From: robert@timetraveller.org (Robert Brockway)
Subject: [TUHS] UNIX of choice these days?
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 09:37:40 +1000 (AEST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.11.1709210917530.3189@sirius.opentrend.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c38ba7b5-e867-93a3-14a2-c61c90bb49b5@kilonet.net>
On Tue, 19 Sep 2017, Arthur Krewat wrote:
> What's your UNIX of choice to do normal "real" things these days?
Started with SunOS in 1992.
Got Linux on the desktop in 1994 and I've used it as my desktop ever
since. The only time I was worried about the continued viability of Linux
as a desktop was around 2000-2002. I found that was the period of maximum
Microsoft (MS) browser dominance.
After that I think a number of changes improved the situation:
(1) MS started to more actively and honestly work with standards bodies
and other vendors.
(2) Greater public recognition of the importance of open standards.
(3) MS desktop dominance became increasingly irrelevant with the rise of
mobile computing.
(4) Chomebooks appeared, increasing the number of people using a Linux/X
desktop even if they didn't realise it.
Cheers,
Rob
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2017-09-20 0:12 Arthur Krewat
2017-09-20 0:26 ` Larry McVoy
2017-09-20 0:39 ` Dave Horsfall
2017-09-20 1:03 ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2017-09-20 20:56 ` jason-tuhs
2017-09-23 9:17 ` Dario Niedermann
2017-09-23 9:36 ` Steve Mynott
2017-09-23 10:03 ` Dario Niedermann
2017-09-23 23:04 ` Dave Horsfall
2017-09-24 0:11 ` Random832
2017-09-24 1:19 ` Dave Horsfall
2017-09-24 13:46 ` Andy Kosela
2017-09-24 14:02 ` ron minnich
2017-09-24 14:06 ` Larry McVoy
2017-09-24 20:36 ` Kurt H Maier
2017-09-24 21:38 ` Bakul Shah
2017-09-24 23:36 ` Dave Horsfall
2017-09-24 23:50 ` Steve Nickolas
2017-09-25 0:03 ` Wesley Parish
2017-09-25 15:36 ` Tony Finch
2017-09-26 0:42 ` Wesley Parish
2017-09-26 9:54 ` Tony Finch
2017-09-26 14:41 ` Larry McVoy
2017-09-26 17:34 ` Bakul Shah
2017-09-26 17:39 ` Warner Losh
2017-09-26 18:26 ` Bakul Shah
2017-09-26 17:43 ` Larry McVoy
2017-09-26 19:44 ` Grant Taylor
2017-09-26 23:22 ` Wesley Parish
2017-09-25 0:51 ` Charles Anthony
2017-09-25 0:36 ` Dan Cross
2017-09-25 0:44 ` Grant Taylor
2017-09-25 0:56 ` Bakul Shah
2017-09-25 15:45 ` Tony Finch
2017-09-25 16:14 ` Bakul Shah
2017-09-25 7:41 ` Andy Kosela
2017-09-25 7:43 ` Cory Smelosky
2017-09-25 10:14 ` Andy Kosela
2017-09-25 9:58 ` Steve Nickolas
2017-09-25 11:14 ` Derek Fawcus
2017-09-25 11:48 ` Andrew Warkentin
2017-09-24 15:26 ` Christian Barthel
2017-09-24 17:33 ` Clem Cole
2017-09-24 17:33 ` Clem Cole
2017-09-24 17:51 ` [TUHS] RFS was: " Arthur Krewat
2017-09-24 19:54 ` Clem Cole
2017-09-24 21:59 ` Arthur Krewat
2017-09-24 22:08 ` Arthur Krewat
2017-09-24 23:52 ` Clem Cole
2017-09-27 8:44 ` arnold
2017-09-27 15:25 ` Arthur Krewat
2017-09-27 15:49 ` arnold
2017-09-27 17:38 ` Mantas Mikulėnas
2017-09-27 23:01 ` Kevin Bowling
2017-09-27 23:11 ` Clem Cole
2017-09-27 23:13 ` Kevin Bowling
2017-09-28 0:39 ` Larry McVoy
2017-09-28 3:19 ` Theodore Ts'o
2017-09-28 13:45 ` Larry McVoy
2017-09-28 17:12 ` Steve Johnson
