Life of a Sysadmin

The occassional trials and tribulations of a jack of all tr ades sysadmin in a startup in Silicon Valley

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April 2008 (1)
March 2008 (6)
December 2007 (6)
October 2007 (1)
September 2007 (1)
August 2007 (2)
July 2007 (1)
June 2007 (5)
May 2007 (5)
April 2007 (3)
March 2007 (6)
February 2007 (2)
January 2007 (3)
December 2006 (4)
November 2006 (3)
October 2006 (3)
August 2006 (3)
July 2006 (1)
June 2006 (2)
May 2006 (4)
April 2006 (2)
March 2006 (5)
February 2006 (5)
January 2006 (7)
December 2005 (2)
November 2005 (6)
October 2005 (4)
September 2005 (4)
August 2005 (1)
July 2005 (2)
June 2005 (3)
May 2005 (4)
April 2005 (1)
March 2005 (2)

March 2008

When given a choice, the vast majority of the users that I support choose Windows over Linux as their desktop OS. To be more specific, many of the users I support are assigned both a respectably powerful Windows laptop and a pretty darned nice dual screen Linux workstation setup.

The majority of those users use their Windows laptop as their main computer. Nevermind that most of their time is spent in terminal windows connected to Unix systems Graphical apps on small laptop screens. Using windows as little more than a way to display a bunch of windows at once.

Life of a Sysadmin

March 2008

Sysadmins Law 38, or Windows vs Linux