Comments on: When Linux is easier than Windows https://dfarq.homeip.net/when-linux-is-easier-than-windows/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=when-linux-is-easier-than-windows David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Tue, 25 Mar 2014 00:44:03 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dave Farquhar https://dfarq.homeip.net/when-linux-is-easier-than-windows/#comment-35817 Tue, 25 Mar 2014 00:44:03 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=7106#comment-35817 In reply to joseph.

Joseph, this site runs on Debian (it has since about 2001; prior to that it was running on Turbo Linux). And I spent most of last year administering a Red Hat-derived system for a Fortune 100 company. I know Windows better, but I’m not a stranger to Linux.

I agree that knowing Linux can open more doors for you. It has for me. I got some advice to the contrary early in my career, but fortunately I didn’t follow it.

]]> By: Dan Bowman https://dfarq.homeip.net/when-linux-is-easier-than-windows/#comment-35810 Mon, 24 Mar 2014 16:51:16 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=7106#comment-35810 For the printer: HPLIP. Included in some distros. Helpful sometimes to have the IP address of the printer.

LinuxLite: so far so darned good it may be replacing Ubuntu on the wife’s laptop.

Spotify now available. Decent photo software available.

Currently a problem with the WoW64bit client in Wine.

Eof.

]]> By: joseph https://dfarq.homeip.net/when-linux-is-easier-than-windows/#comment-35809 Mon, 24 Mar 2014 16:47:34 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=7106#comment-35809 Dave,
Glad to see you’re trying debian. I’ve read, in various places on the net, that an IT guy with a linux background, has added job opportunities.
Hope you pursue the linux bug. The bite is no longer that bad.

]]> By: Steve Aubrey https://dfarq.homeip.net/when-linux-is-easier-than-windows/#comment-35807 Mon, 24 Mar 2014 15:40:10 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=7106#comment-35807 Maybe I’m cynical, but I think it’s much more “won’t” instead of “can’t”.

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