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[Selseybill]

I use both on my lap top and i know which i prefer.
what do you use and what do you think of each system.just wanted to know as am thinking of dumping windows altogether.

[Andy H]

I only keep one computer limping along running windoze because I need to use Autocad for work.

The wifes laptop is currently running Ubuntu because the WinXP registry seems to have got corrupted (just boots to a black screen) and I haven't found how to fix it and I cannot stomach a wasted day reinstalling it. Ubuntu ran fine (but slowly) from a live CD and then took about 45 minutes to install dual boot. It reads all her stuff in the NTFS partition  and if it ever did screw up its configuration I would be able to fix the plain text .conf files.

[TheBoy]

For day to day use, Windows for me

I have various Linux in VMs on my main lappy, but thats only for support purposes.  If I need Unix, I use a proper Unix (normally Solaris in my case).

[Marks DTM Calib]

Linux is excellent for modern embedded applications.

[TheBoy]

Linux is excellent for modern embedded applications.

Yup, will concede that.  That said, your only (main) choice is Linux, bespoke (with all the hassles that entails) or Windows Embedded/Windows CE (rubbish, but easy to develop for)

[Marks DTM Calib]

Linux is excellent for modern embedded applications.

Yup, will concede that.  That said, your only (main) choice is Linux, bespoke (with all the hassles that entails) or Windows Embedded/Windows CE (rubbish, but easy to develop for)

You could not be further from reality.

Loads of embedded options out there

pSOS etc etc etc........

[TheBoy]

Linux is excellent for modern embedded applications.

Yup, will concede that.  That said, your only (main) choice is Linux, bespoke (with all the hassles that entails) or Windows Embedded/Windows CE (rubbish, but easy to develop for)

You could not be further from reality.

Loads of embedded options out there

pSOS etc etc etc........

I actually came across psos the other day for the first time (logged on to wrong device (had a similar name to a server I was after), noticed fairly quickly when my Solaris commands weren't working , logged of pretty damn quick, awaiting the bollcking for logging onto wrong device  (normally around 2 weeks later at our place before they catch up with you) ).  After that, I did a little read up, so thats all I know about psos  . 


Certainly in my expereince in the lines I tend to get involved in, beyond development/POC, it does seem that Linux or bespoke are the common options, with Wince finding a niche in end user devices (particularly those needing cellular/wifi/bluetooth connectivity) and in Point of Sale.


Good to know that there is still plenty of choice out there

[TheBoy]

The psos device looked like some kind of network monitoring/analyser device.  Not sure if thats the norm for psos - I know its general purpose, but most of these embedded have particular strenghts?

[Chris_H]

I intended to move to Linux desktop some time ago but have not had the time to do it.  Most of my programming runs on Windoze clients so have been constrained.

Similarly I have a Linux (Suse) server running which is destined to take over from a Netware one.  Have been struggling today to mount a Netware volume on the Linux box - still not there!

Never touched Windoze Server except for bailing out misguided friends.

I have an old Suse on a laptop but that is lying on its side somewhere unloved.

The more I know about a system (and can modify it) the better.  So it's Linux for me by preference.

[mantahatch]

Well, I use windows, and I am pretty happy with it. Mostly I suppose because I don't have to pay for it. And no it is not illegal copies that I use either.

[cem_devecioglu]

for development in job (official) definitely windows,  home usage again windows and (unofficial) jobs development again on windows.. 

I dont care its buggy or not!!!

and I must admit many years ago I was fed up with recompiling source codes for different unix versions.. and will never look back again..(or forward).. end of..

[TheBoy]

I intended to move to Linux desktop some time ago but have not had the time to do it.  Most of my programming runs on Windoze clients so have been constrained.

Similarly I have a Linux (Suse) server running which is destined to take over from a Netware one.  Have been struggling today to mount a Netware volume on the Linux box - still not there!

Never touched Windoze Server except for bailing out misguided friends.

I have an old Suse on a laptop but that is lying on its side somewhere unloved.

The more I know about a system (and can modify it) the better.  So it's Linux for me by preference.

Is it really old Netware (like V5), as i think it was from V6 that Novell changed from their custom kernel to SUSE.

I'm a bit rusty with NetWare now, not really supported in a professional capacity since 2000, but reckon you'll still need the NetWare client on the SUSE client.

NetWare, for all its superiority at the time, lost out to Windows once Microsoft got its act together with its DS.  Novell rested on its laurels for too long imho, far too slow to make the jump to IP (proper IP, not the encapsulated bodges in pre v5) - corporations (Novell's bread and butter) started to dump it due to the costs on running ipx on routers and wan links.


I used to support the word's largest NDS tree, so had good links back to Novell. Seems they were too buearocratic and slow to act dynamically to the changing requirements, or fix flaws.  I had an open fault with them about Netware 4's (halfarsed) IP stack leaking memory constantly. Never fixed. Solution, remove IP.

[KillerWatt]

The day I can successfully create backup copies of my Wii & 360 games, is the day I give serious consideration to moving over to *nix (somehow I suspect that day won't arrive until somewhere around the release of Windows 2035).

[R.C. ™]

Windows for me : 

Always been a fan of windows , easy to use and have never really moved from it ..

Main P.C - XP Pro
D/L Torrent P.C - XP Pro
Gaming P.C - Windows 7 64 bit - Call Of Duty .. Pure Class
Laptop - Windows 7 32 bit

[TheBoy]

Sadly, ignoring my job for a while, I do have to run Linux in anger at home....



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