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Posted on 02/01/2014 1:57:57 PM PST by ShadowAce
If you try it out and like it, Linux can install onto your hard drive alongside Windows. When you turn on the computer it will ask you if you want Windows or Linux.
This is why I always recommend Mepis Linux. It may not be the hottest Distro according to "Distrowatch.com", but it consistantly boots across a wide variety of hardware setups and has always been the most stable and easiest to configure versions of Linux I have run over the past several years. It is available on a bootable disc which you can run as many times as you wish to determine if you think you can use it as a suitable operating system on your particular hardware setup, and will not touch your existing setup at all while it runs. Then, when you install it, it will run so much faster than off of the live disc you will be amazed at how fast and efficient it is. Pdf files, MS Office files, various Media (jpg, bmp, avi, mp4) files, even spreadsheet files are all there so you do not have to spend countless more amounts to be able to simply access the critical files you need to work with, and simply do what you need to do without needing to constantly worry about looking for the latest "update" to ensure continued access to the data you need.
No need to pay over one hundred dollars every couple of years to obtain the "latest" newest version of a monolithic Operating System just to make certain that you can continue to use your existing computer setup.
Stable, runs on many different hardware setups, and few if any threats of malware to worry about. More and more, this OS is beginning to become something for us to think about as time goes by.
And with good reason.
lol!
The year of Linux is upon us, right?
No.
Even the really lame attempt at associating Linux with conservatism fails to take into account that the fee market has rejected Linux as an viable alternative to Windows every year for the entire time it’s been around.
however it sounds very Utopian socialist when you look at the whole “M$” is evil trope that is central to the “free open source” movement.
that’s fine.
I’ve used Linux in the past, and realized that I value my free time more than fixing 1990s style issues like getting printers and video drivers to make my computer work, or looking for software repositories, or dealing with Kernal panics, or have to edit x.org files.
Yeah, I know, I can just dual/tri boot one hard drive, but I prefer to keep them all on their own separate hard drives. I use W7 most of the time but I wanted an XP disk with all the latest patches for sake of having it, and also hoping that Microsoft will realize their error and continue to support it.
It is possible, though I will say that it is probably not functional right "out of the box." There will be some configuration by you in order to accomplish it.
Can it convert windows files with Lynux programs for example word docs, excell?
Yes. You can try out LibreOffice now as il it,as it runs on Windows also. Install it and open some of your more questionable files and see if it works. That will give you more confidence in moving ahead.
Also, can I then share with computers still using windows?
Yes. I use a Linux (no Windows installed on it anywhere) machine at work. It's connected to the AD network, and no one outside of my department knows I run Linux.
Yeah? What market are you watching? Every time I turn around I see another company or government switching over. It dominates the supercomputer market, and dwarfs Windows in the tablet market.
So while the market hasnt turned to Linux overnight, like you seem to expect us to think it will, it s moving in that direction.
What can you do if you HAVE to use Windows® based applications? Are you out of luck?
I do a lot of developing of industrial control systems using PLCs and HMIs from various vendors; Allen-Bradley, Omron, Siemens, AutomationDirect and others. All of the development environments utilize Windows O/S (in various flavors).
Inasmuch as I would love to give Windows the old heave ho, unless and until I can use Linux to run these applications, Linux is little more than a plaything to me.
“One nice thing about Linux is that you don’t have to install it to try it out.”
THANKS! I like that. I will study Linux and try that.
Yeah, if you hang around Slashdot all day you would think that everyone is using it.
Then you look at the actual numbers and you are still trailing OSX
” It dominates the supercomputer market, and dwarfs Windows in the tablet market.”
Because supercomputers = everyday users?
And no Android =/= Linux anymore than OSX is Linux.
“Oh, but they use the same underpinnings...”
Oh but they dont run the same software, and are virtually incomparable.
“So while the market hasnt turned to Linux overnight”
Overnight is coming on to their 20th or so year.
Heh, not sure what you mean.
That sounds like a win for you both!
Actually linux has better support for old Windows programs than Win7/8.
My company has a cloud of 46k+ VM’s running RHEL. That’s a minimum of $13.8 million of revenue a year for RedHat.
Dude, Crunchbang. It screams.
WOW is all i can say. the reason i ask is i work for a small medicare healthplan and we are still on winXP and will be for a while yet as our claims software is not used on win7 or so IT told me.
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