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.
> The way I see it, a laptop is basically a giant PDA.
That depends on the way you look at. I don't think of writing a 1000 line C
program on a PDA.
> People usually use them for typing down stuff during classes, seminars,
> conferences, in the library,
Typing down stuff is rather OS independent.
> for presenting (powerpoint) material,
I do much more impressive presentations with display, animate, mpeg_play and
bash.
> or for keeping all their mail and personal archives in one place, etc.
Agreed. Again the same question. Where does the OS come in?
> Laptops don't get used much as servers or development workstations, are they?
Well, when it comes to develope web servers, I like to run a "miniature" copy
on my Laptop.
And of course, the mind is very relaxing when doing development on a very
comfortable position with a laptop.
Cheers,
Anuradha
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