Re: OT linux chat

I tend to think of it as different OS's for different people really.
Most everything you want to do can be done on either of the three big
systems (Windows, Mac, Linux), but it's HOW you do it that determines
which one you choose. For me, I always have enormous trouble using
Windows machines in a way I find efficient, and as I mentioned, with
LS support for 7 x64 I've installed the SharpE shell on my work
machine. Obviously Jeremy has had some bad experiences, and in the
end, it might never be right for him, but I can't take that as
evidence that it is a bad OS for any particular uses.

On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 4:11 PM, Elliot Nesterman <[email protected]> wrote=
:
> @Jeremy: I see what you're saying, though I suspect you're overstating th=
e
> difficulty of configuring Linux as a simple desktop machine. I recently
> installed Ubuntu on a friend's old desktop to get it running again, and s=
he
> hasn't looked back; doesn't miss Windows at all. It was Ubuntu
> out-of-the-box, as it were, no special "make it look like Windows" tweaks=
.
> (And this is a woman who can't figure out which cables from the DVD playe=
r
> go to which jacks on the TV.)
>
> However, I think =A0that the sort of applications that scientists, engine=
ers
> and even filmmakers run on their Beowulf clusters could be thought of as
> more *real* than the things that the majority of retail users do with the=
ir
> computers, e.g., facebook, twitter, online shopping, video games, etc. Oh=
,
> and porn. Let's not forget porn.
>
> Anyway, my orientation tends to be toward high-end computing. That's the
> sort of stuff I find interesting, though I don't work in those fields
> myself. (Though graphics and video editing can consume a lot of cycles an=
d
> memory I don't think of them as especially high-end applications.)
>
> Jeremyhfht wrote:
>>
>> @Elliot: It has specific uses, definitely. I refer to it as a toy in the
>> sense that it's not a *real* user OS. It's an OS, sure, but for reasons
>> listed it's definitely not ready for "prime time". It's still a powertoy
>> for
>> powerusers, or scientists, or what have you. This doesn't mean it isn't
>> awesome if you configure it properly, but it *does* mean your chances of
>> configuring it properly without *a team of dedicated scientists* are ver=
y
>> slim.
>>
>>
>
> --
> Elliot Nesterman
> [email protected]
> * * * * * * * * * * * *
> The closer you are to the code the happier you are.
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