Where have you seen linux today?
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!
Re: Where have you seen linux today?
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.
Re: Where have you seen linux today?
Hope the eyesight is OK Nick... Yes it's all around us. Noel Leeming stores have a locked-down terminal with a web browser that look a but like Firefox, running on top of some Linux distro. - David On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 9:08 AM, Nick Rout nick.r...@gmail.com 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!
Re: Where have you seen linux today?
The 'bus station displays were at one time. I saw a Linux kernel crash message displayed on one of them a few years back. 2010/1/16 David Lowe da...@thistledown.co.nz Hope the eyesight is OK Nick... Yes it's all around us. Noel Leeming stores have a locked-down terminal with a web browser that look a but like Firefox, running on top of some Linux distro. - David On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 9:08 AM, Nick Rout nick.r...@gmail.com 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! -- Sincerely etc. Christopher Sawtell
