Linked by Robert Trembath on Sat 30th Aug 2003 11:41 UTC
As a system administrator, I have used Windows on the desktop since 2.0 and used to run Windows XP at home for my family. I use Linux and Windows servers at work and prefer (Red Hat) Linux for its security, stability and usefulness in a company with a diminishing IT budget. More than a year ago I started experimenting with Linux as a desktop solution and after installing and using more than 7 different distros along with many various versions of those distros, I found a distro that is doing everything its suppose to do, right out of the box. I'm talking about the pleasantly suprising Lindows 4.0.
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I have been an Insider at Lindows.com since the days of 0.9rc1 and I am also a developer for Windows (have used all version of Delphi). Comparing the two, let me tell you this:
On Software, since I am an Insider I have full access to CNR and all commercial software from Lindows. I have the license to install it on both my systems at home, and download all the software I need. And if someone says you are limited to CNR they are wrong. With Synaptic I get access to another 5000 titles of software for free.
Even if I don't continue using CNR (which of course I will). I use Openoffice just fine (also have StarOffice 6.0) and the cost is way down from doing the same with Windows.
I use Office in Windows only because a new license scheema from Microsofts allows me to use it for free at home (on ONE machine), if I have a PRO license at the office.
As for Security, I have always used Windows on Administrative mode. So root on Lindows is not a problem. I have setup a user account for my sister though on Lindows.
The reason I don't get rid of Windows is because all our clients use Windows. They don't know that anything else exists, or even imagine it. They think computers are made for Windows, and not the other way around, or they think Windows are the Computer :-)
That has to change for IT companies to servive in the future. Otherwise the market is going to be condensed to one company: Microsoft. Lindows is a good start.