Re: I wish to advocate linux
Am 28.02.2013 um 04:19 schrieb Ralf Mardorf:
We're using Linux for different reasons, but comparison to Microsoft
and
Apple are useless.
If I want to do a well defined collection of tasks then a *can*
compare the platforms.
Remark: I have experience with IBM 360/370+ (DOS, MVS, VM), AS400,
PDP-8, PDP-11, AIX, MSDOS 2.11+, WinMobile, Win 1 to 7, MacOS X
(Desktop & Server), iOS, Linux (various distros), various routers.
Office and Groupware: If you work in a company using MS-office
heavily, then you have nearly no choice. If you get MS Office
documents often you need MS Office installed (on a virtual or real
machine - Win or Mac OS - running MS Office).
Special software or hardware: You need the platform where the software
or drivers are running good enough. E.g. I use Win 7 for ABBY
Finereader (OCR).
Image processing, pre-press etc.: If you work as professional in this
field you will need all the Adobe software running only on Win or Mac.
Here Mac is the best joice.
Development: It depends on the target system. As a Perl developer
developing for Linux, I used Win, Mac and Linux. Eclipse runs on all
three platforms. Compared with Linux Win and Mac have a lot of
disadvantages in this case. That's why I know it mostly this way in
large projects: Work with e.g. Eclipse on Win or Mac directly on a
Samba-share of a Linux server, SVN and Git also on a Linux server.
Server: It depends. For the typical web/mail server IMHO Linux and
especially Debian is the best choice (high stability and low
administration). OS X server is horrible (I have to adminster three of
them here) for such tasks: it freezes sometimes, hard to diagnose,
hard to configure special components on the console. For inhouse tasks
like fileserver, ldap etc. OS X and Win are o.k. or maybe better for
most users, as long as the problems can be solved within the clicky-
clicky surface.
Desktop: For the mainstream users without special requirements all
three (Win, Mac and Linux) can be used. IMHO Gnome 2 is easy to use
and most things are supported out of the box with a default Debian
install. Mac is very stable and fast if you keep updated with the
payware ("bucks for bugs"), but is boring in case of (very seldom)
problems.
Mobile Devices: I had two Win-Phones in the last 5 years and still use
one. Win-Mobile is crap. A few months ago I [1] decided for iPhone 5
(iOS) against the Android world after a lot of googling and reading.
[1] I hate Apple a little bit, have to work on an iMac in the office,
and know from experience why I hate it.
Don't forget needs of the tablet/touch users: They see the look and
feel of the hardware, and use "Apps". Which operating system (iOS,
Android, ChromeOS, MozillaOS) runs the whole thing is nearly
unimportant.
Helmut Wollmersdorfer
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