100% Linux - Is it possible?
Jeff Vian
jvian10 at charter.net
Wed Feb 23 13:33:52 UTC 2005
On Tue, 2005-02-22 at 17:58 -0800, Nifty Hat Mitch wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 02, 2005 at 07:38:09PM +0000, Pete Choppin wrote:
> .....
> > I created a dual-boot Fedora / Windows XP. I am now seriously
> > considering going completely 100% Linux and dumping my Windows
> > partition entirely.
>
> >
> > The question is - can you live completely without Windows, or do you
> > sooner or later have to resort to Windows again?
>
> The simple answer is that 99 44/100% of the time you can do without.
>
> The only reason I have had to boot WindowZ in the last year or so was
> to tidy up a resume. Sadly there are some human resource departments
> (gates) that expect word documents.
>
And you have a problem creating a word document with OOo?
I maintain my resume in OOo, and when I need a word document I simply
save it as a .doc file and send it in.
> The good news is that the companies worth working for do just fine
> with pure text. With care and the corretly chosen TLS on the end of a
> filename even a WindowZ user can read the attachment.
>
> The other sad situation is the ISP tool universe. Too often the best
> way to setup an ISP account is from a WindowZ box. Mostly a clever
> person can lie^H^H^H translate from Linux to windows to get support.
> But you have to know both rather well to do this.....
>
That is a failing on the part of the ISP, and yes, I know many "don't
support Linux".
We really need to get them out of that mindset somehow, but I wish I
knew how.
>
> --
> T o m M i t c h e l l
> Found me a new place to hang my hat :-)
>
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