Linux into the mainstream
Why Your Next Computer Might Be A Linux PC
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In the rest of the computing world of desktop computers and mainstream notebooks, you're typically choosing between Windows Vista or Mac OS X, but in the world of netbooks, it's Linux or XP. Those two operating systems are perfect for netbooks thanks to their lower CPU and power requirements.
For those pinching pennies (and who isn't these days? ), the Linux netbooks are even more affordable than their XP counterparts, typically falling into the $300-400 range. If you're already doing most of your computing in the cloud - that is, you use webmail, create and edit documents using a service like Google Docs or Zoho, store your photos online at a site like Flickr, and, most importantly, don't need to run a bunch of software programs on your desktop, the Linux computer is now looking more like a viable option than before - and one that saves you a bit of change too. Just look at these prices: the Acer Aspire One ($399), the HP Mini 1000 ($379), the Dell Inspiron Mini 9 ($349), and the MSI U90X ($369).
As any Linux fan will tell you, the beauty of this OS is its stability. These Linux machines don't crash, boot quickly, and are generally known to be all-around reliable computers.
Comment: I've had Linux on a desktop for almost 4 years. Very stable. The Acer Aspire One is $ 327 at Amazon!
JP, I'll try to relate this to your post. Do you think things will cost $327 in the future? Do you think we'll even have such thing as dollars? I can see something like a dollar collapse and the replacement of it with a new, worldwide monetary unit.
ReplyDeleteI'm always looking for ways to save on technology.
ReplyDeleteUnsure about the future of the dollar
I run a Linux server at home. Besides taking it down a few weeks ago because we cleaned our carpet, it was running flawlessly for about 8 months. Granted, I was not doing day to day work on it. I am running a web server off of it, though.
ReplyDeleteI think the computer is like 500mhz and 256mb memory. Not bad.
I run Ubuntu, which for those that think they might want to switch should try out. You can download what is called a live version and burn it to cd/dvd. Put it in your computer and boot into it. It will not install on your computer. Everything runs off your ram. So you do not have to worry about deleting anything on your computer as long as you do not mount your drive(which you manually do) and start deleting things.
Great thing about Ubuntu, or really and Debian distro, is an application called apt. You can run it via CLI or a gui. If you run via CLI, you would do apt-get and then type the application you want installed. It will find it and install it for you as well as any dependencies it needs. The gui does all that for you, you just find the app in the list and click install.
I would challenge anyone who just browses the net to try Ubuntu. It is amazing how simple they have made the computing experience.