On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 09:08:11 Nick Rout wrote: > I went into specsavers the other day to get a copy of an invoice for > my insurance company. Sat down at computer with assistant and she went > through several screens, it soon became apparent that she was not > using windows. > > Invoice info etc was all via a browser (firefox) and invoice came up > in openoffice writer so she could print it. While she was off at the > printer I clicked an icon that said "my computer" or suchlike. The > file system was definitely *nix, it had var opt and dev directories (I > couldn't linger as the printer wasn't far away.) > > She knew nothing about what was underlying the software she used. It > may have been any unix variant, but it was great to see something that > wasn't windows! >
The digital photo frames I've seen in shops look like they have some recycled code from the KDE 3 screen saver package. -- Quote of the login: If you fool around with something long enough, it will eventually break.
