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

[Mike Neal <miken@hotsushi.coMAPSm>]

failing memory (not RAM)

Most important is Firefox on Linux for ALL banking, bill pay, online 
shopping, etc.
"Friends don't let friends bank using IE"

Cheers,
Mike

At 03:42 PM 7/6/2005 -0700, you wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I teach community college classes in network operating systems and I.S. 
> security. After years of NetWare and NT/2000/2003, Linux is a real 
> delight. Students don't have to pay for any of the software and a home 
> network is cheap enough for almost everyone.  They can play with 
> anythingmail servers one week, protocol analyzers the next. The open 
> source community is still all about freedom, roll-your-own, tons of 
> resources and let's help each other solve problems, all the stuff that 
> makes learning fun. To stay current, Linux supports our home net with 
> iptables and NAT, postfix, spamassasin, apache, bind9, DHCP, SAMBA and a 
> slew of security tools.
>
> I can't imagine ever teaching closed source again.
>
> Cheers, Mike
>
> .At 12:17 PM 7/6/2005 -0700, you wrote:
>
> > 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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