Brazilian Education Ministry Dumps Windows - Page 2

MidnightCowboy · 21. Jan 2011, 06:35 AM

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Originally Posted by bibzgi

It would be nice to hear feedback from TSA members who live in India and China on this topic.

Maybe Anupam can shed some light on the Indian situation for us?

I keep having the same feelings about Windows 7 after a while, usually brought on by the fact that the English translation pack doesn't prevent some stuff still being churned out in Portuguese. This mainly centers around security program log files which I then have to translate which is a real pain. Consequently, my dual boot now has a good 'ol English version of XP on it together with Mint. Apart from testing I rarely use Windows now and with a fresh install I can set up and customize Mint in less than an hour, including the time it takes to copy my main stuff back across from an external drive. With windows, just installing, configuring and updating the security apps is likely to take this amount of time, without anything else.

Jeff91 · 21. Jan 2011, 02:18 PM

I wrote a post awhile back about various places Linux is hiding in the world around us

~Jeff

MidnightCowboy · 21. Jan 2011, 03:05 PM

Most of this (for me anyway) is an "I didn't know that"

Thanks Jeff.

Anupam · 21. Jan 2011, 03:33 PM

Sorry, but I really do not have much idea about how much is Linux being used in India. By large, Windows is quite popular in India... though places where technical assistance is available, Linux must be used. But again, really no idea.

torres-no-tan-magnifico · 21. Jan 2011, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Anupam

Sorry, but I really do not have much idea about how much is Linux being used in India. By large, Windows is quite popular in India... though places where technical assistance is available, Linux must be used. But again, really no idea.

This ought to give a rough idea:

http://gs.statcounter.com/#os-IN-mon...912-201012-bar

Anupam · 21. Jan 2011, 08:05 PM

Thanks for the link Torres. As can be seen, Windows is highly popular than Linux.

bibzgi · 21. Jan 2011, 11:39 PM

With the wonderful talents I've seen at TSA both in the main pages and in the various forums, there could be super-duper linux os distro. Given a name like Linux Midnight Cowboy or Linux Anupam, it would take over the operating system world within a year!

MidnightCowboy · 22. Jan 2011, 05:55 AM

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Originally Posted by bibzgi

With the wonderful talents I've seen at TSA both in the main pages and in the various forums, there could be super-duper linux os distro. Given a name like Linux Midnight Cowboy or Linux Anupam, it would take over the operating system world within a year!

We're actually developing one called Gizmoid because it will work on mobile apps as well as PC's. It will have a default home page which can't be changed (TSA of course), Gizmo wallpaper and the Ask toolbar. Should be very popular.

Jeff91 · 23. Jan 2011, 07:16 AM

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Originally Posted by MidnightCowboy

We're actually developing one called Gizmoid

Really now? What distro base, what desktop?

~Jeff

MidnightCowboy · 23. Jan 2011, 07:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Jeff91

Really now? What distro base, what desktop?

~Jeff

Well, we had considered E17 but then realized that a certain Bodhi Linux was already doing a pretty fair job with this already

21. Jan 2011, 02:18 PM	#12 (permalink)
Jeff91 Full Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 58	I wrote a post awhile back about various places Linux is hiding in the world around us ~Jeff __________________ Bodhi Linux - Minimalistic & Enlightened - http://bodhilinux.com/

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MidnightCowboy Site Manager Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: South American Banana Republic, third bunch from the left Posts: 11,025	Most of this (for me anyway) is an "I didn't know that" Thanks Jeff. __________________ Knows nothing and cares even less

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Anupam Super Moderator Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: India Posts: 11,190	Sorry, but I really do not have much idea about how much is Linux being used in India. By large, Windows is quite popular in India... though places where technical assistance is available, Linux must be used. But again, really no idea. __________________ Anupam

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Anupam Super Moderator Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: India Posts: 11,190	Thanks for the link Torres. As can be seen, Windows is highly popular than Linux. __________________ Anupam

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21. Jan 2011, 11:39 PM	#17 (permalink)
bibzgi Full Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 62	With the wonderful talents I've seen at TSA both in the main pages and in the various forums, there could be super-duper linux os distro. Given a name like Linux Midnight Cowboy or Linux Anupam, it would take over the operating system world within a year!