When my windows pc's hard disk died about 1 1/2 yrs ago, I decided not to replace it. I upgraded my linux box to suse 9.3 and haven't looked back. Open Office does everything I need in place of microsoft office.
You'll need to become comfortable with tar, ./configure, make, and 'make install'. You don't have to worry about viruses. kmail and mozilla work fine. I had to locate and download the latest xine package to get my ipod shuffle to work since suse's updates didn't handle mp3's at all. It also fixed some problems with wmf files. Now my ipod is recognized automatically and gtkpod works ok. Some ham software is windows only but so is some linux software. Only you can answer which you software you need, therefore determining the operating system. Will I go back to windows? I doubt it. Jim WA0LYK --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, KV9U <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am at that point that I could switch, even if I have to give up some > of the software that I prefer, since I have retired and do not > absolutely have to have certain Windows only software that I used to > require in my business. > > Years ago I had a Linux dual boot and managed to correct my MBR and did > not know what to do to get back to Windows, however, now I think I can > repair that if it happens again so that would be an alternative. > > Are there any hams who have recently completely switched over to Linux? > > If so, can you comment on the pros and cons of your experience? > > Are there any good discussion groups that cover this topic? > > Has anyone had any success yet with the XP version of Win4Lin and > running the serial ports? This seems to be the only stumbling block. > > 73, > > Rick, KV9U >
