Re: CSWas, What is a Techie ? Now, Linux

[dee]

Thanks Langsley, but I don't have the know how to even start loading 
systems such as this, *or* to maintain them.  I think if you need the 
computer for specific things then you would have to look at a more 
efficient or less troubled system, but as I just use it to do things 
like letters, emails and surfing,  I find Microsoft easier to manage 
without professional support.  dee


Langsley wrote:

On Thursday 21 August 2008 4:28 am, dee wrote:
  

Thanks for that Wayne, but


 I think you *are* a techie!  vbg dee

Hi, Dee.

I know I said I
 wasn't going to continue this discussion on the list, but I 
feel I must say
 that I strongly reinforce everything said by Marshall and 
Wayne earlier. 

However, even though one can run many open source software programs like 
Firefox on Windows--and it is far better to do this than to run Microsoft 
application software for many reasons, not the least of which is security.  
  



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Re: CSWas, What is a Techie ? Now, Linux

[Langsley]

On Thursday 21 August 2008 4:28 am, dee wrote:
 Thanks for that Wayne, but I think you *are* a techie!  vbg dee

Hi, Dee.

I know I said I wasn't going to continue this discussion on the list, but I 
feel I must say that I strongly reinforce everything said by Marshall and 
Wayne earlier. 

However, even though one can run many open source software programs like 
Firefox on Windows--and it is far better to do this than to run Microsoft 
application software for many reasons, not the least of which is security. It 
is better still to run open source application software on an open source 
operating system--specifically Linux. Again, the reasons for this are many. 
First and foremost this includes security. It also includes being totally 
free from the control of Microsoft. Remember, Microsoft can, at any point, 
decide to stop supporting--or actively block--any application they choose to. 
They have done just this with Vista, MS's newest version of Windows. Many 
application programs--including many published by Microsoft and supported 
just one release earlier--will not run on Vista. 

This sort of thing just doesn't happen with open source software including 
Linux, in part because the source code for everything is available to anyone 
who wants it. This means that if some distribution of Linux, for example, 
decides to discontinue support for some piece of application software, others 
in the open source community can write a new version of the distribution 
adding the support back in. Also, because most open source software is free 
to anyone who wants it, there is no incentive to drop support for old 
programs or formats just to be able to sell you, i.e., require you, to buy a 
newer version.  So it doesn't serve any purpose to constantly change formats 
or drop support for application software with each new release. 
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