Re: [orca-list] New Linux user, needing higher quality speech...

[Christopher Chaltain <chaltain gmail com>]

I don't see this as an issue with Windows users. You don't need to give 
Windows users elevated rights, so they can't install software on their 
own. I also don't know why this is safer under Linux, unless you 
implement the same type of user restrictions to the user's system that 
you can do under Windows. Linux users with root or sudo access can 
violate an audit with pirated software or violate a EULA just as easily 
as a Windows user can with elevated rights. There are plenty of good 
reasons to go with Linux on your employees desktops, but this isn't one 
of them. BTW, you'll still need employees to sign a computer use 
agreement no matter which way you go.

On 05/16/2015 08:57 AM, Josh K wrote:
> if you are totally blind for me to run itunes in linux i would need to
> set up a windows virtual machine. On the other hand if I were starting a
> business from scratch and if I were the CEO or boss... I would have all
> linux Ubuntu desktops and probably talking arch servers or debian
> servers. This is because businesses get audited and when the audits come
> I would not want to take the chance of folks running pirated software on
> my business machines. So businesswise I would run linux on all machines.
> desktops for the clients and probably debian for the servers.
>
> follow me on twitter @joshknnd1982
>
> On 5/16/2015 4:59 AM, kk wrote:
> > On Saturday 16 May 2015 06:46 AM, Josh K wrote:
> > > If linux did support all my favorite applications out of the box like
> > > windows does I would certainly switch full time. but it does not, so
> > > I need to stay with windows full time and use linux as a hobby OS for
> > > now. I need itunes for example to manage my apple tv, my entire
> > > family uses windows. they won't switch because they use itunes,
> > > spotify, ms-office, windows only games that require direct-x and so
> > > on. sorry to say Linux just won't take off until it gets more windows
> > > apps compiled for linux in its various app stores and repositories.
> > > Most folks its been my experience care about well will it support
> > > itunes? i need itunes for this or that or I need some feature that
> > > sound forge or band in a box only supports. well then you need
> > > windows. if you are in a position where you can go without by all
> > > means use your favorite linux distro. If you can do without and do
> > > not need itunes, or ms office, or some other native windows apps a
> > > linux distro will work just fine. if not stay with windows and run
> > > some open source stuff in it.
> >
> > Well It is not about Linux being able to compile all that proprietary
> > stuff.
> > It can be done I guess and Whine does a good job of running Windows apps.
> > But These all are proprietary software which does not respect the
> > basic digital freedom of users.
> > In proprietary software there are a lot of harmful things and a lot of
> > bad things can happen with you.
> > I Have been using Linux full time and libre office does my work pretty
> > well, I have firefox and Thunderbird taking care of internet and email.
> > I use Eclipes for programming as I am a programmer.
> > All this happens without compromizing my basic digital freedom and
> > there is total transparency about how the program actually does it's
> > work (If I ever doubt it's security etc)
> > So all the substitutes are available and Ubuntu or almost all distros
> > do a great job.
> > Being an international software consultent, I need a virus free,
> > transparent system on which I can rely upon and that gives me total
> > freedom.
> > So that's why I seriously never found a point in compiling the said
> > proprietary softwares on Linux.
> > happy hacking.
> > Krishnakant.
>
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