Alec, 2001-Nov-30 04:17 -0500: > On Friday 30 November 2001 03:50 am, Daniel Pittman wrote: > > On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, Alec wrote: > > > I'm wondering what everyone's motivation is for using Linux on a > > > laptop instead of Cygwin + Windows. > > > > I am curious also: why are you asking? Are you wondering what the major > > point you missed was, or just idly curious? > > Probably the former. My current computing situation is that I have 2 Debian > boxes: one at work and one at home. (FU to those who called me a troll/MS > aficiado) I can work on either and then rsync them through ssh. I don't see > much of a logical reason for me to get a laptop, but a blind consumer and > technophile in me wants an expensive toy. I can see how some people NEED a > laptop with MS Office, etc., but I suspected that those laptop users with > Linuces on them are mostly just following their technophilic desires. > That's why I was curious as to what their motivation was. I hope my answer > satisfies you. > > Alec
I too have a work server and a home server running debian. I keep them separated though, no common data between them. I started out using debian to learn more about unix in general a couple years ago and slowly began using it for more and more applications. I went from having it on an old laptop, to running it in vmware on NT, to dual-booting, to running debian natively on the laptop and running windows in vmware, to finally having just a clean install of debian on my laptop. It's proven to me to be more stable and faster, and most importantly, more fun to use than windows. I can spend hours in debian, tweaking, reading, checking out new packages, installing and removing without blowing up the system. I love that! I also work on several different networks and lab environments and linux seems to help me do that more easily. I run a lot of testing in networks for performance and functionality and linux definitely makes that easier and more reliable. So, for me, I think I can do pretty much everything I need to do using Windows, but I find using Debian more fun (among other things) ...and that's what's important to me. my 2 cents...jc -- Jeff Coppock Systems Engineer Diggin' Debian Admin and User -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
