--- Chris Allen chris@cjx.com wrote:
Hi to everyone at ALUG,
I'm a Linux user from Leiston in Suffolk. I work from home designing databases for web sites. I have a large number of Linux machines here, all of which make superb web and database servers. However, what I have never been able to get used to is trying to use Linux on my main 'office' desktop machine. This machine is used mainly for:
Browsing the web (IE5) Email (Eudora) Usenet News (Agent) Word processing (MS Word) Spreadsheets (MS Excel)
I have had many, many attempts to switch to Linux - indeed I have a fully configured Linux box sitting next to this one - but I always end up back on the Win98 machine. I have tried:
Browsing the web:
Opera - lots of bugs, the most annoying of which is that the toolbars won't stay put between sessions
Netscape - Soooo slow..
Dare I mention lynx. I use this for most of my web surfing at home and it does everything I need, and being that you don't get all the look and feel c**p, its very very fast.
Email:
Sylpheed is the only program I have found that comes close to Eudora in functionality - and this doesn't display HTML emails (which I get heaps of from clients)
I use Yahoo mail from Lynx. works fine.
Usenet news:
PAN - not as polished as Agent but no real complaints here
Don't use this atall so can't comment.
Office Apps:
Star Office? - So slow even on a 500Mhz PIII that it makes windows look fast.
I'm get get laughed at for this but I use vi with html to generate my documents. I am also trying to get to grips with Latex. The reason for using Vi and HTML is HTML is pretty standard for use at home/college/work.
What do you all use for your main desktop machine? And are you productive with it? I am rapidly coming to the conclusion that while Linux is the best O/S in the world for server apps, I am far less productive on a Linux desktop machine because I am for ever hacking, updating and fixing things instead of getting on with my work!
I'm more productive on a Linux box, because I have striped out most of the junk. I am using Peanut Linux.
Thanks
D
Any thoughts?
p.s. Anyone else from around Leiston here?
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