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Switch to Ubuntu Linux not Apple Mac OS
,----[ Quote ]
| So why are people not going over to Ubuntu? Beats me. If you are looking for
| commercial technical support, Ubuntu does offer that. If you are looking at
| extreme personalization options Ubuntu offers that, probably even more than
| the Mac OS. If you are looking for easy upgrades to future versions, Ubuntu
| offers that. If you are looking for ease of use, Ubuntu offers that. If you
| are looking for robustness and security, Ubuntu is the best. Ubuntu can be
| installed on all types of hardware and even on older hardware. Mac OS does
| not offer this flexibility.
|
| The more I use Ubuntu, the more I fail to understand the lure of the Mac OS.
| Is it the snob value or stupidity that make people consider a Mac over
| Windows and not Ubuntu?
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http://prosenjit23.wordpress.com/2008/10/17/switch-to-ubuntu-linux-not-apple-mac-os/
Recent:
Dell Mini Inspiron 9
,----[ Quote ]
| I’m living the dream, I tell you! I’ve swapped my MacBook for a Dell Mini and
| so far the experience has been pretty positive.
`----
http://jonrob.wordpress.com/2008/09/23/dell-mini-inspiron-9/
Moving from Mac to Ubuntu: Why I’m switching
,----[ Quote ]
| Why I’m leaving Mac
|
| 1. Crap file management.The Finder doesn’t work for me. No location bar
| and no tree strucure side panel makes it difficult to navigate folders and
| move f...
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Mac OS X - Highly Customized Linux
,----[ Quote ]
| Few players in the Linux arena creates their Linux distro to look like Mac OS
| X or Windows....
|
| Here I'm going to list some distro which looks like Mac OS.
`----
http://linuxtreat.blogspot.com/2008/07/mac-os-x-highly-customized-linux.html
A Linux User's Guide to Mac
,----[ Quote ]
| Take a deep breath and repeat after me: A computer is just a tool. It is only
| so good as it serves to make life better for users. A "better" life is
| obviously not the same thing for everyone. For me, it means making my Mac
| more like Linux, as I began to discuss in my last article.
`----
http://www.ofb.biz/safari/article/474.html
Yesterday:
Ubuntu: Challenge the Mac
,----[ Quote ]
| Normally I would just provide a Diigo link to this if it weren’t something
| I’ve been saying a lot in talks. Over at InformationWeek, Serdar Yegulaip was
| a piece called “Shuttleworth’s Ubuntu Ambitions: Challenge the Mac”. He
| quotes Mark Shuttleworth saying in a Datamation article:
|
| … our goal, very simply, is to make sure the Free software ecosystem can
| deliver a Mac OS-like experience, or an experience that will compete with
| the Mac OS.
|
| I think this is exactly right. It’s time to look past Windows, even with its
| huge installed base, as any sort of “gold standard” (as Mark calls it),
| especially for user interface.
...
[News] Mac OS X-Like Dock for GNU/Linux Reviewed by Linux.comKXDocker: More than a task manager
,----[ Quote ]
| The basic idea behind Mac OS X's Dock is that when you need an
| application, you click on its icon on an on-screen bar, and the
| application is launched (if it has not been yet) or switched to
| (if it has). Stefano Zingarini has borrowed this concept for
| KXDocker, a KDE variation of OS X's Dock (which is also usable
| with GNOME and other desktop environments).
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http://applications.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/12/28/1956207&from=rss
Related:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VekgyKQoTeM&NR
http://www.youtube.com/wa...
[News] Moving Toward Freedom, from Mac OS X to GNU/LinuxLinux Install Series Part 1: Why Install Linux on your Mac?
,----[ Quote ]
| That is the question my fellow Mac users. In today's world we take
| what we have for granted but we forget that we have freedom, we have
| choice. And we need to take advantage of this. It is important to
| realize that we are not limited to what is 'given' to us. Thus, Free
| Software gives us the freedom to chose.
`----
http://openengineering.blogspot.com/2006/12/linux-install-series-part-1-why-install.html
Related quote:
http://popagandhi.com/458/it-was-a-very-good-year/
,----[ Quote ]
| As a las...
