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DoctorMO (Keeper of the Computer, Guru, Community Artist) Posted Jul 17, 2002
Every one to thair opions, no matter how unreliable.
Why not go to Linux?
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Pastey Posted Jul 17, 2002
Why not Linux? Simple, someone's paying me to develop in a Windows environment 
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DoctorMO (Keeper of the Computer, Guru, Community Artist) Posted Jul 17, 2002
Ah, yes thats at work, you don't work from home do you?
and I thought you were the Web WizKid, Linux is much better for that, I even had mine set up to test Perl scripts.
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xyroth Posted Jul 18, 2002
dear DoctorMO.
you asked how you can get updates easier.
if you are uk based, then you can pick up cheap linux disks form the linux emporium. if you are usa based, you can hop over to cheapbytes.
both are sufficiently cheap that you are basically just paying for the cd's and the posting.
unless of course you are talking about updating from boxed sets of your favourite distribution.
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DoctorMO (Keeper of the Computer, Guru, Community Artist) Posted Jul 18, 2002
Yes, I know. Box sets are $60 to $100 each, I'm sure that linux was cheaper than that, ooh say around free? I know you pay for the suport and all, but I looked at the SuSE Box set and the only times you can get suport off them are 2pm to 4pm week days. 
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xyroth Posted Jul 18, 2002
linux is free.
you can ask anyone with the cd's to copy them for you, and it is perfectly legal.
in fact you can download cd images of the web.
what you tend to get in a boxed set is a small amount of installation support (a couple of months), a set of printed manuals, and an extra disk with some more stuff that isn't open source on it.
but you can do it for next to nothing.
cheap bytes and the linux emporium charge you only the price of copying and sending the disk plus a minor admin fee.
that gets you a fully functional linux.
or you can buy a linux magazine, and as long as you choose the right month to buy it, it will have a distribution on the cd.
more importantly, you get the cd, and you can install it on all of the computers in your office or business or school, and it still only costs you the price of the one cd.
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DoctorMO (Keeper of the Computer, Guru, Community Artist) Posted Jul 19, 2002
Most of that is obvouse.
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xyroth Posted Jul 20, 2002
sure, but it was necessary to give a complete reply to your previous post.
as I say, it is free, unless you want extra frills, like commercial extra's or printed manuals.
and even though it is free, a lot of people don't realise about the unlimited licence.
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some bloke who tried to think of a short, catchy, pithy name and spent five sleepless nights trying but couldn't think of one Posted Jul 22, 2002
As soon as I get DVD ripping working under Linux, I'm intending to ditch windos for good. (From my computer, anyway)
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Jul 22, 2002
When Adobe, Metacreations and Macromedia move their entire product lines to Linux, whith free "cross-upgrades" for registered users, I'll consider dumping Windows. Or, when a Mac is more power-for-your-buck than a home-made PC...
Peet
(on a £350 Athlon 1800+)
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DoctorMO (Keeper of the Computer, Guru, Community Artist) Posted Jul 22, 2002
Nice, BYOPC, best way to get Value in tis Market.
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- 41: DoctorMO (Keeper of the Computer, Guru, Community Artist) (Jul 17, 2002)
- 42: Pastey (Jul 17, 2002)
- 43: DoctorMO (Keeper of the Computer, Guru, Community Artist) (Jul 17, 2002)
- 44: xyroth (Jul 18, 2002)
- 45: DoctorMO (Keeper of the Computer, Guru, Community Artist) (Jul 18, 2002)
- 46: xyroth (Jul 18, 2002)
- 47: DoctorMO (Keeper of the Computer, Guru, Community Artist) (Jul 19, 2002)
- 48: xyroth (Jul 20, 2002)
- 49: some bloke who tried to think of a short, catchy, pithy name and spent five sleepless nights trying but couldn't think of one (Jul 22, 2002)
- 50: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Jul 22, 2002)
- 51: DoctorMO (Keeper of the Computer, Guru, Community Artist) (Jul 22, 2002)
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