[BB]: Beta Hardware

[artdutra04]

Originally Posted by BLAQmx

Would a computer running Linux really be a better solution than one running XP? I base this purely on the experience level of most students and mentors participating in FIRST. Users will very likely be more familiar with XP and more adept at troubleshooting any possible issues on XP than than they would be even with the most common Linux distribution.

Linux is free, is orders of magnitude more secure than Windows, and can more easily be scaled to run extremely lightweight. It would be perfect for this task. Besides, within a year or two Windows XP will be dead.

Learning a new, non-Windows OS isn't that scary, especially if the only thing really necessary is the knowledge on how to create a dashboard app.