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Five tips to help ease the migration from Mac to Linux
,----[ Quote ]
| Of course you might be thinking “OS X is supposed
| to be the most user-friendly OS available, so
| wouldn’t migrating to Linux be even more
| difficults?” Not exactly. There are certain
| elements of OS X that inherently make the process
| of migrating to Linux easier than when migrating
| from Windows. Take, for instance, the mounting of
| images and drives. This task is completely
| obfuscated from the Windows user, but the OS X user
| actually knows to unmount a drive before removal.
| But what about simple, every day usage? How do you
| make that more understandable for one moving from
| OS X to Linux? Let’s find out.
`----
http://www.ghacks.net/2009/10/14/five-tips-to-help-ease-the-migration-from-mac-to-linux/
Recent:
Mac computers are restrictive.
,----[ Quote ]
| There are amazing PC laptop computers that you can buy for $600
| comparing to Apple latops that are usually around $1300 and more.
| Apple computers are overpriced, proprietary, restrictive and
| protectionist. This might not be a good direction to be heading
| into. Could Apple prove to be even more restrictive and opressive
| than Microsoft?
`----
http://www.idreamoflinux.com/2009/09/mac-computers-are-restrictive.html
Can Ubuntu 9.10 Outperform Mac OS X 10.6?
,----[ Quote ]
| Of the 26 tests shown in this article, Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" was the
| clear w...
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- From OS X to Ubuntu: 2 Years Later
,----[ Quote ]
| I have to say that over the last couple of years,
| I’ve really come to love Ubuntu. Until recently,
| I rarely felt the need to go back to Windows or
| OS X (I’ll tell you more about that in another
| blog post). I’ve been generally pleased with each
| new release of Ubuntu and enjoy seeing the
| incremental improvements. Ubuntu has come an
| unbelievable way since I first tried it almost 5
| years ago.
`----
http://www.starryhope.com/linux/ubuntu/2010/os-x-to-ubuntu-2-years-later/
Matt Asay Sees the Light
,----[ Quote ]
| Oh well, better late than never. The year of
| GNU/Linux on the desktop has come and gone, he
| agrees, and we will go forward to much greater
| accomplishments.
`----
http://pogson.6k.ca/2010/02/19/matt-asay-sees-the-light/
Recent:
There and back again. Linux to Mac
,----[ Quote ]
| I now have Ubuntu 9.10 running on my
| MacBook Pro. Gnome-desktop, kubuntu-destop,
| xubuntu-desktop are all installed. I like
| desktop options, but prefer KDE 4. I can
| switch between apps, terminals, connect to
| the network and print. I have not seen one
| spinning beach ball. I am much more
| productive. I am so happy to have Amorok
| back to manage my music, and KDE to manage
| my desktop, and konsole as a terminal
| application, and, and, and… I am just so
| much happier.
|
| [...]
|
| Would I buy another Mac for myself, just
| for the hardware? No. ...
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No Apple computers for me
,----[ Quote ]
| I had been a apple computer user for the
| past 5 years and immensely enjoyed the
| hardware and the software. But, all good
| things come at a price. Apple's price for a
| polished user experience has lately turned
| out to be user freedom.
|
| [...]
|
| All said, in the end, there is only one
| thing to do for me. Stick with Freedom and
| give up Apple. So, as of yesterday night, I
| have migrated all music from iTunes to
| Ubuntu (Rhythmbox player).
`----
http://scienceblogs.com/thescian/2010/03/no_apple_computers_for_me.php?utm_source=sbhomepage&utm_medium=link&utm_content=channellink
Open one way or another
,----[ Quote ]
| We’ve covered our concerns about Apple’s
| control issues, and we’ve also highlighted
| how the company is creating opportunity for
| more open alternatives to capture
| developers, mindshare and yes, believe it
| or not, consumers. This is the picture we
| foresaw in our 2008 report, Mobility
| Matters, where we described the first
| Android phone, the G1, not as an Apple
| iPhone killer, but an impressive first step
| and a sign of an oncoming onslaught of
| iPhone alternatives, all with openness
| advantages for hardware manufacturers and
| wireless carriers that can maintain or
| create their own brands, and also openness
| advantages for developers and users in the
| software available for the devices.
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http:/...
