So far four operating systems have been mentioned, but only one is open source. I would hope that the trustees would first be looking at Open source solutions. As for the hardware, can I suggest that we try to be a little user friendly and get some mice, also a card reader would be cool - that way we could take images straight off someone's camera and load them up - great for outreach work.
WSC On 14 January 2012 23:40, HJ Mitchell <[email protected]> wrote: > Now there I disagree with you. Windows is used so exclusively because it's > the default on just about every computer you'll buy off the shelf and most > people are either not savvy enough to switch OSs (or even know that they > can, never mind how to), or just can't be bothered. Rather like why so many > people use Internet Explorer instead of upgrading to a browser that > actually works (and doesn't insist on displaying Wikipedia in > "compatibility mode" because it's too stupid to display them properly, > meaning our editors have to waste time tweaking the Common.css). > > But alas, we're getting slightly off-topic! > > Harry > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Thomas Dalton <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Saturday, 14 January 2012, 23:25 > > *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Laptop recommendations? > > On 14 January 2012 23:15, Michael Peel <[email protected]> > wrote: > > For context for my position here: I use Mac OS for my laptop, since that > has all of the benefits of Linux combined with a somewhat nicer user > interface. Linux is the next best thing, and I use that for my (dell) > desktop. I've used Windows for many years in the past, and generally view > it as being rubbish software that's not reliable in the long run (I used to > have to reinstall my computer every 6 months when I was using Windows; > nowadays I reboot my Mac laptop and Linux desktop with that same frequency.) > > I've been using Windows almost exclusively for years and the only > times I've ever had to do anything as drastic as reinstalling it have > been times when I was messing around and broke it. > > The one time I seriously tried to use Linux, I never got it to work > properly (although that was a few years ago and I understand hardware > drivers for Linux are a lot better now). > > The reason Windows is used so extensively is because it's actually > rather good. It works out of the box, it's easy to use and it's > (fairly) reliable. (There are a few monopolistic business practices > going on to prevent people switching, it's true, but it only got > monopoly because it worked.) > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > >
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