[LBo] Novell Ships SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time

[James Allen]

On 10/24/06, dan at ecorry.com <dan at ecorry.com> wrote:
> On a side-topic, I have a philosophical question to pose to the group: How do
> you deal, those of you who've accomplished it, moving to a 100% "Windows-free"
> life? I am hoping to achieve that someday (soon!), but I'm hesitant, because I
> rely on Windows somewhat.

I moved to it by plopping a CD into the drive and rebooting ;-) I
never saw any problem with reading and experimenting.

I have a Windows laptop provided by my company to access the company
intranet from home through vpn. So I have to use Windows. They do
program some of the intranet web sites to be IE only. But when a
company uses things like FrontPage to do their programming, what can
you expect but Windows non-standard code getting into it? Thankfully,
putty  and a vncserver on Linux are to the rescue :-)

>
> For example, I do Web sites for people using MySQL and PHP, and I well
> understand the dynamics there, (and the fact they don't change: i.e. HTML is
> HTML whether it's on Windows or Linux). BUT, I do rely on Macromedia (now
> Adobe) DreamWeaver to administer "legacy" sites I've done, and I am hesitant to
> "push off from the dock and swim free" in the Linux Lake. I have briefly
> experimented with Nvu, and I see I can "import" a site folder/files easily, and
> see the code. I like it, but don't have the confidence.

I have done and am doing web sites in PHP and MySQL.  The server and
desktop I use to develop are both Linux. I don't use Dreamweaver
though I tried it out once. To me, those types of programs are HARDER
because if they can't get something right, then have fun trying to
edit the source then. I use a text editor, php includes, and css so
development is simplified.

How would you do an interactive web site in DreamWeaver anyway?

>
> Those of you who've done it, how do you "deal" with friends and colleagues to
> whom you have to explain that you're on a Linux system now? I mean, like I
> said, HTML is HTML, and that's transparent, but what about accepting graphics
> files, or providing presentations or demos and such? I'm an enthusiastic
> "missionary" for Linux, but in professional relationships, how do you broach
> the subject that you're using Linux, while they're in a Windows paradigm? And
> how do you handle the "conflicts" that might entail, (in their minds, if
> nowhere else)?

I work for the second largest IT outsourcing company in the U.S. and
there aren't very many people who can't understand someone doing
things on Linux. Not even the Windows administrators. There are a few
people though who have never tried Linux and go by the FUD. But they
are a small minority.

James