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Why Linux is Better than Mac (or, how I learned to stop worrying and love
apt-get and debuild)
,----[ Quote ]
| However, if you know what you are doing, Macs Stink! This is really true if
| you are into open source software, because it is almost impossible to compile
| someone else’s code on a Mac, even if they wrote it for Mac.
`----
http://www.scottgrizzard.com/blog/2009/05/29/why-linux-is-better-than-mac-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-apt-get-and-debuild/
Recent:
- From OSX to Ubuntu
,----[ Quote ]
| So far I’m not really ...
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GNU/Linux Eclipses Windows – for Eclipse Users
,----[ Quote ]
| For me, the highlight is the following:
|
| Developers appear to be shifting away from Microsoft Windows to Linux and Mac
| OSX for their development operating system. 26.9% of respondents cite Linux
| was as primary desktop operating system, representing a 7 percentage point
| increase from 2007. Though Windows is still the dominant development OS at
| 64%, it has decreased 10 percentage points from 2007. The most popular Linux
| variant of choice among developers is Ubuntu, w...
[News] [Linux] Linux More Secure Than Mac OS X, WindowsHow secure are Linux, Window and Mac OS?
,----[ Quote ]
| Overall it looks like the Linux kernel turns out to be the most
| secure system. Not only does it have virtually no security holes
| that lead to system access, it's also very resilient to remote
| attacks, two areas where both Windows and Mac OS X aren't doing
| very well.
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http://www.masuran.org/node/29
Lots of nice charts on the page. Good summary.
Related:
Linux hacks rare as hens' teeth, says survey
,----[ Quote ]
| Adding more fuel to the Linux versus Windows fire, a US research firm
| this week released a ...
[News] [Linux] Man Chooses Linux Over Mac OS X, WindowsWhich OS for Ruby on Rails development?
,----[ Quote ]
| I've had experience using Linux servers (no GUIs), so I figured I
| could always drop back to the command line if something broke and
| I've had to once or twice during installations. But overall I have
| been pleasantly surprised at how civil an experience it has been.
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http://falkayn.blogspot.com/2007/05/which-os-for-ruby-on-rails-development.html
...
[News] New PMP Linux-based and Works Well with GNU/Linux DesktopsRiver + Linux= Kick A*s PMP!
,----[ Quoet
| iRiver doesn't miss a chance to say something to the geek masses. This time,
| while they're working on the P10 portable media player, they’re also
| developing a cool Linux based PMP. Besides working great with Linux, the new
| PMP also features a tethered docking station, as well as a detachable mobile
| unit.
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/iRiver-Linux-Kick-Ass-PMP-70458.shtml
Related:
Motorola leaves Linux users in the lurch with its Linux smartphone
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| When Motorola released its smartphone running linux...
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The main problem with Windows Vista
,----[ Quote ]
| On top of this, Vista wasn't fully baked when it was released. The huge
| number of articles that suggested waiting for the first service pack is a
| testament to that.
|
| In fairness, the same can be said of Apple. Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5) too, was
| far from fully baked when it was released. In this regard at least, Linux
| shines. There is no marketing department or sales department at Linux
| headquarters pushing the operating system out the door before the programmers
| say it's ready. In fact, there are no Linux headquarters at all.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13554_3-10034486-33.html
Related:
Massive Data Loss Bug in Leopard
,----[ Quote ]
| Aaaand … poof!
|
| The directory on our Desktop is now gone. The directory shown in the C$ mount
| will only contain files that were copied entirely before the connection was
| disrupted, but nothing more (in the demonstration case, there’s only one file
| in "test", so nothing was copied successfully).
|
| [...]
|
| Where’s the rest of our data?
|
| Apple, please FTFF already. This is unacceptable.
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http://tomkarpik.com/articles/massive-data-loss-bug-in-leopard/
Leopard early adopters suffer for the rest of us
,----[ Quote ]
| Mac OS X 10.5.1 will likely arrive around Thanksgiving with fixes for most of
| the problems encountered by the brave early adopters.
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Ubuntu shines where OS X fails
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| Coming from a lifetime as a Mac user you can imagine that I am rather
| trusting of the OS, especially as a creative tool. In recent years, as Apple
| has evolved OS X, it has continued to surprise me (in a good sort of way.)
|
| Regarding their OS X server, given that I have used it since 2001, I was
| rather excited to try it out in my new web software venture. My impression
| was it would be as easy to run a web site on OS X server as it is easy to
| manage a creative project.
|
| Wro...
