Re: Linux Developer Laptop

[Adam Glauser <adamglauser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nathan Andelin wrote:
> Thanks, Mihael.  I forgot to ask, but hoped that a few people might 
> share their experience with Linux.
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> One of my complaints is that it seems that no matter how fast of a CPU 
> you get, every year it runs slower because of the complexity of Windows 
> software and runtime environments.

FWIW, I'm running a media server at home on a PII 266 with 32 MB RAM.  I
use it to stream videos & music to a (somewhat faster but still old)
machine in my living room.

One of the great things about free (as-in-speech) software is that in
any particular application area, there is often a package available that
is aimed at lower-powered hardware.


> Virus protection under Windows is a 
> nuisance, but required.  Is it required under Linux?

The consensus is that virus detection is not required on Linux machines.
 If you had a fileserver that was serving Windows clients, it might be
a good idea.  As with any software, keeping up with security patches is
very important.  Most Linux distributions make this very easy.