Comments on: Linux on the “Desktop” http://blog.roweware.com/2007/12/09/linux-on-the-desktop/ Ramblings about things I think I know... Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:28:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Jon http://blog.roweware.com/2007/12/09/linux-on-the-desktop/comment-page-1/#comment-230 Jon Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:41:38 +0000 http://blog.roweware.com/2007/12/09/linux-on-the-desktop/#comment-230 Yes, I have to admit that Linux will do just fine as long as you keep it simple. Doing automatic updates of software packages is still cumbersome and every once in a while you have to break down and actual configure and make something to work. Kind of sucks, but as long as you build out your system where your data is stored externally to the operating system, you can always do a fresh install of the latest distribution. Kind of like that fun you used to have in re-arranging your bedroom furniture every 6 months. (I won't compare this to the annual windows re-install to remove the bloat-ware.) As for my laptop, I think I might settle on Puppy Linux and the pizzapup distro. I have a hawking wifi card that is still giving me fits, but perhaps one of these days, I'll find time to get it working. For now, the wired 3-com adapter works fine. And yes, the Mac is expensive, but with the gains from my Apple stock, I've already paid for my Mac Mini, and my iPod, and Joan's iPod, and her Mac Mini...! :) Yes, I have to admit that Linux will do just fine as long as you keep it simple. Doing automatic updates of software packages is still cumbersome and every once in a while you have to break down and actual configure and make something to work. Kind of sucks, but as long as you build out your system where your data is stored externally to the operating system, you can always do a fresh install of the latest distribution. Kind of like that fun you used to have in re-arranging your bedroom furniture every 6 months. (I won’t compare this to the annual windows re-install to remove the bloat-ware.)

As for my laptop, I think I might settle on Puppy Linux and the pizzapup distro. I have a hawking wifi card that is still giving me fits, but perhaps one of these days, I’ll find time to get it working. For now, the wired 3-com adapter works fine.

And yes, the Mac is expensive, but with the gains from my Apple stock, I’ve already paid for my Mac Mini, and my iPod, and Joan’s iPod, and her Mac Mini…! :)

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