Has Ubuntu Replaced Windows on Your Box?
DC Parris
dcparris at matheteuo.org
Thu Dec 1 19:49:41 UTC 2005
On Thursday 01 December 2005 02:06 pm, 'Forum Post, '@wailuku.xlogicgroup.com
wrote:
> Yes, pretty much. When I still used a desktop machine I had it
> configured for dual boot Ubuntu/Win98, with two hard drives. Once I
> swapped out my big clunky desktop for a sleeker laptop, I booted
> Windows once to verify that all the hardware worked, and promptly nuked
> it all with a clean Ubuntu install.
>
> At my non-profit sysadmin gig, I recently switched over to using Ubuntu
> exclusively. Among other things this frees up a Windows computer that
> can be used elsewhere, rather than the organization having to buy a new
> one.
>
Thanks for that! You might find this article interesting:
http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/47828/index.html
There are some links to non-profit resources.
> At my pay-for-play job I'm still required to use Windows, but most
> times I use that for email, or for remote logins to other machines,
> half of which run Suse, anyway.
>
>
> --
> niobe_logos
Regards,
Don
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