Gyroscopic Investing

gizmo_rat wrote: I used to get quite annoyed with the amount of effort I was putting in to keep their machines functional, but having seen a drive-by virus injection from a compromised education site that went straight through the virus protection I realise that you can't educate to avoid that.

I tried Ubuntu with my granddaughter and I found myself putting in just as much time helping her to set up things she had managed to do perfectly well with Windows, like iTunes. I don't think there was even a Linux version so I tried some Linux equivalent and also WINE but finally gave up and re-installed Windows.

notsheigetz wrote: I tried Ubuntu with my granddaughter and I found myself putting in just as much time helping her to set up things she had managed to do perfectly well with Windows, like iTunes. I don't think there was even a Linux version so I tried some Linux equivalent and also WINE but finally gave up and re-installed Windows.

iTunes is one of the big things that's not available for Linux. If you have an iOS device, good luck getting it to work with Linux, it's a crapshoot. Of course, you can blame Apple for that, not Linux.

Pointedstick wrote:

notsheigetz wrote: I tried Ubuntu with my granddaughter and I found myself putting in just as much time helping her to set up things she had managed to do perfectly well with Windows, like iTunes. I don't think there was even a Linux version so I tried some Linux equivalent and also WINE but finally gave up and re-installed Windows.

iTunes is one of the big things that's not available for Linux. If you have an iOS device, good luck getting it to work with Linux, it's a crapshoot. Of course, you can blame Apple for that, not Linux.

Now that I think of it, the thing that really made me go back was when she told me the webcam I had bought her for windows didn't work on Linux. With windows I just handed it to her still in the box and never heard another word. With Linux, I figured I could probably get it working if I tried hard enough but after dealing with stuff like this all day at work I said life is too short.

MangoMan wrote: Do you guys think a Linux notebook is preferable to a Chromebook for someone not familiar with Linux?

Just saw this article:
Google unveils new HP laptop for $279
New $279 HP laptop runs Google's Internet-centric Chrome system

NEW YORK (AP) -- Google is introducing a new $279 laptop based on its Internet-centric Chrome operating system, borrowing many of the high-end features found in a model that costs about $1,000 more.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/google-un ... 21719.html