The final switch from Windows to Linux

NanoCaiordo

By the way Synergy server/clients works in Win/Linux/Apple no matter whic is the client or the server. I'm using it and loving it. Currently my laptop (xp pro) is the server (i love the keyboard of it) and two more boxes as clients: a 4 years old P4 (xp pro) and a CenotOS 5 on my Dual Xeon ML530.

So far nothing really pushed me away from my XP Pro, its stable (very stable) and I'm use to all my software settings.

Also since my time is very limited, using Centos 5 is not helping me at all. It doesn't have a wide choice of rpms yet, LinCVS doesn't build yet as well as many other packages that are not even in repo and not even ready for RH5.

CentOS 5 install was excellent and runs smooth as any other CentOS.

However when I'll decide to switch my P4 I think I'll use K?ubuntu which seems to have all packages that I wanted to use or at least to try. But for now I'm happy with the stability of my XP Pro.

Eestlane

DJ Maze wrote:

You should install KDE instead of Gnome (or as an additional WM)
Then you have cool tools like KDEWebDev which has XLST debuggers, Quanta+ and much more development tools.

I believe I'm not wrong saying that KDE applications work with Gnome and vice-versa. Though running them in their native platform is better ofcourse.

DJ Maze

Depends if the application is written in X, Qt, GTK, etc. etc.
Because sometimes an application depends on certain features of a Window Manager.

Eestlane

I'm using my Windows XP Pro aside using Ubuntu for a week and I must say I'm afraid I'm still going to stick with xp.
Why?
1) It's actually faster with my PC.
2) I feel home.
3) The applications I use are unbeatable, like Winamp and it's media library for example.

NanoCaiordo

As far i can tell I do like both of them and I'm using them both but for different tasks.

Code::

$mencoder video-color.avi -o video-bw.avi -vf hue=0:0 -oac copy ovc lavc

to do this in windows takes ages and needs heavy GUI (expect virtual dub family).

Linux has too many powerful tools hidden by the use of GUIs.

Eestlane

Then there aren't enough GUIs yet Smile

WebSiteGuru · 1000+ Posts Club Offline Joined: Jun 09, 2005 Posts: 2318

Eestlane wrote:

Then there aren't enough GUIs yet Smile

It's getting there... Sooner or later. I am hoping for sooner. But I am starting to like the command line, just like back in the DOS command days for me. Wink

Jeruvy

As much as I like XP, linux is superior in many ways, but really use the OS that gets the job done for you.

I wouldn't validate any of eeastlane's concessions, but if they work for him, then XP is the best OS for him. That's honestly all that really matters...

WebSiteGuru · 1000+ Posts Club Offline Joined: Jun 09, 2005 Posts: 2318

I never did like the Windoze (95,98,me, 2k, xp and now vista) persay, but I got used to them. Since they were dominent in the working world (for some reason). Now I am just getting back to where I should have done a long time ago and start using what I want to use. Very Happy

Ofcouse, I will still be using windoze as required for my work, but at home my primary computer is now linux (ubuntu in this case), and my alternate are windoze. Wink

DJ Maze

Windows servers only exist to satisfy people who only have learned to use the mouse for clicking on:

Start -> Shutdown -> Reboot

For others it has been proven that:
- BSD is the fastest
- Linux free alternative
- UNIX expensive alternative
- Windows? wots that?

So when you have a non-windows server (shame on you if you don't and are a happy RDP user) you must learn to live with a keyboard anyways.

For example try this in windows

Code::

#!/bin/bash
for file in `grep -l HTTP_POST_VARS * -R`
do
   i=0
   while [ -a $file.old.$i ]
   do
      i=$[i+1]
   done
   filenew=$file.old.$i
   cp $file $filenew
   sed -e s/HTTP_POST_VARS/_POST/ $file|cat > $file
done

Now you figure out what it does on a standard GNU/Linux OS Very Happy