2017-09-28 17:58 ` [TUHS] Bill Joy was: Re: RFS Forrest, Jon
2017-09-28 0:54 ` [TUHS] RFS was: Re: UNIX of choice these days? Dave Horsfall
2017-09-28 0:59 ` William Pechter
2017-09-28 13:49 ` arnold
2017-09-28 14:07 ` Larry McVoy
2017-09-28 14:28 ` arnold
2017-09-28 19:49 ` Larry McVoy
2017-09-28 20:00 ` Bakul Shah
2017-09-28 14:27 ` Clem Cole
2017-09-28 22:08 ` Dave Horsfall
2017-09-28 22:20 ` Larry McVoy
2017-09-29 2:23 ` Kevin Bowling
2017-09-29 8:59 ` Andreas Kusalananda Kähäri
2017-09-29 14:20 ` Clem Cole
2017-09-29 16:46 ` Grant Taylor
2017-09-29 17:02 ` Kurt H Maier
2017-09-29 17:27 ` Pete Wright
2017-09-29 18:11 ` Grant Taylor
2017-09-29 18:47 ` Andreas Kusalananda Kähäri
2017-09-29 15:22 ` George Ross
2017-09-29 18:40 ` Don Hopkins
2017-09-29 19:03 ` Larry McVoy
2017-09-29 21:24 ` Arthur Krewat
2017-09-29 22:11 ` Don Hopkins
2017-09-29 22:21 ` Don Hopkins
2017-09-29 19:19 ` Dan Cross
2017-09-29 19:22 ` Larry McVoy
2017-09-29 20:52 ` Jon Forrest
2017-09-23 23:00 ` [TUHS] " Dave Horsfall
2017-09-26 22:00 ` Christian Groessler
2017-09-20 4:42 ` Grant Taylor
2017-09-20 8:31 ` Mutiny
2017-09-20 9:15 ` Steve Nickolas
2017-09-20 16:58 ` Arthur Krewat
2017-09-20 17:05 ` Steve Nickolas
2017-09-20 17:53 ` Henry Bent
2017-09-20 18:12 ` Arthur Krewat
2017-09-20 18:33 ` Brad Spencer
2017-09-20 19:20 ` Henry Bent
2017-09-20 19:37 ` Arthur Krewat
2017-09-20 19:58 ` Jacob Ritorto
2017-09-20 22:29 ` Ian Zimmerman
2017-09-20 22:31 ` Warner Losh
2017-09-20 12:52 ` Chet Ramey
2017-09-20 13:33 ` Nemo
2017-09-20 15:39 ` Clem Cole
2017-09-20 15:42 ` Jon Steinhart
2017-09-20 16:58 ` Ian Zimmerman
2017-09-20 17:09 ` Jon Steinhart
2017-09-20 17:31 ` Arthur Krewat
2017-09-20 22:40 ` Steve Simon
2017-09-20 22:51 ` Erik Berls
2017-09-20 23:37 ` Robert Brockway [this message]
2017-09-21 1:47 ` Derrik Walker v2.0
2017-09-21 3:54 ` Gregg Levine
2017-09-21 14:33 ` Nicholas Chappell
2017-09-21 16:38 ` Mutiny
2017-09-21 16:42 ` gilbertmm
2017-09-21 18:30 ` Grant Taylor
2017-09-21 23:34 ` Dave Horsfall
2017-09-25 10:36 ` Thomas Kellar
2017-09-21 2:28 Rudi Blom
2017-09-23 23:39 Nelson H. F. Beebe
2017-09-25 12:07 Norman Wilson
2017-09-25 14:16 ` Clem Cole
2017-09-25 15:13 ` Warner Losh
2017-09-25 16:51 ` Warner Losh
2017-09-26 0:56 ` ron minnich
2017-09-25 15:18 ` Larry McVoy
2017-09-25 15:30 ` Warner Losh
2017-09-25 23:49 ` Dave Horsfall
2017-09-26 2:06 ` Chet Ramey
2017-09-26 14:53 ` Larry McVoy
2017-09-26 15:17 ` Chet Ramey
2017-09-26 21:23 ` Dave Horsfall
2017-09-26 21:43 ` Arthur Krewat
2017-09-26 21:45 ` Grant Taylor
2017-09-27 0:58 ` Dave Horsfall
2017-09-27 1:37 ` Chet Ramey
2017-09-27 2:02 ` Larry McVoy
2017-09-27 13:50 ` Chet Ramey
2017-09-27 14:17 ` Larry McVoy
2017-09-28 8:10 ` Derek Fawcus
2017-09-28 12:34 ` Chet Ramey
[not found] ` <20170928174420.GA41732@accordion.employees.org>
2017-09-28 17:57 ` Derek Fawcus
2017-09-28 18:04 ` Chet Ramey
2017-09-27 3:42 ` Dave Horsfall
2017-09-27 14:35 ` Chet Ramey
2017-09-25 12:46 [TUHS] Unix " Doug McIlroy
2017-09-25 13:57 ` Clem Cole
2017-09-30 15:17 [TUHS] UNIX " Norman Wilson
2017-09-30 20:29 ` Kevin Bowling
2017-09-30 21:56 ` Bakul Shah
2017-09-30 22:37 ` Kevin Bowling
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