91courtstreet.net — I started using Linux as my primary desktop and operating system in 1998. After brief flirtations with FVWM 95 and Enlightenment, I settle on Gnome (with it’s various WMs over the years ) and Redhat/Fedora (until switching to Ubuntu last fall ).
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joeglabJan 29, 2008
So how much money do you make running Linux?
silencegoldJan 29, 2008
You can make money being a Linux Administrator.
Closed AccountJan 29, 2008
I don't know his earnings but mine were 0€ , the same I would have done with windows/mac. But for me savings are sometimes better than earnings.
jake6730Jan 29, 2008
More people need to be like this guy. Some people need to chill with the OS wars, and try other things to see what they like best. I know a lot of Vista people that absolutely love it, a lot of Mac people that are not afraid to tell everyone that they are running the best OS in existence, and I love to boot up my Ubuntu every day knowing that I am in control.
dihukoJan 29, 2008
I love Linux. I have dabbled for hours in various distros including Ubuntu (Slax got me started into Linux-I thought the whole concept was amazing) and have gained lots of knowledge through problem solving with the help of their forums and various online resources. However, I keep coming back to Windows. I don't want to use Windows-I think Ubuntu 7.10 is a lot better than Windows, but the reasons I continue to use it are:-iTunes (I have an iPod Touch and I just can't replace it with Amarok or another player in Linux because I have a lot of protected songs and videos I like to watch/transfer)-Games (I run Steam (Orange Box) and UT2004, and eventually probably COD4, and UT3. I recently bought a new 8600GT for games like those-additionally, I don't want to pay to use Cedega)-Office Apps (I used OpenOffice.org for a while around a year ago-it is a great suite of programs, but when I would frequently switch between Microsoft Office and OpenOffice.org, I would run into problems where text would be not formatted correctly)I know a lot of people would recommend a dual-boot, but in my opinion, that just defeats the purpose when you could have "100%" compatibility with one of the OS's on your HDD. I even got a recommendation once to run Ubuntu virtually inside of Windows....I really want to switch to Linux, but it is just these few, but major obstacles that are preventing me from permanently making the switch. I have sometimes compulsively made the jump for a week or so on one of my systems, only to go back because of some problems and knowing Windows already 100% worked for me.I really hope Linux gains enough market share to become more mainstream so that more programs can be developed for it. But in my opinion, if you were to mention "Linux" to a normal electronic consumer, he or she would freak out about command lines and stuff.
dmouratiJan 30, 2008
Great post. I like the Linux Multimedia and Perl books propping up your monitors.