fsgl wrote on Saturday, February 15, 2014:
From the perspective of the IT professional, Windows is high maintenance. But from the vantage point of the DIY amateur, a few words should be said in Windows’ defense.
One learns to avoid those things that send Windows over the edge, like watching the videos on YouTube and not converting the .flv files.
The only time that I paid for Windows, out-of-pocket, was in 2012 when I purchased a Windows 7 laptop for a relative and Windows 8 had just been unveiled. As a promotion, Microsoft offered free copies of Windows 8 for newly purchased Windows 7 machines. One can’t complain about a tab of $2 for the sales tax. This senior citizen never had the impulse to dash out and purchase the latest version of Windows because that is not a personality trait and given the 2 duds, Vista and Windows 8, there is no reason to do so.
In 2009 the attempt to install OpenEMR was well neigh impossible. Brady rendered a great service to this community with his XAMPP-OpenEMR packages. Had I been faced with installing OpenEMR with Ubuntu, it would have been a show-stopper. Work is required in learning to use OpenEMR, but the heavy lift of learning to use the terminal would have killed the DIY project in its cradle. OpenEMR and Windows 7 have played together well for 1 1/2 years on the laptop and hopefully will continue to do the same until Microsoft ends support for Windows 7. There is a raw partition of 500 gb waiting for Ubunu or Linux Mint when that happens.
The only time Windows users have problems with OpenEMR installation is when they fail to follow Brady’s instructions. The bulk of installation questions are from non-Windows users.
With dual-boot I will be able to apply, in good faith, for a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, on behalf of the community, for MU3 money.
Jack (in Malaysia),
Linux Mint seems to be a crowd-pleaser.
Thanks for the tip about Yumex/Synaptic.
Learning to use the command line is like eating vegetables. It’s good for a person and besides, it builds character. Finally I will be able to understand what you Linux folks are posting when you sudo this or sudo that.