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Nerd debate
On October 22, 2008 in Nerd Rant, fun
I was replying to comments and clearing my inbox today and I noticed fellow J-web buddy Nick wrote up a little post about his top 10 most used computer programs. I have been trying to coax him over from the evil microsoft empire for a little while now so it was good to see some open source software on the list.
Of course I had to tease him about WindowsMail though… (I bet he hates me now 
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He knows I love him though.
I thought I’d make this post just in case Nick needs to release some steam and post a rebuttal comment
Also I wanted to say that I’m not alone, Jdonuts also said goodbye to windows. Linux J-webbers unite!
Windows Mail, ugh. I remember that horrific monstrosity from the second computer I ever owned. It came with Windows 95 OSR2 pre-installed, including Windows Mail and News. (This was back when usenet was still a significant part of the internet. Remember that?)
It took me about two minutes to determine that I couldn’t make myself use that, so I promptly went and downloaded Pegasus Mail, and then I went looking for a halfway-decent newsereader, eventually settling for Forte Free Agent.
Of course these days I use Gnus. I got tired of having to reboot to get into WIndows 95 every time I wanted to check my email. (My original plan was to use multiple OSes on a daily basis, but the Linux system proved to be more convenient, and I ended up using it for pretty much everything.) If Pegasus Mail had been available in a Linux version, I’d probably still be using it.
Oops. missed your comment in the approval queue. sorry.
Thanks for commenting. Always great to hear from a fellow linux lover!
Phew, as I read this I thought you were another mac fanatic but yes go go linux! I only use Windows for gaming now, tho Wine is improving
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