Rant about unnecessary Windoze usage

[bfarnell at gte.net]

I'm still running Linux, for about 6 months now, but I'm about to go
back.  My Chinese gets rustier everyday, there really isn't much in the
way of Linux Chinese applications, and what there is has proven very
difficult and confusing to install.  
Brian


Dusty wrote:
> 
> I would have to agree!  With exception of Visio and Games there is no reason to run windoze.  I spend my entire day on *nix of some sort.  I have had a couple problems with word docs in star office, just because my job requires me to write insanely complex word docs, but I still use star office and some other windoz user fix the odd formating.
> 
> Dusty
> 
> >      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
> >
> >
> > Warren Togami wrote:
> >
> > > I'd hate to admit it, but yes I too use Frontpage 2000.  (But don't bash me
> > > too hard.  I use vi 75% of the time for other things.)
> > > I have to admit that Frontpage is damn good for the job and I already have
> > > it... came with my computer.  Quick and easy GUI editing for expediance, and
> > > a HTML mode when I need it (very often).  Anyone know of a free alternative
> > > to Frontpage that works just as well?
> > >
> > > And I would have to disagree that Frontpage mangles your code.  That may
> > > have been true with Frontpage 97 and Frontpage Express, but 2000 seems to be
> > > good in leaving your existing format intact.  Yeah, it isn't perfect, but it
> > > isn't very bad like earlier versions.  I find those <DIV> tags annoying.
> > >
> > >
> > > Ok, you may now flame me now, but please find me a better (and free) editor.
> > > If its any consolation I have three SSH sessions open all the time, and I
> > > use Cygwin... and I'll convert away from Outlook Express one day, but for
> > > now I'm too lazy.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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