On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 4:14 PM, Always Learning <centos@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Experience 44 years - it makes me seem old :-( as computer programmer
> and the usual collection of other computer posts/tasks/assignments I
> truly believe with Centos and Gnome 90% of "ordinary" M$ Windoze users
> have what they need. If they use specialist databases and applications
> not HTML compatible (all mine are HTML compatible so they run on any
> operating system) they need something which will run in Centos/Gnome.
I agree. I set my brother and family up with CentOS about two years
ago and his whole family uses it -- once it was set up it has required
zero maintenance from me. Basically I just had to put the RPM forge in
the repository. I have family and friends who use Windows and I've
spent a *lot* more time supporting them then I do my father and
brother who use Linux.
That said, neither my Dad nor brother play major games on the
computer, nor have they ever used M$ Office. My wife uses PowerPoint
presentations and she doesn't want to change, so I support XP (on her
Desktop) and Windows 7 on her Laptop. (The desktop came with Vista,
but she had me install XP -- it took about 20 hours for her to make
that decision -- Vista was a dog -- with apologies to dogs.)
So, anyhow, you (generic "you") might be surprised how many people
could get along just fine with CentOS on the desktop now. A lot (I
would almost say most) personal computer usage is now web-centered.
Which is why Android and iOS (and others) are taking off.
For me, personally, I went completely to Linux about three years ago.
I never was a big game player and *never* liked M$ Office. I used
WordStar for DOS for years, then went to Lotus SmartSuite before
moving to Linux. I use a couple specialized Windows programs
(NetObjects Fusion and Screenwriter -- and sometimes dBASE for
Windows) which run fine in a Windows 2000 virtual machine under
VirtualBox. I also occasionally use DOSBox, where I can run WordStar
for DOS and dBASE for DOS. That's about all the Linux non-native stuff
I use.
--
RonB -- Using CentOS 5.6
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