[dba-Tech] PCs are here to stay

I think that says it all Arthur.

Linux is no longer for just geeks but for anyone. Everyone should have a
copy if it is only for fun. (It very nicely installs itself as a dual boot
if you don't have enough PCs while not cramping the existing system)

I have virtually zero interest in PC games and therefore Linux suited me
very well but it seems with a number of major game distributors migrating
their game engines onto the Linux platform that is all going change. I am
not sure whether that pleases me.

Jim  

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2013 5:19 PM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] PCs are here to stay

While my experience is limited pretty much to Ubuntu and Mint, and so I
can't opine about how far the others have come, I will go so far as to
suggest that pretty much anybody, even a brand-new  user, can set up a
Linux system now. It takes nothing more than booting from a CD or DVD. If
you can do that, you can run Linux. Obviously such a user may never see a
command line, but then he has no need to.

A.
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