100% Linux - Is it possible?

[Jeff Vian]

On Tue, 2005-02-22 at 17:58 -0800, Nifty Hat Mitch wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 02, 2005 at 07:38:09PM +0000, Pete Choppin wrote:
> .....
> >    I  created  a  dual-boot  Fedora  /  Windows  XP.   I am now seriously
> >    considering  going  completely  100%  Linux  and  dumping  my  Windows
> >    partition entirely.
> 
> > 
> >    The  question  is - can you live completely without Windows, or do you
> >    sooner or later have to resort to Windows again?
> 
> The simple answer is that 99 44/100% of the time you can do without.
> 
> The only reason I have had to boot WindowZ in the last year or so was
> to tidy up a resume.  Sadly there are some human resource departments
> (gates) that expect word documents.
> 
And you have a problem creating a word document with OOo?

I maintain my resume in OOo, and when I need a word document I simply
save it as a .doc file and send it in.


> The good news is that the companies worth working for do just fine
> with pure text.  With care and the corretly chosen TLS on the end of a
> filename even a WindowZ user can read the attachment.
> 
> The other sad situation is the ISP tool universe.  Too often the best
> way to setup an ISP account is from a WindowZ box.  Mostly a clever
> person can lie^H^H^H translate from Linux to windows to get support.
> But you have to know both rather well to do this.....
> 
That is a failing on the part of the ISP, and yes, I know many "don't
support Linux".

We really need to get them out of that mindset somehow, but I wish I
knew how. 

> 
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