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Re: Spinoff: Using Linux for work? was RE: Why Tech-Writers Should Know About Open Source Technologies
Subject:Re: Spinoff: Using Linux for work? was RE: Why Tech-Writers Should Know About Open Source Technologies From:Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- axion -dot- net> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 15 Sep 2005 10:16:01 -0700
On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 18:47 +0200, Sean Wheller wrote:
> On Thursday 15 September 2005 18:30, Bruce Byfield wrote:
> > I did both technical writing and design work on Linux for several years.
> > I didn't feel handicapped in any way, and clients never noticed the
> > difference. One of the big advantages, I found, is that, if you need an
> > extra tool, you can download it and start using it in less than five
> > minutes.
>
> An if it's not to your taste
> patch
>
> then dpkg-buildpackage
To translate for those who don't know Linux:
One thing that I forgot to mention is that, if you are so inclined, you
can build the package from the source code so that it's completely
optimized for your system. In fact, at least one major distribution,
Gentoo, builds the entire operating system from the source code.
Not that you have to do this, I hasten to add. If you want, you can take
the standard packages and use them. In fact, that's what most people do.
But the option to get optimum performance is another advantage that
Linux installation has over most Windows programs.
"When a person has a poor ear for music he will flat and sharp
right along without knowing it. He keeps near the tune, but is
not the tune. When a person has a poor ear for words, the result
is a literary flatting and sharping; you perceive what he is intending
to say, but you also perceive that he does not say it.'
- Mark Twain
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