[dba-Tech] A new super browser

[Zimmer, Michael]

Jim,

You "broke" windows.....I love it!   I must confess that I never thought of using server as a everyday desktop, great idea.  I might try it soon, as the specter of Windows 10 looms over us at work.  

Begin rant:
 I used to like Mac OS, from the Motorola to the PowerPC to Intel, they were handy little PCs because they always worked.  Though they were not easily modified/customized they rarely caused problems and quietly soldiered on.  Now, however, looking at a Mac is like looking at a larger version of a smartphone -- all gloss and apps and very few ways to tweak the OS.  Don't even get me started on the mess that is iPhoto and iTunes!  I think it's really funny that Apple made their bones casting IBM and the PC1 as "big brother" then Microsoft as the "establishment" PC, and now, IMHO, "big brother" lives in Cupertino and controls not only the playback system but the content and delivery systems too!  
End rant.

Mike


-----Original Message-----
From: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence
Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 1:18 PM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] A new super browser

You are a man after my own heart.

Debian core, Ubuntu base and add a nice distro, like Mint and what could be better. I always find it thrilling that a desktop has the capability and stability to run any entire company and can scale to a super-computer. When I was a true Windows geek, I always used a server edition, as a desktop, as I have a habit of breaking Microsoft's basic desktops (Windows 10 is no exception). ;-)

Jim

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Zimmer" <Michael.Zimmer at federalmogul.com>
To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 6:13:33 AM
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] A new super browser

Jim

I would be certainly interested in a copy.  All my work at home is on Linux Mint.  (Windows AND Mac have driven me there!)

Mmmm mint, my favorite flavor.

Mike


-----Original Message-----
From: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2016 11:37 PM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] A new super browser

Well, that is probably true but I am talking to a tech savvy audience here and most Linux distro ISOs are around 2-3 GB or less. A full boot version of a downloaded ISO of the latest Ubuntu 15.10, on a USB stick is only 2.1 GB.

Of course if your only have access is via a Starbuck's open hotspot or a 56K modem then well... ;-)  

If anyone would like to run up their own copies, I would be pleased to help.
 
Jim

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bryan Carbonnell" <carbonnb at gmail.com>
To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2016 8:06:39 AM
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] A new super browser

On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 11:30 PM, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:
> but of course anyone can run up a Linux box in 10 minutes or less so 
> this is hardly a limitation. ;-)
>
> Jim

But of course that is if you know what you are doing AND can get the files downloaded in less than 10 minutes which most people can't.

--
Bryan Carbonnell - carbonnb at gmail.com
Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "What a great ride!"
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