Friday Watercooler: My Divorce from Windows

[Mitch Garvis]

Well, my disdain for Microsoft has developed over the course of decades of using their products and feeling constrained by Redmond in doing things. They weren't always that way.

I did not say that your disdain was misplaced... only that it was there

 

[Tess Sluijter]

I'd love to get rid of Windows on my final laptop, but to be honest I do need an environment that's representative of what my students are using. I need to verify all my lab instructions and find the quirks they run into.

 

[Rick Butler]

I'd love to get rid of Windows on my final laptop, but to be honest I do need an environment that's representative of what my students are using. I need to verify all my lab instructions and find the quirks they run into.

For me, a pristine environment (virtual or physical) that I'd use to validate the student experience, is what I've always done - that way, I can run what I want for how I do my work without having to worry about those things, to me, is the way to go.

 

[Tess Sluijter]

For me, a pristine environment (virtual or physical) that I'd use to validate the student experience, is what I've always done - that way, I can run what I want for how I do my work without having to worry about those things, to me, is the way to go.

I don't disagree with you... that's the "final laptop" i referred to though: the one that I specifically use for teaching and demonstrating in class. That's the only purpose it serves.

Sometimes it feels like I'm shuffling a deck of cards, but with laptops: one for teaching+demo, one for work, one for private, one for each of my consulting customers, one for gaming. ... oofff

 

[Rick Butler]

Sometimes it feels like I'm shuffling a deck of cards, but with laptops:

I know what you mean. I have a wide array of machines that I have for different purposes, testing, and such - I think I have about 10-15 at any given time. Sometimes bouncing between different systems gets confusing, but for me, it's one of the few ways I have to stay sharp - although I'm staying Debian for pretty much everything. I probably should acclimate to Fedora and Arch - baby steps.