[vox] Survey: What do YOU use Linux for?

[ironmc at comcast.net]

I am here to say that you don't have to be a computer whiz to use Linux.  I am an Ironworker whose main hobby is staring at this screen.  I have been using Linux exclusively for 3 years.

I use Linux for the everyday uses most people use any computer for.  Firefox for web browsing, Thunderbird for E-Mail, XMMS for listening to MP3's, OpenOffice.org for my spreadsheet habit and the few documents I have to write.  I use the Gimp for scanning and restoring old family pictures, Adobe Acrobat for viewing PDF's.  When I feel the need for wasting my time I like to play Tali, which is basically computerized Yahtzee.

My daughter, who is in college, uses a Linux computer as her main computer and she is certainly no computer geek.

One of the things I like most about Linux is security.  During the LoveBug virus a couple of years ago I was getting a lot mail from friends and relatives whose Windows machines had been infected but I  never had any problems.

Dick


> 
> There's a demo this Sunday at the Davis Food Co-Op, and I thought it'd be
> neat to have a list of "things LUGOD members use Linux for" available
> for when people ask.
> 
> So, here's a very short survey...  What do YOU use Linux for?
> (Server? Desktop? PDA? Appliance?  What services do you run?
> What desktop apps do you use?  ... and anything else you can think of! :^) )
> 
> Thanks,
> 
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