Just my 2p.. I use Linux on my laptop for many reasons, but primarily because it supports what I do. I know from experience that trying to run Apache, PHP, and MySQL/PostgreSQL on Windows is a frustrating (not to mention slow) experience.
My particular laptop (Toshiba Satellite 4030) is completely supported out of the box by Linux, including the MPEG accelerated graphics (mmmm... VCD) So, I get my nice desktop/office (KDE2, et al), my web development (apache, etc) my C/C++ programming stuff (GCC, KDevelop, KStudio, GTK+ the list goes on) All in one place, which means that I can lug my laptop to the LUG, my mates house, the pub, or whereever I need to be, and have my entire computing environment, complete and working, ANYWHERE I happen to be. As it happens, I have a Visor Deluxe connected via USB to my laptop, so for PDA stuff I use that and sync it when I get the ol' notebook out. So, in short, my laptop is far more than an overgrown PDA. It's my desktop, development, server, web-terminal, email reading machine. And best of all, it all works. First time, everytime. Oh, and bringing it out of sleep by KLaptop is lovely too :) Craig On Fri, 2001-11-30 at 10:59, Richard Watson wrote: > On Friday 30 November 2001 10:32, Anuradha Ratnaweera wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 03:39:20AM -0500, Alec wrote: > > > I'm wondering what everyone's motivation is for using Linux on a laptop > > > instead of Cygwin + Windows. > > > > Because Windows doesn't have any of the utilities I need. I use vi, C, > > php, postgres, apache, make, bash, X, latex, mpg123 (etc. etc. etc.) for my > > day to day work and none of them are available on Windows. > > What a load of rubbish. > > Most (if not all) of those are available on windows and have been for some > time. That's the beauty of open source - if it's not available on your > platform you can just recompile it. > > The real reason to use linux on a laptop is purely because it is the best > solution for those of us who want maximum performance, flexibility and > stability from whichever machine we use. Why else? > > The real question should be "Why use Windows on a Laptop" and generally the > answer is "Because it was there when I bought it". > > -- > Richard Watson > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Craig Andrews "Though my opinion may have changed, the fact that I am right has not" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
