On 11/20/2014 06:23 AM, Peter Gottlieb hpnpilot@... [TekScopes] wrote:
I recently bought a couple of nice Thinkpads at the MIT flea. They had Win7 on
them, who knows, maybe pirated, but I just used that as a check that the
machines worked and both now have Ubuntu on them. The intent is that I get more
time and practice using Linux for everyday activities. I think that's the best
way to get comfortable with it because if you're a home user who doesn't have
deep pockets I think Linux is much more appropriate.
And the security aspect shouldn't be discounted either.
Next, I'll start working on GPIB with one of those USB-GPIB adapters I have
laying around.
Peter
Peter,
Been using Linux here at work on my workstation and laptop for a good number of years now. I'm the Unix/Linux sysadmin here at work, and have a distinct dislike for Windows products. The only machine I have running Windows anymore is the desktop at home, and the only reason it still has Windows on it is because of some software I use that won't run on anything else, even under Wine. I'm not a big fan of VirtualBox, because it still requires you to load the Windows OS to run Windows programs. Wine works well for about 95% of all Windows software.
Mark
