[IMC-Tech] Operating system

[Gary Cziko]

Bob:

The Linux distros Ubuntu (and Edubuntu) have OpenOffice on them which
includes Writer which works very much like MS-Word. There is also a gedit
which is a simple, easy-to-use text editor.

If I were to take notes at a meeting, I would just send myself a message in
a web-based e-mail program (I use Gmail). Firefox is also on Ubuntu which
appears identical to Firefox on Windows and Mac.

--Gary

On 3/10/06, Bob Illyes <illyes at uiuc.edu> wrote:
>
> I suspect Windows on the library computer, just because people
> will be used to the text-editing facilities on Windows. On the
> other hand, Linux would cause a lot less grief. If I were doing
> it, I'd be partial to Linux, but I think we'd best see how other
> folks weigh in.
>
> Bob
>
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