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[Wästed The Great]

We have some Linux servers. We are a mix of really good stuff and really or almost out of date stuff.

I upgraded about 325 workstations to Win 7 with Office 2010. We have about 35 left on XP/ Office 2003.

Our servers are a mix of Server 8, Server 2003 and Linux (where we can use it).

 

[Dr. Eddies Wingman]

We have about 35 left on XP/ Office 2003.

I'm writing this on a computer with XP ... worst thing is, I like it better than Windows 7 (which we use at work).

 

[LooseCannon]

There's no functional difference between XP and Windows 7 for day-to-day use.

 

[Dr. Eddies Wingman]

No, except this idea of having "libraries" in addition to the file/folder structure. At first I just found it confusing, and I still don't see how it makes the operative system more user friendly for me. But I guess I'm just a conservative, slow guy who would've been better off born in the age of slide rules and logarithm tables.

 

[Black Wizard]

We have some Linux servers. We are a mix of really good stuff and really or almost out of date stuff.

I upgraded about 325 workstations to Win 7 with Office 2010. We have about 35 left on XP/ Office 2003.

Our servers are a mix of Server 8, Server 2003 and Linux (where we can use it).

I've never actually used a computer with a Linux OS, but I've accessed a remote server with a program called PuTTy.

 

[Dr. Eddies Wingman]

Well, I say good night. When I log on tomorrow I expect to see a long discussion about operating systems, spinning off into some other seemingly unrelated topic, only to be interrupted by a from Travis.

 

[Black Wizard]

 

[Saapanael]

Good night from me too.

 

[Wästed The Great]

There's no functional difference between XP and Windows 7 for day-to-day use.

Nah, they are similar. I like some of the things gained, miss a few things lost. My main goal was to replace XP because security patches are done in April :/

I've never actually used a computer with a Linux OS, but I've accessed a remote server with a program called PuTTy.

Yeah, I putty into different things-- usually routers and such. If you want a really easy to use Linux OS, run Ubuntu. It's easy to install and easy to use (I have it on my 17 year old daughter's laptop). Also, many people like Debian, tho I've never tried it.

 

[Black Wizard]

I haven't a clue what Debian is. One of my friends managed to annihilate one of her laptops by splitting the hard drive into two operating systems: Windows and Linux.

 

[Wästed The Great]

Yeah, that can happen. I think, if you set it up right, it will work ok. The trick is to install Windows first, then install Linux after. Then, when you are booting, Linux will give you the option of which OS to boot into. My supervisor does it all the time.

 

[Wästed The Great]

I haven't a clue what Debian is. One of my friends managed to annihilate one of her laptops by splitting the hard drive into two operating systems: Windows and Linux.

Debian is just a different Linux OS: http://www.debian.org/

 

[Black Wizard]

Yeah, that can happen. I think, if you set it up right, it will work ok. The trick is to install Windows first, then install Linux after. Then, when you are booting, Linux will give you the option of which OS to boot into. My supervisor does it all the time.

It seems like one of the ultimate computer nerd things to do.

 

[Perun]

I speak five modern and four ancient languages, but the current conversation is in none of them.

 

[Black Wizard]

I can speak FORTRAN 77, 90 & 95, R, Maple and MATLAB.

 

[Perun]

I can speak Bactrian, Avestan, Pahlavi and Old Persian.

 

[Black Wizard]

But can you write a program to extract data from a WRF output netcdf file?

 

[Travis The Dragon]

 

[Black Wizard]

This fits the IT chat pretty well:

 

[Perun]

But can you write a program to extract data from a WRF output netcdf file?

No, but I can write an etymology for an Achaemenian royal inscription.