SoulSe Posted August 24, 2003 Report Share Posted August 24, 2003 I have not been using any M$ products on my computer at home for 10 months. I am, however, forced to use Windows on computers at my office. Who can be classified as clean? - Anyone who uses a computer that does not have a windoze partition on it. Whether it be at home or at work. So... one clean computer... and not something that lies in a corner in your room and never gets used.... I am just interested to find out how many of you are solo-Linux users and for how long you have managed to get by with just Linux on a machine you use all the time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul Posted August 24, 2003 Report Share Posted August 24, 2003 2-5 years I've had solely linux on my desktop, and my server for 4(ish) years ;-) altho' I do ave a solely winblows computer :-( (that would be my wifes') and a laptop that dual boots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezroller Posted August 24, 2003 Report Share Posted August 24, 2003 linux and OSX only at home for 3 years, and linux and OSX only at work for 2 years. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezroller Posted August 24, 2003 Report Share Posted August 24, 2003 good poll BTW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michel Posted August 24, 2003 Report Share Posted August 24, 2003 It isn't strctly to your rules, because I vae 2 hd's 1 for windows and 1 for linux...BUT I haven't booted into windows (ok mayeb a couple of times in windows .. I think 3 times or so...but I don't think it was to do anything seriuous..mroe for helping out my brother with windows...)...So except for those few times I'm using linux for (I think :)) 9 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero0w Posted August 24, 2003 Report Share Posted August 24, 2003 About 1 year I think. I also converted my sister's system to solely Linux for over 8 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mystified Posted August 24, 2003 Report Share Posted August 24, 2003 I work out of my house so I have to have a separate HD for Windoze. Before I got this job though I was running Linux only for about a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Germ Posted August 24, 2003 Report Share Posted August 24, 2003 I've used Linux for about 5 years. I will be Winblow$ free for 2 years this October. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gowator Posted August 24, 2003 Report Share Posted August 24, 2003 I clicked 2-5 but it could be 6-10 I have had NO WINDOWS except at work for at least 5 years but before that I had a couple or more clean PC's for probably 7 years or so. This is a great poll though... Ive often wondered how many people are REALLY clean :D I had XP on a laptop for 6 weeks or so a couple of years back while I got acceptable DVD playback but thats it. I also have a VMWARE virtual Win98 and 2000 but I only use these for supporting friends who haven't seen the light. My attitude is if I can't do it in Linux I don't do it. The last WINSh¤ machine was a TV/DVD player abiut 5 years ago.... This is why I don't like FLASH etc. (see Mystified's thread). I refuse to use anything that forces me to use Windows. There's always another way ... at least at home. At work I am forced to use NT4 .... The only things I use are (mostly) Internet Explorer (since out Intranet doesn't work in Netscape) and Lotus Notes Client and wordpad for web design. Everything else I run remotely on a Solaris box (StarOffice etc.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phunni Posted August 24, 2003 Report Share Posted August 24, 2003 Almost two years - on my desktop. I have a linux only server at home as well. I have to have windows on my laptop for work - there's not really enough space on it to have a linux partition... :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyv Posted August 24, 2003 Report Share Posted August 24, 2003 About a year at home totally linux was dual booting before. A year at work on my work station was dual booting before. A bit over 2yrs installed on works server. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoopy Posted August 24, 2003 Report Share Posted August 24, 2003 I can quit anytime... really I can... I don't need it... I am only a social user and use it only on weekends... uh huh. Oh no, what's that... no way, you scored some adobe? Wanna do some of these docs with me? Wish I had the bucks to waste on that potent stuff that Mac got. Oh man, sure hope the boss doesn't decide to do a D&A test anytime soon. Moral of this story (repeat these 2 lines over and over now): You buy more MS to do more work. You do more work to buy more MS. Guess it may take a while yet to break the addiction here :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulSe Posted August 25, 2003 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2003 No serious old-skoolers yet. When was XFree first developed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JaseP Posted August 25, 2003 Report Share Posted August 25, 2003 For me, about one year. Of course I HAVE kept my old FAT32 data on a FAT32 partition, but I do not boot in Windoze, and haven't for about one year. I run WineX too... but I don't consider that cheating. At work I must use Windoze XPee on my Dell laptop, no choice there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlc Posted August 25, 2003 Report Share Posted August 25, 2003 I would say some were around 2 years on my Main p.c. at home. I have to use winblows at work sometimes, why because they pay me and I don't want them to take my check away. :wink: And my wife's p.c. is Windows, I don't use it and only asked to touch it when it breaks! Oh btw, my wife is getting scary, we have time warner cable service, well most of you know aol owns them or vice=versa, what ever. My wifle downloaded it and put it on her p.c. now I will NEVER use it again. WIndows & AOL, how much worse can it get for a *.nix junkie . :( :( :( :( I still lover her, :P and if it keeps us together in the office that much more than I can't complain to much(just a little) :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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