Posted by: Anonymous
[ip: 85.177.99.161]
on July 20, 2008 06:11 PM
@the guy who thinks there are too many things he can't do with GNU/Linux
> That the original poster never thinks about his computer means he:
> -Does not care that his laptop does not and resume.
depends on your hardware but usually works well
> -Is OK with crappy battery life.
Ubuntu will definately give you a better battery life than Vista and a slightly worse one than XP. The Intel SplashTop devs have shown that in the near future (namely with every new kernel release) battery life on your laptop will be far better than everything you'll get out of a MS OS.
> -Does not sync calendar and address data between his laptop and phone.
Works nicely with all smartphones and apps I tried. Almost every phone supports at least one syncing standard that is also supported by Linux syncing software. I have tried Windows Mobile up to the latest versions and my current phone has a Symbian OS. All worked fine. And if nothing works there is always scheduleworld.com which will help you out.
> -Does not use a docking station.
You mean like for the iPod?
> -Does not connect his laptop to external monitors.
And that wouldn't work why?
> -Does not use 802.11 N.
That is a valid point. The cards will work, but usually in "g"-mode. Intel cards that come with laptops work fine, though.
> -Does not use slingbox.
The first hit in Google will show you that the slingbox works well with Ubuntu and has been for a long time
> -Doe not run business applications (not openoffice, accounting, inventory control, that kind of thing).
Most of these run well with wine. I even know vendors of accounting software that optimize their software for wine instead of porting it to Linux. In most companies I know (which switched to Linux) they keep Windows on one or two computers to run this software, if wine doesn't work for them.. So generally this is not a show-stopper.
> -Does not play games.
Another valid point. On the other hand - all the games I care about work nicely in Linux. Either natively (most first-person-shooters) or with wine.
If you are happy with Vista - that's great. Alot of people aren't and the points you named are no reasons not to use Linux.
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Re: Ubuntu hits new high in Linux boredom
Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 85.177.99.161] on July 20, 2008 06:11 PM> That the original poster never thinks about his computer means he:
> -Does not care that his laptop does not and resume.
depends on your hardware but usually works well
> -Is OK with crappy battery life.
Ubuntu will definately give you a better battery life than Vista and a slightly worse one than XP. The Intel SplashTop devs have shown that in the near future (namely with every new kernel release) battery life on your laptop will be far better than everything you'll get out of a MS OS.
> -Does not sync calendar and address data between his laptop and phone.
Works nicely with all smartphones and apps I tried. Almost every phone supports at least one syncing standard that is also supported by Linux syncing software. I have tried Windows Mobile up to the latest versions and my current phone has a Symbian OS. All worked fine. And if nothing works there is always scheduleworld.com which will help you out.
> -Does not use a docking station.
You mean like for the iPod?
> -Does not connect his laptop to external monitors.
And that wouldn't work why?
> -Does not use 802.11 N.
That is a valid point. The cards will work, but usually in "g"-mode. Intel cards that come with laptops work fine, though.
> -Does not use slingbox.
The first hit in Google will show you that the slingbox works well with Ubuntu and has been for a long time
> -Doe not run business applications (not openoffice, accounting, inventory control, that kind of thing).
Most of these run well with wine. I even know vendors of accounting software that optimize their software for wine instead of porting it to Linux. In most companies I know (which switched to Linux) they keep Windows on one or two computers to run this software, if wine doesn't work for them.. So generally this is not a show-stopper.
> -Does not play games.
Another valid point. On the other hand - all the games I care about work nicely in Linux. Either natively (most first-person-shooters) or with wine.
If you are happy with Vista - that's great. Alot of people aren't and the points you named are no reasons not to use Linux.
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