Linux cantor 2.2.20 #1 SMP Fri Nov 16 16:15:32 EST 2001 sparc unknown
cpu : Texas Instruments, Inc. - SuperSparc 50 Cpu0Bogo : 74.75 Cpu1Bogo : 74.95
i haven't had much luck yet with 2.4.x... although some people on debian-sparc claim it works... i'll probably stick with 2.2.20 for a while on this box.
clearly, as someone you runs linux on my desktop almost exclusively, i'm a bit biased however:
"The Linux desktop offers very little that could be considered plug-and-play. Linux drivers, the software that connects a computer with peripherals like printers and CD burners"
i own a samsung ml-4600 laser printer and a plexwriter... and have never had any trouble installing or using either... no additional hacking was required.
"Want to use a digital camera? Don't bother with Kodak if you're running Linux."
again... jphoto supports my kodak dc4800 flawlessly.
"Creative's Soundblaster?"
my boxen have sblive! 5.1 and sblive! respectively and insmod emu10k1 is all it takes (in fact redhat 7.1, when i tried it, even knew to do that automagically)
the article's main point, about lack of desktop applications for linux is a valid one. people, particularly in an office environment, want to just go with what they know... and that is of course M$ Office. however, i think the strides being made are certainly positive for linux. i've been playing with the latest openoffice builds and they are incredibly impressive. and really, in most offices, if a user can run a word processor, spreadsheet application, send email, and perhaps create a presentation that is all most office workers ever use. and if they can do it with star/open office on linux for a *fraction* of the cost (even if they license staroffice and buy redhat support) of windows + office... i certainly think they'll go for it... and staroffice 6 is only so far away.
microsoft shows no sign of focusing just on desktops, why should linux focus just on servers? programmers good at UI / desktop applications are not always good with server level apps and vice versa. if people want to spend time writing desktop drivers and gui apps... more power to them! and i love them for it =)
I assume since you use TD that you're in Canada... I recommend switching to Royal Bank (no i don't work for them, but it's my bank). Their online banking uses no javascript... i do all my banking with Netscape 4, or mozilla... even checked my balance with lynx-ssl.
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Linux cantor 2.2.20 #1 SMP Fri Nov 16 16:15:32 EST 2001 sparc unknown
... although some people on debian-sparc claim it works... i'll probably stick with 2.2.20 for a while on this box.
cpu : Texas Instruments, Inc. - SuperSparc 50
Cpu0Bogo : 74.75
Cpu1Bogo : 74.95
i haven't had much luck yet with 2.4.x
>>PLus there is that Banff film dealie and you have hotties like Nelly Furtado and Pamela Anderson from there, so it can't be all bad
well... Pamela lee/anderson/etc may have been born in canada, but she was made in the USA.
clearly, as someone you runs linux on my desktop almost exclusively, i'm a bit biased however:
"The Linux desktop offers very little that could be considered plug-and-play. Linux drivers, the software that connects a computer with peripherals like printers and CD burners"
i own a samsung ml-4600 laser printer and a plexwriter... and have never had any trouble installing or using either... no additional hacking was required.
"Want to use a digital camera? Don't bother with Kodak if you're running Linux."
again... jphoto supports my kodak dc4800 flawlessly.
"Creative's Soundblaster?"
my boxen have sblive! 5.1 and sblive! respectively and insmod emu10k1 is all it takes (in fact redhat 7.1, when i tried it, even knew to do that automagically)
the article's main point, about lack of desktop applications for linux is a valid one. people, particularly in an office environment, want to just go with what they know... and that is of course M$ Office. however, i think the strides being made are certainly positive for linux. i've been playing with the latest openoffice builds and they are incredibly impressive. and really, in most offices, if a user can run a word processor, spreadsheet application, send email, and perhaps create a presentation that is all most office workers ever use. and if they can do it with star/open office on linux for a *fraction* of the cost (even if they license staroffice and buy redhat support) of windows + office... i certainly think they'll go for it... and staroffice 6 is only so far away.
microsoft shows no sign of focusing just on desktops, why should linux focus just on servers? programmers good at UI / desktop applications are not always good with server level apps and vice versa. if people want to spend time writing desktop drivers and gui apps... more power to them! and i love them for it =)
I assume since you use TD that you're in Canada... I recommend switching to Royal Bank (no i don't work for them, but it's my bank). Their online banking uses no javascript... i do all my banking with Netscape 4, or mozilla... even checked my balance with lynx-ssl.