What Excites You?

[Greg Kettmann]

I know it's not exactly what you're looking for but I can't help but to 
mention Samba.  Home networks are not terribly uncommon.  In my house, 
like most 'geeks', I share a cable modem and then have a file and print 
server.  I used, ummm, another product for years but had failures every 
couple of weeks.  Nothing that a reboot wouldn't fix, but certainly 
annoying.  Now I use Linux and Samba and it's never down.  When I first 
switched my kids noticed, even though I didn't tell them I'd made a 
change.  My daughter keeps all of her music on the server and it plays 
12 hours a day.  I'm working on archiving VHS video's of my kids and all 
of that is stored there (and beat on heavily when I'm working).  Like 
the energizer bunny it just keeps on going.  

Take care, GGK

Jon Hall wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I am writing a talk on "What Excites Me" about Linux.  The object of this
>talk is to not only talk about the philosophical things that excites me, but
>honest to goodness "neat" programs.
>
>For example, gnomemeeting excites *ME* since it will allow me to videoconference
>with people while I am on the road.  I know that some people like The Gimp,
>and I know that Paul Lussier likes GNUcash, but what other Open Source
>programs do you think are either stellar, close to stellar, or rapidly
>approaching stellar?
>
>This includes "neat" hardware (TV tuners, radio tuners, etc.) that work with
>Linux.
>
>Thanks,
>
>md
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