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Mac4lin - Give that Mac OS X look to Linux
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| Mac4Lin is best Mac like User Interface for Gnome and Xfce desktops like
| Ubuntu/Xubuntu, Fedora, Debian and others, that will take care of absolutely
| everything (from icons, themes to usplash – loading window at start) to look
| just like Mac. With this package comes: dock, the GTK theme, Emerald theme
| (3d window borders), new icons, new wallpapers, taskbar image, GDM themes,
| cursors, themes for Pidgin, Firefox, music players and system sounds and you
| will be amazed of fl...
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How Does Ubuntu 9.04 Measure Up to Mac OS X?
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| Over all, Ubuntu 9.04 averages a B+ in this comparison against Mac OS X
| usability.
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http://www.linux-mag.com/cache/7419/1.html
Recent:
- From OSX to Ubuntu
,----[ Quote ]
| So far I’m not really missing that much - clearly OSX has a certain feel of
| slickness to it but in the last couple of years Ubuntu has become much more
| refined and easier to use. More an more works without intervention - I’d long
| held an opinion that using linux was like owning a vintage beetle — It’s
| great but you have to spend all weekend tinkering with it to keep it on the
| road. For me using windows was like that, as I found more and more time was
| sucked into keeping my PC running. When I switched to OSX I found my
| productivity went up. So far with Linux it’s too early to tell whether I’m as
| productive though I’m fairly confident that I’m finding enough software that
| performs well and is intuitive to use that I should be every bit as “at home”
| on Linux as I was on the mac. Plus with the added bonus that I’ve got a much
| better set of linux tools (rather than bsd) under the hood and not to mention
| that running an open source operating system is a much better prospect long
| term.
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http://muffinresearch.co.uk/archives/2009/04/05/from-osx-to-ubuntu/
Mac OS is better than Ubuntu Linux: A myth
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| The myths
|
| * Ubuntu does not have...
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Salix OS 13.0.2a: Surprisingly Fresh
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| Salix is a solid distribuiton built on a
| Slackware foundation. It does what many among
| the Slackware faithful would consider heresy:
| makes Slackware behave more like a modern
| Linux operating system that's simpler to
| install and manage. I for one welcome our
| heretical Bonsai overlords.
|
| If I'm ever in the mood for a lightweight
| Slack-based distribution with minimal fuss
| involved, Salix has made my short list. I look
| forward to seeing future releases from this
| group.
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http://www.techiemoe.com/tech/salix13.htm
Recent:
Salix OS 13.0.2 Gets 64-bit Edition
,----[ Quote ]
| George Vlahavas from the Salix OS development
| team proudly announced two days before
| Christmas that Salix 13.0.2 was available for
| download on mirrors worldwide. The good news
| for all the fans of this Slackware-based
| Linux distribution is that it now has a 64-
| bit edition, which is backwards compatible
| with the Slackware64 operating system.
| Salix64 offers an easier way to install the
| XFCE desktop environment, and a software
| repository with lots of packages. The Salix
| developers also prepared a software
| repository with dependency information for
| both 32-bit and 64-bit Slackware packages.
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Salix-OS-13-0-2-Gets-64-bit-Edition-130609.shtml
Salix 13.0.2 is ready!
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| The Salix team is prou...
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Migration from Mac to Linux
,----[ Quote ]
| When in OS X (and in Windows) the default action
| is a very predictable beast. You want to make
| sure this is mimicked in Linux. In GNOME you can
| right click a file, select Open With, and then
| set that as the default application for that
| type of file. As much as this might seem second
| nature, for OS X users this is simply not an
| issue. Having everything so well integrated is
| not a feature on OS X, it’s a requirement. So
| make sure everything works exactly as expected
| BEFORE the OS X user touches their Linux box.
`----
http://blogwire.co.cc/2009/10/migration-from-mac-to-linux/
Recent:
My development setup
,----[ Quote ]
| Base software
|
| * Arch Linux – it’s my 6 day with this distro
| actually, I’m a Gentoo fanatic but from time to
| time I try to use something different. I usually
| go back to Gentoo after a month or so. We’ll see
| how I’ll end up now. So far I really like Arch,
| it’s extremely lightweight, fast and stable.
| Software availability is as good as in Gentoo.
| It’s also easy to make your own packages which
| is crucial for Ruby developers since it happens
| that we need various non-standard stuff, like
| let’s say Nginx with Passenger support. I’ve got
| a feeling that this time I won’t go back to
| Gentoo
|
| * KDE – it’s my desktop environment and one
| of the most important...
