[TriLUG] Hit me with your best shot

[Tim Jowers]

My main thing would be ease of install. One of the most powerful features
of Linux is yum install etc. Working on winblows really blows when you have
to install stuff. In Linux its easy and almost always "just works".

It looks to me like one runs Ubuntu on Crouton. That said, problems I've
had with ubuntu are mostly hardware related. Funny part is, the same stuff
doesn't work well in Windows either. A particular cheapo printer model I
bought at Fred's as the company was discontinuing it it was so bad. SW
barely ran on Linux and would never work after a reboot without reinstall.
On windows, it doesn't work WPS as advertised and only works locally if I
don't setup the WPS stuff.

On the plus side, Linux support for USB Android devices is much easier then
winblows IME. Juniper networks VPN doesn't have an official Linux client
that I know of but there's something out there which worked last year when
I had to do that. I ad an issue with Google+ not working on all the
hardware but it also didn't work with the mic input on my winblows laptop
either (other conferencing apps worked fine, I mainly just use skype
nowadays personally).

You might want to use ubuntu one. It works fine ubuntu and windows. But I
later setup an svn server and thats better for me. Explaining ubuntuone to
a power user but non-techie is not any easier than explaining svn i don't
think.

My $.02,
Tim


On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 2:43 PM, Igor Partola <igor at igorpartola.com> wrote:

> Absolutely. Even if you never type in your real identity, doesn't the
> T-Mobile chip give away your identity? Or maybe your network connection at
> home which is tied to your ISP who likely has your real IP address?
>
> Back to your actual question, here are some more things to try:
>
>  - Can you run your favorite editor: vim, emacs, Sublime, etc?
>
>  - Can you use git?
>
>  - Can you run arbitrary shell scripts?
>
>  - Can you install arbitrary programming languages: Go, Python, Ruby,
> Node.js, etc?
>
>  - Can you run GPG? (Can you run GPG securely without Google et al stealing
> your private key?) Can you run a mail client that supports GPG?
>
>  - Can you run ssh-agent?
>
>  - Can you interface with hardware such as the MSP430 or Arduino via a USB
> programmer or a USB to serial adapter?
>
>  - Can you run a BitCoin ASICS USB miner?
>
>  - Can you run a local web server?
>
>  - Can you use it to make phone calls over Skype or Google Voice?
>
> Igor
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