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Re: Taking the Plunge: Part 2

Jake — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:34:54 -0000

Choice is really nice. Couple that with VMs being so easy and cheap h/w, and you have a great situation as a user. You don't have to pick just one O/S anymore.

Still for most users, reimaging is an alien concept. How many OS X users ever open a terminal? I just realized today that root is disabled by default on OS X.

We're a geeky bunch, and no, I won't fix your computer. OK, maybe if you ask nicely and give me beer.

Re: Taking the Plunge: Part 2

Bob Rhubart — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:11:21 -0000

I recently converted an old laptop to Ubuntu. I'm not a command-line kind of guy, which has complicated earlier excursions into Linux. But I've found Ubuntu to be very easy to use. I haven't had any of the problems I used to have with XP on that same machine. And let's face it, there's a lot of appeal to what amounts to flipping the bird at Windows.

Re: Taking the Plunge: Part 2

rmanalan — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:46:33 -0000

Ubuntu is your friend.