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As I was sitting here surfing & posting stuff, a question popped into my head that I thought I would pose to the General Chat group out of idle curiosity: Is anyone else here using a Linux distro like me? With Linux commanding a whooping 3.17% of the desktop market, I won't be stunned if this post gets limited responses. If quite a few respond then I'll be pleasantly surprised that I'm not the only computer nerd around here.
For daily work, I spend a lot of time at the command prompt of Ubuntu servers. I also used it to develop a Postgresql-based inventory system for a relative's business. But at home, I use openSUSE Leap 16 Desktop as my daily driver on both my Precision Workstation & Precision laptop. Years ago my office had an IFL on an IBM Z Series mainframe that we ran SLE (SUSE Linux Enterprise) on & I acquired an affection for this particular distribution. I like KDE Plasma & I'm not a big fan of Gnome because I find the layout and the animation of the widows annoying. On some of my older desktops years ago, I got good use out of XFCE when I was favoring Xubuntu.
I wrote my first computer program on a Tandy TRS-80 that was attached to a 1963 B&W Zenith TV as a monitor & used a Panasonic cassette tape player for storage. I wrote my first Fortran program on a card punch machine at LSU. So I guess I'm showing my age. As technology progresses, I have found some of the "improvements" & intrusiveness of companies like Apple & Microsoft to be kind of annoying. It seems like I spend too much time in the settings trying to turn off default crap I don't like. Maybe I'm just turning into a grumpy old man. But excessive authentication processes, endless pop-ups blocking me from being efficient & nagging reminders to embrace new whiz-bang feature I hate have driven me to a simpler interface that makes me a lot happier.
But surprisingly I'm not trying to convert anyone to my way of thinking or suggesting anyone switch. Linux can be just as annoying for other reasons if you don't have some technical skills. My daughter absolutely loves her integrated MacBook, iPhone & iPad setup. I'm at the opposite end of the spectrum where I prefer simple text editors and I only use a single font (Courier New) for everything. Vive la différence!
For daily work, I spend a lot of time at the command prompt of Ubuntu servers. I also used it to develop a Postgresql-based inventory system for a relative's business. But at home, I use openSUSE Leap 16 Desktop as my daily driver on both my Precision Workstation & Precision laptop. Years ago my office had an IFL on an IBM Z Series mainframe that we ran SLE (SUSE Linux Enterprise) on & I acquired an affection for this particular distribution. I like KDE Plasma & I'm not a big fan of Gnome because I find the layout and the animation of the widows annoying. On some of my older desktops years ago, I got good use out of XFCE when I was favoring Xubuntu.
I wrote my first computer program on a Tandy TRS-80 that was attached to a 1963 B&W Zenith TV as a monitor & used a Panasonic cassette tape player for storage. I wrote my first Fortran program on a card punch machine at LSU. So I guess I'm showing my age. As technology progresses, I have found some of the "improvements" & intrusiveness of companies like Apple & Microsoft to be kind of annoying. It seems like I spend too much time in the settings trying to turn off default crap I don't like. Maybe I'm just turning into a grumpy old man. But excessive authentication processes, endless pop-ups blocking me from being efficient & nagging reminders to embrace new whiz-bang feature I hate have driven me to a simpler interface that makes me a lot happier.
But surprisingly I'm not trying to convert anyone to my way of thinking or suggesting anyone switch. Linux can be just as annoying for other reasons if you don't have some technical skills. My daughter absolutely loves her integrated MacBook, iPhone & iPad setup. I'm at the opposite end of the spectrum where I prefer simple text editors and I only use a single font (Courier New) for everything. Vive la différence!
