re: So, ubantu is for Browser goodness?

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re: So, ubantu is for Browser goodness?

McFly — 3/4/2009 6:00:37 PM (archived)

Well, with my thus-far fairly limited experience, using Ubuntu with the Gnome interface (included in the install) is largely indistinguishable from using Windows. Firefox is included in the install and a number of other browsers are freely available online, as is a great deal of very sophisticated software. IMO, the last couple of years have brought a huge improvement in Linux usability, especially for those familiar with Windows.

The CLI becomes important for developers. One of the knocks against using a "Unixy" language (Ruby, PHP, Python, etc) on Windows is that there are some important command line utilities that haven't been ported to Windows.

Again though, all of my Linux experience has been with Ubuntu. I have to bow to ET's wisdom when it comes to Linux in general.

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Linux 64bit - brian gyles - 3/3/2009 1:31:12 AM
- Living without windows - et - 3/11/2009 7:48:14 PM
- Books? Where you're going, you don't need books... - McFly - 3/3/2009 5:17:01 AM
  - Wubi wubi woooooo - Tony - 3/17/2009 12:37:50 AM
  - Command line interface? - RobVG - 3/3/2009 5:37:01 AM
    - Plan B - S - 3/5/2009 7:19:09 PM
      - You all are scaring me. - alcaray - 3/10/2009 12:44:34 AM
        
        Knowledge is power... - S - 3/10/2009 7:33:23 PM
        
        Just kidding - S - 3/10/2009 8:06:13 PM
        
        Fugitive F Alert - S - 3/10/2009 7:35:47 PM
      - Thanks for the plan (n/t) - RobVG - 3/6/2009 2:00:34 AM
    - re: Command line interface? - et - 3/3/2009 3:43:10 PM
      - So, ubantu is for Browser goodness? (n/t) - RobVG - 3/4/2009 1:09:31 AM
        
        U-baaaaan-tu? Are you pullin' my leg? - et - 3/5/2009 4:21:09 PM
        
        Open source? - RobVG - 3/8/2009 7:36:58 PM
        
        re: Open source? - et - 3/9/2009 7:22:09 PM
        
        No BASIC versions I presume? ;) (n/t) - RobVG - 3/10/2009 3:08:13 AM
        
        100 goto 99 - S - 3/10/2009 7:12:06 PM
        
        thanks for the list will have a looks see (n/t) - Brian Gyles - 3/11/2009 1:59:26 AM
        
        That's quite a list. - RobVG - 3/10/2009 8:01:03 PM
        
        No no no wheres the Rem(arks) in your code ;) (n/t) - Brian Gyles - 3/11/2009 1:58:10 AM
        
        It was unremarkable. (n/t) - RobVG - 3/12/2009 1:31:11 PM
        
        No... - RobVG - 3/6/2009 1:56:30 AM
        
        :) - Brian Gyles - 3/5/2009 5:36:19 PM
        
        re: So, ubantu is for Browser goodness? - McFly - 3/4/2009 6:00:37 PM
    - re: Command line interface? - brian gyles - 3/3/2009 10:55:18 AM
  - My last effort at that was to try to make a Linux bootable CD. - Bowser - 3/3/2009 5:21:19 AM
- This sounds like a case for the caped Linux crusader. - Bowser - 3/3/2009 2:45:44 AM
  - What McFly said... Ubuntu. (n/t) - et - 3/3/2009 3:37:28 PM

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