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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Should my new netbook have linux or XP? Post 302316144 by blakehennigan on Thursday 14th of May 2009 07:50:47 AM

05-14-2009

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Originally Posted by reborg

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Despite that this is a Unix forums I am going to say that Windows XP is a better option. Power control works a lot better in windows and so you will get better life from your battery. Also Microsoft office is the de-facto standard for word processing and spreadsheets so you will probably interoperate better with most people in office formats.

I guess until recently I may have agreed with you. However, I think the LimeBook from THTF, and which is specifically designed as a Linux Only machine makes a cracking little netbook, with a lovely LimeOS (distro) menu system. Really very good on both eyes and brain for those making the transition.

To your point on the subject of power management, the LimeBook can even run on AA batteries when needed, and has an extremely small watt footprint making it one of the greenest netbooks on the planet. Sounds like a toy, but it's not. It's got some wallop.

And although, as you say, Microsoft Office is the de-facto standard in word processing, I don't see how that in anyway detracts from the excellent achievements made in Open Office, and it's interoperability. To the extent that, although I work across continents, and share files and documents, hasn't caused me any major issues for a long time.

Just my thoughts.

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linux-version

LINUX-VERSION(1)					      General Commands Manual						  LINUX-VERSION(1)

NAME

       linux-version - operate on Linux kernel version strings

SYNOPSIS

       linux-version compare VERSION1 OP VERSION2

       linux-version sort [--reverse] [VERSION1 VERSION2 ...]

       linux-version list [--paths]

DESCRIPTION

       linux-version operates on Linux kernel version strings as reported by uname -r and used in file and directory names.  These version strings
       do not follow the same rules as Debian package version strings and should not be compared as such or as arbitrary strings.

       compare VERSION1 OP VERSION2
	      Compare version strings, where OP is a binary operator. linux-version returns success (zero result) if the  specified  condition	is
	      satisfied, and failure (nonzero result) otherwise.  The valid operators are: lt le eq ne ge gt

       sort [--reverse] [VERSION1 VERSION2 ...]
	      Sort the given version strings and print them in order from lowest to highest.  If the --reverse option is used, print them in order
	      from highest to lowest.

	      If no version strings are given as arguments, the version strings will instead be read from standard input, one per line.  They  may
	      be suffixed by arbitrary text after a space, which will be included in the output.  This means that, for example:

	      linux-version list --paths | linux-version sort --reverse

	      will list the installed versions and corresponding paths in order from highest to lowest version.

       list [--paths]
	      List kernel versions installed in the customary location.  If the --paths option, show the corresponding path for each version.

AUTHOR

       linux-version and this manual page were written by Ben Hutchings as part of the Debian linux-base package.

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