Subj : re: Old computer
To   : Nightfox
From : Arelor
Date : Fri Jun 24 2022 18:22:55

  Re: re: Old computer
  By: Nightfox to nblade on Fri Jun 24 2022 03:54 pm

 > 
 > However, in recent years I have been seeing more software for Linux, and it seems thereh as 
 > cently become aware of Proton, which is supposed to help run some Windows games in Linux.  I
 > 
 > Nightfox
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The real lacks in Linux software used to be programs for professional tasks, such as programs
for dumping the meassures of a total station and generating a map from them, or structure
simulation programs. As of late some vendors have started to actively use portable languajes
(such as Java) so it is less of a concern than it used to be. The main hospital my clinic works
as a contractor for already includes a multiplatform radiodiagnostics image viewer with their
radiodiagnostics DVDs, so people can access the medical data contained therein from any popular
platform. It even works on OpenBSD.

The people who uses a smartphone as their only "computer" is, in my experience, the poorest and
most uneducated people. They tend to have entry-level devices because they need something to
grab emails or interact with the administration (which is gradualy forcing everybody to be
Internet connectable) but can't afford anything expensive. I think they walk into a big store,
compare the price of a budget laptop against a budget phone, and get the budget phone.

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