Originally Posted by
SkippyX
I used to tinker quite a bit - more from necessity than preference. It wound up turning into a job. Now I'm a Linux guy. It does everything I need it to do. I don't have to do much tinkering at all w/ the systems I opt for using myself. The procedure is pretty straightforward at this point.
1. Check online to make sure install is a snap. I hate chasing down driver issues. I also become annoyed w/ non-functioning hardware.
2. Install some flavor of *buntu. "sudo apt-get install" the apps I like.
3. Make dinner.
I can't see spending the dough on the pretty hardware (Mac), and I've developed a distaste for Microsoft. Given the disposable nature of IT gear, I can't see spending much dough on it. Of course, I should be grateful for MS. If everyone used Mac or Linux, I'd likely have a harder time finding work.
I get my basic software installed then play with plug ins and such. I am not an IT guy, and I DID NOT stay in a Holiday Inn Express last night
I am much the amateur, but it keeps me out of bars and off of street corners and I make a bit of pocket money cleaning viruses and malware out of people's laptops. My biggest ***** is with MS when you have to do a clean install and it takes damned near 8 hours to download all the "necessary" security updates on a 5.0 DSL line.
That is freaking insane. If MS built cars you would have a Prius that weighed 7,000 # from all the patches added on.
I used Knopix or Debian for several years. I have one Ubuntu 10.1 machine right now that I love.
Aaron
