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| by Sam Varghese | |
| Wednesday, 13 May 2009 | |
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Blair Thompson and Derek Cook, both self-confessed Windows addicts, are Microsoft applications instructors and have 30 years of PC experience between them. Both have used Microsoft products from DOS to Windows 7 RC. In a post on their website, they said the experiment, which they have named A Room wihtout Windows, would not get into the question of which was better, GNU/Linux or Windows. They plan to begin the 31-day project by the third week of May. The pair will utilise eeePC901s for the project as these are the machines they use most frequently. Both eeePCs have been modified; one has 2GB of memory, a 32GB Supertalent SSD, and a touchscreen while the other has 2GB RAM but is otherwise standard. The pair have begun looking at likely Linux distributions to use during the project. Their criteria for selection of a distribution are: Similarity to Windows: the project aims to test how easily established Windows users can adapt to Linux, the choice of distribution reflects this goal. Command line use: the two are looking for a distribution that minimises use of the command line. Compatibility with applications: the chosen distribution should offer a good choice of applications so that realistic alternatives to Windows-based applications can be found. Hardware compatibility: the timeframe of the project does not offer much time to fiddle with drivers and both are looking to sample as many alternative applications as possible. CONTINUED Page 2 |
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