AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |
Back to Blog
Gnu mac formatting floppy disk10/3/2023 ![]() ![]() So I never want to steer people away from the very real affordability benefits of PC/Windows – yet feel guilty knowing that’s angling them full tilt against the grain of Unix-like environments (Mac/Linux) that seem to dominate digital preservation tutorials and education. Though a Linux distribution like Ubuntu or Linux Mint is my actual recommendation and personally preferred option, it remains unfamiliar to the vast majority of casual users (though Android and ChromeOS are maybe opening the window), and difficult to recommend without going full FOSS evangelist on someone who is largely just looking to make small talk (I’ll write this post another day). MacBooks are and always have been prohibitively expensive for many people, and I’m generally on board with calling those “butterfly switch” keyboards on recent models a crime. (There are Chromebooks as well, but given their focus on cloud applications and lack of a robust desktop environment, I wouldn’t particularly recommend them for archivists or students looking for flexibility in professional and personal use)Įach of these options have their drawbacks. There are essentially three options here: 1) some flavor of MacBook, 2) a PC running Windows, or 3) a PC running some flavor of Linux. I was and still am conflicted by this question. Often they’d used both Mac and Windows in the past so were generally comfortable with either. Maybe their personal one had just died and they were shopping for something new. A couple of times at NYU, a new student would ask me what kind of laptop I would recommend for courses and professional use in video and digital preservation.
0 Comments
Read More
Leave a Reply. |