On Sat, 18 Jul 2015, Thomas wrote:
Although I know, this does not belong here, just a word.
I have been trying (STRUGGLING) to move away from MS and get friendly
with Linux for 7-8 years now!
So far with little success. Yet, I still keep trying.
this makes me wonder what the top two or
Hi :)
I'm sure people on this mailing list might be happy to help with 1 or 2
questions about how to do a certain thing or 2 in linux. Such questions
often turn out to be quite popular threads even though they are a little
off-topic.
I think a lot of people take a similar route to me. Even now
On 07/18/2015 05:56 PM, Tom Williams wrote:
Comments about how
Linux is good for basic things and not good for productivity.
Tell that to all the scientists who use supercomputers. The vast
majority of them, including my cousin, run Linux. Also, a while ago,
all the computers on the
On 18/07/15 06:10 PM, Malgosia Askanas wrote:
On 2015-07-18 04:02 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
The top reason people find hard is almost certainly that you have to
install it.
That's not entirely accurate. There are a few (not many) companies
that specialize in selling Linux-preinstalled machines.
Heh heh. But then the _real_ top reason would be that you can't acquire
a Linux machine in a hurry. True enough.
On 2015-07-18 06:16 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
On 18/07/15 06:10 PM, Malgosia Askanas wrote:
On 2015-07-18 04:02 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
The top reason people find hard is almost
On 07/18/2015 10:44 AM, Felmon Davis wrote:
On Sat, 18 Jul 2015, Thomas wrote:
Although I know, this does not belong here, just a word.
I have been trying (STRUGGLING) to move away from MS and get friendly
with Linux for 7-8 years now!
So far with little success. Yet, I still keep trying.
On 18/07/15 06:30 PM, Malgosia Askanas wrote:
Heh heh. But then the _real_ top reason would be that you can't
acquire a Linux machine in a hurry. True enough.
No, the real reason is that people don't have the option in front of
them to even realize that it is possible.
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On 2015-07-18 04:02 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
The top reason people find hard is almost certainly that you have to
install it.
That's not entirely accurate. There are a few (not many) companies that
specialize in selling Linux-preinstalled machines. The two that
immediately come to mind are
