Wow, you're survey has me interested;
and I'm quite amazed at the results which have been posted so
far ...
[see my responses intermingled below in your query]
From: James E Lang <[email protected]>
Date: Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 8:25 PM
Subject: [libreoffice-users] [OT] Operating Environment Survey
To: [email protected]
The big discussion of Linux over the past 24+ hours has me wondering: What
operating environment(s) do other members of this list use at home and at
work? What factors influence the choice?
[I've considered switching to Linux or Ubuntu; but need someone to
guide me along the way ;-)]
To set the tone, here are my answers:
• I am retired so "at work" is not applicable
[ditto;
although I noticed when I became semi-retired, I was busier -
now I'm really busier; I have piles of data to look o'er yet ne'er
seem to have the time to so do]
• At home we have a desktop dual boot Windows XP (and Ubuntu Linux)
computer, a laptop dual boot Kubuntu Linux (and pre-installed Windows
Vista) computer and several other laptop, desktop, and dedicated server
(Ubuntu Linux based) computers. I also have Android Lollipop, Android Kit
Kat, and Android Jelly Bean tablets and phones. I have nothing from Apple.
[wow, how do you use so many computers;
I still have the last desktop computer (MSFT), still hooked to
the 3-in-1 printer (non-functioning) - switched to laptops (MSFT, WIN 7);
and hand-held ACER (MSFT)]
• Windows XP is used primarily for single player gaming and e-Sword Bible
software though it also is used to run LO, FireFox and Pegasus Mail
(proprietary though free of cost).
[single-player gaming ? - curiously wondering how anyone has time
for games on these machines?]
• Kubuntu Linux is my general purpose "go to" environment. My first Linux
system used what I believe was the penultimate marketed version from SuSE
before the first release of Open SuSE. I liked the flexibility that was
inherent in the KDE desktop environment and found the UI to be quite
similar to that of Windows at the time. I have briefly tried Gnome and
Unity desktop environments but KDE is my personal first choice.
[curiously wondering what all that is?]
• If I had a tablet computer that I thought could support my Linux usage
it, too, would run Kubuntu Linux, LO, etc.
[so are those programs too large for laptops, ...;
I'm sold on the laptop as a WIN-WIN situation: (1) if the
electricity pops off, the battery allows whatever not to be lost; (2) it's
portable for maintenance as well as presenting programs, etc.]
• Apple equipment is too expensive for me and from what I've heard about
the company's software policies, they are too restrictive to suit me.
[my first computer was that Apple 2E; which continually had problems]
• Dual boot capabilities are seldom used to deviate from the above
information.
[wow, you mean you run all your computers at once?]
• The BSODs on Windows influenced my initial adoption of Linux.
[BSODs ???]
--
Jim
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