Are you forced to buy windows in order to solve certain tasks on the internet e.g. like certain banktasks and to update garmin gps maps and other

[nitin chandra]

I work on Ubuntu 13.10 64bit on my Lenovo laptop Z570. Some of the
things I do are

- test mongoDB, mysql DB work, PostgreSQL DB based web app development,
- LibreOffice allows me to correspond in DOC / DOCX formats.
- A good and cheap alternative to CAD software works on Linux, I use that.
- I do a lot of image touch up with GIMP,
- QGIS / GRASS (even though some times GARMIN compatibility / reading
gets in the way), Google Earth, etc
- I brows the net, check my mail, skype, transfer data from BB mobile
SD, to laptop,
- Listen to music and if need be edit tracks with Aurdour.
- Net banking, etc

All that and more, as the issues arise or moments desire ...

And I chose to do it on Linux.

The only time I work on windblows, is, when there is time constrain
and features availability on windoblows software of that calibre is
required. 20% of my time on WindBlows max. Rest on LINUX

Either you get forced with windBlow or you choos linux .. its a personal call ..

Nitin



On 31 July 2014 21:50, William Scott Lockwood III <scott at guppylog.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 11:11 AM, user1 <bqz69 at telia.com> wrote:
>> Okay.
>> My questions was more generally when you are not an ubuntu expert
>> When you have windows you can solve windows tasks easy.
>> What I mean is there are lots of tasks made only for windows and mac,
>> seems like several companies do not bother to make tasks suitable for
>> linux as it probably costs too much to make and maintain and there are
>> too few linux users in the world?
>> As I see it Windows thus force people to buy windows even if they are
>> only using linux (but secretly the backdoor way)?
>
>
> My opinion is no. I do everything on Linux, including playing windows
> games. And Open or Libre Office handles common file formats like .docx
> just fine.
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