[CS-FSLUG] Could you switch to 100% open source?

[Fred A. Miller]

Marco Tedaldi wrote:
> Hello Fred et al
> 
> Fred A. Miller schrieb:
>> Could you switch to 100% open source? 
>> <http://ct.zdnet.com/clicks?t=251953645-f09aff1f3240c763b781087d83996fa3-bf&brand=ZDNET&s=5>
>>
> "Zees eez a quite interrestiiing qeszion" a french guy would say... but
> since I'm swiss i try to answer in plain english :-)
> 
> Let's do an inventory of my software:
> 1 Server: Linux, everything gpled
> 2 desktops: linux
> 3 notebooks: linux (one has additionally win2000 on it)
> 2 wlan routers, 1 proprietary, 1 openwrt (linux)
> 
> Let's start with the Routers:
> I would know no way to install something else on this cryppy netgear
> box... but it does it's job most of the time. Could easily be replaced.
> 
> The Linksys-Router is running OpenWRT (freifunk.net firmware,
> participating in the city wide OLSR mesh network). I'm quite certain the
> the wlan-driver is open source in the meantime too.
> 
> Server:
> Everyting OS anyway
> 
> Desktops:
> Opera installed. Could be removed
> One of the desktops has DPP (Canon Raw converter) installed. I just like
> it better than ufraw. It would be a loss to ditch it entrirely, but
> could be done.

I convert RAW images (Canon) in Gimp and Bibble Pro....quickly and
accurately.

> On my desktop i have the nvidia graphics driver installed. Don't want to
> miss them! I could still use my computer with the nv driver (opensource)
> but I would loose 3D-Acceleration.
> 
> Notebooks:
> - Opera could be removed
> - Win2000 could be removed, since I did not use it since over a year.

Waste of storage space.

> So yes, it would be possible. I could still do anything I'm doing on my
> computer with some loss of comfort. I won't do it because the situation
> now works for me.

I'd have MAJOR "loss of comfort" if I had to use MickySoft!! ;)

Fred

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