Hi,
For my last year at work I did a trial of using Ubuntu instead of the standard Win XP install on my supplied Dell computer.
Running a help desk and several remote servers was almost seamless from the remote desktop.
Even Word documents were no trouble, and often a formatting problem could be solved by opening it in the Ubuntu WP, sorting out the errors, and saving it back to word.
For Mac or Windows specific programs such as Celcat or Filemaker, remoting into a desktop from Ubuntu was easy enough.
The uni could have saved a lot of $ by going open source, but the bean counters were not prepared to move from a commercial platform.
Chers
Possibly, but maybe scared of having nobody to pursue in court if anything sotware goes pear-shaped.
Cheers
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I've tried a few distros of Linux and have currently settled on Mint. As a Windows user, I find it better suited to me than Ubuntu or Xubuntu.
Having said that, I still don't like Linux. It's a pain in the proverbial compared with Windows when installing apps. I spent days trying to get Dropbox installed with Ubuntu (and failed) but only half a day with Mint (with success).
Ron B.
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not my experience i have to say...
10 years ago i would have agreed with you but not these days
on many machines it is easier to get a stable linux install than it is a windows install esp if you are using industry standard hardware...
very late model mac hardware being the exception
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again that's certainly not my experience...
these days your tinkering with windows for ever to keep networking and other basics going after updates
with a linux install that is not an issue, even more so with an LTS release
a few minutes reading up on your particular distros pack manager and tick a few boxes and your done
esp for your average joe blow internet user thats needs a browser, and email client, an office package and so solitaire
i do ubuntu studio, kubuntu, and non free debian kde boxes for people that i used to sell apple boxes to, for those hat cannot cope with windows and thats lots of oldies on limited budgets
you get one or two support calls and then nothing for months... not good for cash flow but great for them...
boxes for gamers is a whole different kettle of fish...
1998 Discovery 300TDi Manual SE7
1996 Discovery 300TDi Auto
2012 SZ Territory TX 2.7TDCi
"Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it." -- a warning from Adolf Hitler
"If you don't have a sense of humour, you probably don't have any sense at all!" -- a wise observation by someone else
'If everyone colludes in believing that war is the norm, nobody will recognize the imperative of peace." -- Anne Deveson
“What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.” - Pericles
"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts." Marcus Aurelius
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