[ubuntu-uk] suck it and see
Mark Harrison
Mark at yourpropertyexpert.com
Thu Jun 21 14:00:36 BST 2007
This may seem odd, but on the "Feisty Laptop", I have precisely three
applications that I use:
- Firefox
- Thunderbird
- OpenOffice.org
On the server, I have an awful lot more, but these days, it's the
servers that are doing all the "heavy lifting."
Two years ago, we used lots of applications on the desktop.
A year ago, we used a lot of server-side code for tracking our
activities. Anything that requires input from more than one person in
the team lives as an entry in a database/wiki/whatever rather than
client-side apps.
This year, a lot of the "intelligence" of the business is in the form of
mashups - our geographical information about customers, for example is a
mashup of our own code, google maps (for display) and code.google.com
(for mapping UK postcodes to Lat/Long). Goodbye legacy mapping
applications... Ajax has really helped here.
I must confess that I still have a Windows laptop, also running
OpenOffice.org, Firefox, and Thunderbird.
The reason I still have a Windows laptop is that I still have a training
course I run on a vertical application that is only available for
Windows. I left the company last year, but every few months, I go back
for a couple of days to train their trade customers :-) Because I have
the Windows PC, I tend to use that for audio/video editing/CD/DVD
production, and use (relatively old versions of) the Adobe products for
those.
I can't believe that I'll ever buy a Vista PC - Feisty just seems a
superior product now for when I next change machines.
Mark
norman wrote:
> One of the many advantages of Ubuntu to old codgers like me and those of
> us who depend on our computer for passing the time is the vast range of
> free software and applications available to be tried and tested. Mostly
> these are easy to install and uninstall and generally work with the
> hardware we have. Sometimes, like Mythtv for example, it is necessary to
> get a new bit of hardware but the cost of such is relatively minimal. I
> get tremendous pleasure from applications such as the Gimp, the many
> sound and video applications and if I want to use something which
> requires Widows then I will see if it will work in Crossover Office.
> (Note, Crossover is not free but what you pay goes to help the
> developers of Wine).
>
> Come on Ubuntu users, let's hear of all the things you like to use and
> what gives you pleasure. Stop lurking and come out.
>
> Norman
>
>
>
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