pierre wrote:
Hello all!
I just wanted to now: How do you use Linux?
Shell: bash, (also like tcsh)
Window Manager: icewm, (also like window maker)
File Manager (&Desktop): ROX
http://rox.sourceforge.net , very speedy!
Programming Language: C
Script Language: bash, gawk
Graphical Tools: xv, xpaint, bitmap, gimp
Vector Graphical Tool: xfig
Text Processing: LaTeX (yes, still better than all the WYSIWYG)
Text Editor: nedit, (also like scite)
vi derivative: elvis
WWW Browser: mozilla, dillo (very speedy!!!)
Mail Client: mozilla
Small Database: grok
Calendar: plan
Do you have it installed on your personal computer?
Yes.
Wich distribution do you use? Why?
For completeness, I list al Un*x OSes, even non Linux ones:
At Work:
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* RedHat Enterprise Linux (versions 2.1 & 3.0): installed on all Oracle
Linux systems
* RedHat 7.3: installed on non database servers
* Slackware 9.1/10.0: installed on non database servers (reasons:
security, minimalist approach, end of consumer RedHat)
* AIX (versions 4.3.3, 5.1, 5.2): on bigger (and expensive) systems and
high availability systems
At Home:
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* Slackware 10.0: on my main PC
* Yellow Dog 3.0.1: RedHat/Fedora based distro for Apple computers:
installed on my iBook (Slackware doens't run on Apple if you overlook
Slackintosh)
* MacOS X: nice BSD based OS with a nice object oriented framework
derived from NextStep (source compatible with GNUstep!!!). Also runs
apps like Gimp, etc. if you install X
* RedHat 9.0: installed on my girlfriend's PC, mainly because of the
same look of Gnome & KDE apps (Bluecurve) und the similarity with Yellow
Dog I have on the laptop
* NetBSD 1.6: installed on my SparcClassic serving as a firewall
* Solaris 8: installed on my SparcStation 5 to have a machine to learn
and hack with Solaris (wonderful OS in his own right)
Also installed on my main PC on other partitions: OpenBSD 3.5, Solaris 8
x86, FreeBSD
Have you tried other distributions?
Yes: SuSE, Debian, Knoppix and JDS
And perhaps: how long do you use Linux?
October 1994, when I bought my first Slackware CDs from InfoMagick.
Greetings, Patrick Kaell