016-03-29 Thread Liam Proven
On 18 March 2016 at 22:49, Gareth France wrote: > I haven't yet been in the job long enough to figure out the reasoning behind > this software labyrinth. There isn't one. The sad fact is that most people in C21 IT are incompetent. They don't understand systems in

[ubuntu-uk] Choice of OS in work

2016-03-20 Thread Gareth France
No real point to this but I wanted to share with you my delight in finding out they use Ubuntu in the office I now work in. and the disappointment of finding out I'll only be using Windows! -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Choice of OS in work

2016-03-19 Thread Gareth France
On 18/03/16 21:42, Daniel Llewellyn wrote: On 18 March 2016 at 21:38, David King > wrote: Where I work, it is Windows 7 throughout, although running from remote servers. The actual computers we log on from mostly run Windows 7,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Choice of OS in work

2016-03-19 Thread Daniel Llewellyn
On 18 March 2016 at 20:56, Gareth France wrote: > No real point to this but I wanted to share with you my delight in finding > out they use Ubuntu in the office I now work in. > > and the disappointment of finding out I'll only be using Windows! ​That

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Choice of OS in work

2016-03-19 Thread Gareth France
On 18/03/16 21:45, Daniel Llewellyn wrote: The Government likes people to do that: they supply a really old laptop with an ancient version of Windows* that you use to connect to a remote desktop and from that remote desktop you connect to another remote desktop which is actually inside the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Choice of OS in work

2016-03-19 Thread Daniel Llewellyn
On 18 March 2016 at 21:38, David King wrote: > Where I work, it is Windows 7 throughout, although running from remote > servers. > > The actual computers we log on from mostly run Windows 7, but a few of the > newer ones which have replaced older ones are running Ubuntu. So

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Choice of OS in work

2016-03-19 Thread Daniel Llewellyn
On 18 March 2016 at 21:44, Gareth France wrote: > > It's like using a high def TV to watch old, warn VHS tapes. ​Or maybe buying a blurry disc to watch on a 12inch black and white SD CRT TV?​ -- Daniel Llewellyn -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Choice of OS in work

2016-03-18 Thread Daniel Llewellyn
On 18 March 2016 at 21:41, Gareth France wrote: > I'm using Windows to log into a remote virtual machine which in turn logs > into another remote machine. My computer is like a Russian doll! ​The Government likes people to do that: they supply a really old laptop

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Choice of OS in work

2016-03-18 Thread David King
Where I work, it is Windows 7 throughout, although running from remote servers. The actual computers we log on from mostly run Windows 7, but a few of the newer ones which have replaced older ones are running Ubuntu. So some people use Ubuntu to log into Windows. David King On 18/03/16

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Choice of OS in work

2016-03-18 Thread Gareth France
On 18/03/16 20:59, Daniel Llewellyn wrote: On 18 March 2016 at 20:56, Gareth France > wrote: No real point to this but I wanted to share with you my delight in finding out they use Ubuntu in the office I now work

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Choice of OS in work

2016-03-18 Thread Gareth France
I'm using Windows to log into a remote virtual machine which in turn logs into another remote machine. My computer is like a Russian doll! On 18/03/16 21:38, David King wrote: Where I work, it is Windows 7 throughout, although running from remote servers. The actual computers we log on from