On Tuesday 15 December 2009 13:22:26 Clayton wrote:
No that's fine. Let them be smart, They've all helped me enough in the past and they all know what I want to ask. I've never seen a laptop or anyones computer at home running Linux. But you've just enlightened me.
My laptop runs Linux. And, strange but true, the computer we have set up for my wife's parents runs Linux. It is mainly for the web (especially banking) and a few linux games. Works great.
Hi everyone. That's great news. I thought Linux was destined for running networks and that's all it was used for. To actually use it and nothing else for a laptop is a great idea. I suppose it has all the applications you need. We use openeoffice. It is not publicised at all here in Spain.
In my home I have 3 computers... - my main desktop which is running Linux (oS11.2 + KDE4). This one acts as my regular day-to-day desktop for home use (web browsing, gaming etc) as well as a central repository for my video collection, and my work computer (when I work from home 1 to 3 days per week) - my second computer is a mini bookshelf computer - also running Linux (oS 11.0 since it has an old ATI video card and this is the last oS release that works well on it using the ATI binary video drivers). - my netbook (Asus EeePC 1005HA-H) which is running oS 11.2.
In all cases none of these machines are running Windows (although I do have Windows 7 on an isolated hard drive on my main computer that I can boot to if I want to test something... maybe once per month at most). I use VirtualBox with WindowsXP and Windows7 for cross platform application testing.
My only office suite is OpenOffice.org
I'm not the only one who is doing this either. My manager (at the office) uses only Ubuntu (he's not an oS fan). A friend in the NL uses only oS on his laptop, and he's set up his father's computer with Ubuntu. Another friend is running oS (various versions) on 4 home computers... two used almost exclusively for gaming, one is a multimedia center running oS11.1 + XBMC, and the fourth is running oS 11.1 as the base OS with WinXP in a VM for things like Photoshop etc. Another friend runs LinuxMint on all his computers.
Just a couple of examples... basically I know a lot of people who are running various Linux distros as the only OS on their desktop, laptop and netbook computers. Only a couple are hardcore geeks. the rest are just average home users who, made the transition to Linux and are not looking back.
Also, it's not uncommon for me to be riding on the train to work and see someone working on their laptop that's running Ubuntu - I see a lot of people running Ubuntu Studio actually... all look to be University students... most working on docs in OOo while commuting.
Another example... a local doctor's office provides a computer in the waiting room for the patients to surf the web... it's running openSUSE. i noticed it this summer when I was there for an appointment.
Despite people claiming that Linux only has less than 1% of the computer market... I think the reality is a lot different. I see Linux used all the time... everywhere I go... even the grocery store near my house is using Linux on the cash register thing.. a Point of Sale application of some sort.
C.
Hi Clayton. Don't know where you are but in my part of the world that doesn't happen. It's very encouraging though. L x -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org