Subj : Re: Windows vs Linux
To   : tenser
From : boraxman
Date : Sat Apr 23 2022 12:55:22

 te>  bo> One must not go down a rabbit-hole and waste time messing around.  It
 te>  bo> definitely a trap, just configuring for the sake of configuring and
 te>  bo> people do do that.  Configuring for visual effects can also be a time
 te>  bo> sink.
 te> 
 te> That seems to be exactly what you're arguing for.  I have yet
 te> to hear anything that you can't do on another system.
 te> 
 te>  bo> I try to be focused, I realise a potential workflow or configuration
 te>  bo> which would make my life easier and implement it.  I don't do much
 te>  bo> configuration in terms of looks, my desktop looks the same as it did 
 te>  bo> years ago, with a similar config (it looks very dated).  When I find
 te>  bo> myself doing a task repeately, I automate it, or if I need informatio
 te>  bo> find a way to get to it easier.  The good thing is, because I choose
 te>  bo> stable programs, (emacs, fvwm, shell), once implemented, the solution
 te>  bo> lasts years and years.
 te> 
 te> Seems like what many engineers and scientists do with Windows,
 te> or even the Mac.
 te> 
 te> We build systems at my job, and I work with a lot of electrical
 te> engineers.  They require CAD packages (OrCAD, Altium) that don't
 te> run on pretty much anything except Windows and are garbage under
 te> emulation.  They've got similar setups to what you describe that
 te> they've been carting around for years.
 te> 
 te> What's the difference?

The difference is that one system, out-of-the-box, is designed around this paradigm, and the other was designed around another, but is adding a better shell language and SWL later on.

I use Windows at work, and the workflows and data management is horrendously hobbled by the "desktop consumer computing" paradigm.  It may be possible for the IT team to set up our Windows machines differently, so that we aren't playing application jockeys, but I really doubt it will happen.  They are to stuck in the mindset of finding applications which encompass the entire solution.

The company I'm working for is spending a 6 figure amount for a such a web based software package.  I've used similar management systems such at that elsewhere, and they save no time, have a short shelf life, and are rigid in how they are used.

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