[occupyaustin-it] PC OS

[Joe Cooper]

I agree with Nathan. When there are good Open Source options, we should be
using them, regardless of licensing cost considerations. People who have
low skills will need to be trained, regardless of what OS is in use...and
people who have a lot of experience won't be confused by a modern Linux
system (Ubuntu or Fedora or Debian, etc.).

On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 12:43 PM, Nathan Toups <nathan at rojoroboto.com> wrote:

> Almost anything that is important runs in a browser these days. Thus, as
> long as the OS runs Firefox we should be in good shape.
>
> I would argue that Ubuntu is much more user friendly than Windows XP, and
> much like the Occupy movement, can raise awareness of collaborative
> alternatives to authoritarian software.
>
>
> --
> Nathan Toups
>
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>
> On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 5:36 PM, Jim V <bluhat55 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Alan/Nolan,
>> I'm all for Linux as well but we need to keep the skill sets of our users
>> in mind.  We need to make sure that our "users" know how to work/operate in
>> Linux, I know most people use Windows or have Windows experience.  I
>> recognize there may be licensing issues, perhaps we could get some donated
>> for XP? (pretty easy as most older machines still have the OEM code on the
>> back/bottom)  Otherwisse, we may run into a problem where we're GREAT on
>> the backend, but completely non-functional on the front end.
>>
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