Submitted by vonskippy on Sun, 04/15/2007 - 17:32.
Servers - all Linux (starting around 2001).
Desktops - all WinXP (although most of them run Linux as a Guest OS under VM - plus a handful of laptops that either run Linux only or dual boot).
Not sure what we'll do in 2008 when Microsoft forces the move to Vista by not selling WinXP OEM anymore. Hopefully by then, Vista won't suck.
At home, yes--I'm 100% Windows Free. Four computers, all Linux, all the time.
I have an unopened box of windows XP Pro sitting on a bookshelf--it was given to me last summer at a teacher computer science training workshop by a Microsoft Rep. I have not been visited by any temptation to install it.
None of my computer peripherals are MS products either.
Submitted by speedygeo on Mon, 04/16/2007 - 16:44.
In this particular historical moment, I ban Microsoft on my PC and I install only free/open software if I can.
When the free/open software will be established I'll install Microsoft packages on my linux/BSD system.
Spent AUD$47 last year (for MS MCE USB remote). This is my only contribution to Microsoft since Win2k and MS Office 97.
Everything else has been MS free.
(No Xbox, Zune, Joysticks, mice, keyboards, etc).
ALL my boxes use either Linux or BSD.
(Arch Linux, Debian, FreeBSD and OpenBSD).
NO Windows, MS Office, Visual C++/C#, etc.
I've even removed Windows off my ThinkPad...Even the "Designed for Windows" sticker! (Looks so much better when you remove ALL those damn stickers!)...And yes, I got powersaving features and ThinkPad buttons working fully.
windows free
I was, until I got a laptop for christmas with windows on it.
microsoft free
Servers - all Linux (starting around 2001).
Desktops - all WinXP (although most of them run Linux as a Guest OS under VM - plus a handful of laptops that either run Linux only or dual boot).
Not sure what we'll do in 2008 when Microsoft forces the move to Vista by not selling WinXP OEM anymore. Hopefully by then, Vista won't suck.
No Windows Free For Me
My primary desktop computer and laptop both run Linux, but all my other PCs run Windows XP/Vista.
MS Free--You bet.
At home, yes--I'm 100% Windows Free. Four computers, all Linux, all the time.
I have an unopened box of windows XP Pro sitting on a bookshelf--it was given to me last summer at a teacher computer science training workshop by a Microsoft Rep. I have not been visited by any temptation to install it.
None of my computer peripherals are MS products either.
Yes
In this particular historical moment, I ban Microsoft on my PC and I install only free/open software if I can.
When the free/open software will be established I'll install Microsoft packages on my linux/BSD system.
Windows free, yes; M$ free, no
I own a XBox, a Sidewinder game pad, and a wireless keyboard and mouse set. Plus there are some M$ programs on my Macs.
...Except for my IR remote.
Spent AUD$47 last year (for MS MCE USB remote). This is my only contribution to Microsoft since Win2k and MS Office 97.
Everything else has been MS free.
(No Xbox, Zune, Joysticks, mice, keyboards, etc).
ALL my boxes use either Linux or BSD.
(Arch Linux, Debian, FreeBSD and OpenBSD).
NO Windows, MS Office, Visual C++/C#, etc.
I've even removed Windows off my ThinkPad...Even the "Designed for Windows" sticker! (Looks so much better when you remove ALL those damn stickers!)...And yes, I got powersaving features and ThinkPad buttons working fully.
No MS software here too
Only Linux here. And I don't use any w32codecs or MS ttf fonts on Linux like some other folks.
re: No MS software
I don't use any w32codecs or MS ttf fonts on Linux like some other folks.
oops, does that count?
re: No MS software
srlinuxx, actually yes it does.
In fact, mplayer illegally redisdtributes the w32 codecs and the real player ones.