On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 03:39:20AM -0500, Alec wrote: > Hi > > I'm wondering what everyone's motivation is for using Linux on a laptop > instead of Cygwin + Windows. The way I see it, a laptop is basically a giant > PDA. People usually use them for typing down stuff during classes, seminars, > conferences, in the library, for presenting (powerpoint) material, or for > keeping all their mail and personal archives in one place, etc. Laptops don't > get used much as servers or development workstations, are they? > > Alec
Wrong. I do active development on my laptop. It's a potato+kde box with 192MB of RAM. It runs Linux only. It's extremely useful for demos of my sw and working everywhere. I use a desktop at work only. Of course, a laptop is quite difficult to use as a server, maybe :) but my next workstation at home will be a laptop, again. I just use a mouse at home instead of its touchpad. Surely, I'd like to have a bigger hd, but my 4GB currently suffice now. -- Francesco P. Lovergine -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
