Fun thread.

[Eric Benoit]

I could have saved our school district 10,000.00 if only they had let me 
...and upgrading in the future could have saved them ...well who knows.  
There is a great deal of educational software being made for linux 
...and it will grow.  The troubles I have with windows is 90% of my time 
that i could have spent making permenant feasible solutions to there IT 
needs.  I just ghost windows machines these days ...it seems to cut down 
on the time problem ...on the other hand people see me busy ...if linux 
were the choice then they might speculate that I'm a slacker ..thanks 
for keeping me busy Billy.

Jesse Jarzynka wrote:

>On Wed, 2005-01-05 at 15:07, Dennis Ruzeski wrote:
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>>It's not what Linux can do, it's what Windows can't do-- Protect itself.
>>To show why I like Linux better, I mention things like msblaster, nimda, mydoom, sasser, etc...
>>Then I show them my CERT mail archives with about a 15:1 Windows to Linux alert ratio and if I'm at my home, I demonstrate how easliy a windows machine can be compromised.
>>Lots of people are impressed with eye candy, so although I use windowmaker, I also show them a prettied up gnome, kde, and enlightenment environment.
>>Then I give them a knoppix cd and say try it first with no commitment.
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>>As far as apps go, I like Openoffice (free vs. ~$300) GIMP, Blender, Gaim, and k3b.
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>>--Dennis
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>	That's exactly what I say. But more of what i meant was you show some
>people OpenOffice, they say "I'll just download Microsoft Office", Gimp,
>"I'll download Photoshop", get the idea? Even if they know Linux is more
>secure, they'll keep Windows for the comfort factor. A lot of people,
>while stupid, think that they shouldn't have to switch if they can still
>download everything they want for free. 
>	I have a kid in my class who brings his laptop in, and every morning
>does his little virus scan, immediately followed by his ad-aware scan.
>Spends about 20 minutes just cleaning it up. That just goes to show
>people will deal with it, and maybe even feel better about it!
>	Blender is a good one. While I haven't played with it. I've heard and
>seen some awesome things from it. Isn't it ported to Windows though? I
>also think mythTV is a cool one that's kinda standalone on Linux. Some
>other cool things I usually mention are more dependable ripping. I
>remember windows crashing and dying all the time while Grip, or DVDrip
>just work fantastically. And also, ogg doesnt force you to download a
>license to listen to them! Anyone ran into this little gem on Windows
>yet? I also like all the tools that come with terminal. Ssh, scp, vi
>(while on a server), locate, grep etc.
>	I just like blowing people's minds when I show them my desktop, and
>wanted to know if anyone could think of some other clever things Linux
>can do that Windows can't, besides the obvious security issues. I think
>for a lot of the "intermediate" users, until they see some eye candy, or
>unavailable apps, they'll settle. Obviously the screensavers are a good
>start!
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