Comments on: Linux http://myipc.wordpress.com There's an answer to everything. All you have to go do is find it. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:48:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: sparticus414 http://myipc.wordpress.com/buying-a-computer/pc-vs-mac/os/linux/#comment-83 sparticus414 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 07:35:44 +0000 http://myipc.wordpress.com/buying-a-computer/pc-vs-mac/os/linux/#comment-83 I'm very impressed by this review! I hope this doesn't sound condescending, but I'm floored at your outlook on OS technology at age 13. You stand as a peer by this review with many tech-savvy adults that I know and work with. Its kind of funny, because in 2001 I remember being in desktop support telling my co-worker about the latest RedHat Linux 6.2 or something that I just installed, and how greatly it was improved, but that I didn't think it was desktop worthy for the average user. I made a silly guess of 4-5 years before linux would have any real impact on an end user looking for an alternative to Windows. It was around that time SuSE had a very strong offering and Ubuntu was hitting the scene. Maybe I got lucky, but the points I made for my case back then were formed very much like the points you are making in this post, and I can definitely tell you have a knack for this kind of stuff. I also wanted to share with you that most modern linux offerings do have a remote assistance tool. Its usually written around something called VNC, and with ubuntu in particular, it can be found in System - Preferences - Remote Desktop. Here you can set your preferences on how people will connect to you and take control of your desktop. Is this what you meant by remote desktop? Cheers! -T. I’m very impressed by this review! I hope this doesn’t sound condescending, but I’m floored at your outlook on OS technology at age 13. You stand as a peer by this review with many tech-savvy adults that I know and work with.

Its kind of funny, because in 2001 I remember being in desktop support telling my co-worker about the latest RedHat Linux 6.2 or something that I just installed, and how greatly it was improved, but that I didn’t think it was desktop worthy for the average user. I made a silly guess of 4-5 years before linux would have any real impact on an end user looking for an alternative to Windows. It was around that time SuSE had a very strong offering and Ubuntu was hitting the scene. Maybe I got lucky, but the points I made for my case back then were formed very much like the points you are making in this post, and I can definitely tell you have a knack for this kind of stuff.

I also wanted to share with you that most modern linux offerings do have a remote assistance tool. Its usually written around something called VNC, and with ubuntu in particular, it can be found in System - Preferences - Remote Desktop. Here you can set your preferences on how people will connect to you and take control of your desktop. Is this what you meant by remote desktop?

Cheers!

-T.

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