Rant about Windoze

[Kevin]

Hi,

I use windows at work, NT 4.0.  I'm forced to use Autocad Architectural
Desktop, no linux version.  Also lan uses Novell software.  Autocad is
network version that runs only with Novell Netware.  =:)  Funny yeah?  That
computer only has Autocad and Novell on it.

I use windows at home, Windows 2000/ME/98.  Nero buring rom, webshots screen
saver, dvdsoft, Half-life game, Webcam32, IE, Outlook express, ftpcom.

I use windows at work because that's what they give me.  Autocad, sorry to
say is the industry standard for CADD.  I have to exchange files with other
Architects/Engineers.  I use windows at home because of pure Lazyness.
Basically the windows computer is on for my webcam, so I just open the
outlook express.

I also use redhat 7, it's dual booting with windows.  I also use LRP and
caldera open desktop.  Caldera has the wheel mouse running great right out
of the box.  I use netscape & lynx with cable modem/ethernet connection to
internet.  I also play with LOAF on a single disk.  Awesome little toy!
Only that everytime you reboot you have to type in all the network settings.

Kevin

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wayne" <iw at ukulele.com>
To: "Linux & Unix Advocates & Users" <luau at luau.hi.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 6:48 PM
Subject: [luau] Re: Rant about Windoze


> On 24 Jan 2001, at 16:53, Jeff Mings wrote:
>
> >      I have a windoze desktop next to my Linux portable, but it is
> > mainly relegated to burning CD-Rs and running windoze apps.  I do
> > virtually everything in Linux, so I of course use Linux apps like
> > Quanta, which of course is free.  I use SSH as well, from Linux, and
> > Mozilla for my browser/email instead of from Outlook (no visual basic
> > viruses for me).  I am largely disappointed by the large number of
> > linux enthusiasts who continue to use windoze when a preferable linux
> > alternative exists.  For example, rather than using windoze to move
> > things around windoze networks, I use the various smb utilities, and a
> > wonderful app called linneighborhood that effortlessly finds and
> > browses any windoze domain/workgroup.  I long ago gave up photoshop
> > for Gimp (still haven't gotten the new 1.2 though), Word/WordPro have
> > been replace by Star Office, and the same goes for Excel and Lotus.
> > The only holdouts: I can't view quicktime files, and I can't proof my
> > HTML in Internet Exploder under Linux.  I've also been too lazy to set
> > up printing to all of our printers on my linux laptop.  For everything
> > else, there's simply NO reason to even boot up in Windoze.
> >
> > -Jeff
>
> How many people on this list still use Windoze and why?
>
> I'm a Linux newbie and use it for desktop applications. I still use
> Windoze for:
>
> 1. Printing. I can't get my Lexmark Z51 printer to work properly
> under Linux.
> 2. I haven't been able to find a user friendly X-window Linux
> database.
> 3. I haven't been able to find a suitable replacement for Pegasus
> Mail yet. I've tried kmail, pine, mahogany, Netscape, and others but
> keep coming back to Pegasus.
> 4. USB compact flash card reader.
> 5. I do a lot of design work with Corel Draw. Haven't tried the Linux
> version yet.
>
> alooooooo wayne ooooooooha for now.
> iw at ukulele.com
>
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