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Some of the apps i use under linux (at the top of my head):

Gimp - for graphics
Dia - diagrams / flowcharts (there is also a windows version)
Kivio - flowcharts (KDE)
Eclipse - for (almost) the whole development stuff
Bluefish - for web dev stuff
MPlayer - you'll probably already know =)
tn5250 - 5250 emulator
tn5250j - 5250 emulator
K3B - for burning cds/dvds
RipperX/Grip - cd ripping

at home i'm using linux only, no ms stuff. even persuaded my wife to use linux =) and she is very content with it because no crashs since installation (which is a couple of years now). updates are running flawless (which doesn't seem the case with vista =)

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Von: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Im Auftrag von Nathan Andelin
Gesendet: Freitag, 9. Mai 2008 08:00
An: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Betreff: Linux Developer Laptop

Joe Pluta wrote:
Me, I'm almost entirely removed from Microsoft now and I don't miss
it.
The day the Rational products run on Linux, I'm probably off of
Windows
for good. An IBM i solution with Linux workstations is a really
attractive
option, in my opinion.

This thought pricked me to start shopping for a Linux laptop. I found
http://www.dell.com/open which features Ubuntu Linux preinstalled. Last
year I spent an evening at Barnes and Noble reading a book on Ubuntu
Linux and was very impressed. It's full featured. Even supports a Web
cam.

While Rational tools would be nice, I could get by with an HTML editor
with code-complete, Firefox, a 5250 emulator, Open Office, a graphics
editor, Skype, and a few other small applications. I'm really starting
to think seriously about a Linux laptop.

It wouldn't take much to wean me off Windows. My son in law just
installed a service pack for Vista and is going through a nightmare. It
started crashing several times a day. He tried uninstalling the service
pack, and now the new laptop won't even boot. It's under warranty but
he needs it for school finals.

Nathan.

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