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Mac OS X 10.6.2 vs. Ubuntu 9.10 Benchmarks
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| Ubuntu 9.10 (with the 32-bit and 64-bit
| wins being added together) had won about
| ten of the sixteen benchmarks in this Mac
| OS X vs. Ubuntu Linux comparison. Mac OS X
| 10.6.2 though had a particularly strong
| advantage in the heavy computational tests
| like Crafty, the ray-tracing benchmarks,
| and PostgreSQL. Snow Leopard, however, had
| performed quite poorly with the NVIDIA
| graphics due to the regression we pointed
| out earlier in this article. Hopefully the
| bug that is seriously hampering the NVIDIA
| OpenGL performance on Mac OS X when
| running at different resolutions will be
| fixed in the near future.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=macosx106_ubuntu910_final&num=1
OS x won't run on commodity hardware.
The Case for Non-Free Firmware By Default
,----[ Quote ]
| Ubuntu comes with a nice application
| called “Hardware Drivers” (a.k.a. jockey-
| gtk) for installing proprietary drivers
| for wireless cards and other devices that
| lack open-source support. This is great,
| except when your only connection to the
| Internet is wireless and you have no way
| to download the driver or firmware you
| need. Here’s why this situation should
| change.
`----
http://www.workswithu.com/2009/11/17/the-case-for-non-free-firmware-by-default/
Recent:
Fedora 12 vs. Ubuntu 9.10 Benchmarks
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- From Mac to Linux: A Musician Convert
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| Now Peter Kirn has captured Cascone's conversion story on
| createdigitalmusic.com. Interesting about the article is not only the facts
| of Cascone's conversion, but the comments accompanying it that contain
| numerous tips and information on sound processing under Linux.
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http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/Online/News/From-Mac-to-Linux-A-Musician-Convert
Recent:
How Does Ubuntu 9.04 Measure Up to Mac OS X?
,----[ Quote ]
| Over all, Ubuntu 9.04 averages a B+ in this comparison against Mac OS X
| usability.
`----
http://www.linux-mag.com/cache/7419/1.html
- From OSX to Ubuntu
,----[ Quote ]
| So far I’m not really missing that much - clearly OSX has a certain feel of
| slickness to it but in the last couple of years Ubuntu has become much more
| refined and easier to use. More an more works without intervention - I’d long
| held an opinion that using linux was like owning a vintage beetle — It’s
| great but you have to spend all weekend tinkering with it to keep it on the
| road. For me using windows was like that, as I found more and more time was
| sucked into keeping my PC running. When I switched to OSX I found my
| productivity went up. So far with Linux it’s too early to tell whether I’m as
| productive though I’m fairly confident that I’m finding enough software that
| performs well and is intuitive to use that I should be every bit as “at ...
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There and back again. Linux to Mac
,----[ Quote ]
| I now have Ubuntu 9.10 running on my
| MacBook Pro. Gnome-desktop, kubuntu-destop,
| xubuntu-desktop are all installed. I like
| desktop options, but prefer KDE 4. I can
| switch between apps, terminals, connect to
| the network and print. I have not seen one
| spinning beach ball. I am much more
| productive. I am so happy to have Amorok
| back to manage my music, and KDE to manage
| my desktop, and konsole as a terminal
| application, and, and, and… I am just so
| much happier.
|
| [...]
|
| Would I buy another Mac for myself, just
| for the hardware? No. While the trackpad is
| cool, other companies have caught up on the
| piece of hardware. The keyboard may be
| enough to make me come back to the
| hardware, but I doubt it.
`----
http://www.openlogic.com/blogs/2009/11/there-and-back-again-linux-to-mac/
Power to the GNU!
Podcast Season 1 Episode 21
,----[ Quote ]
| In this episode: Firefox turns 5, Microsoft
| allegedly borrows some GPL code and the Fat
| Elf is no more. We talk about what our
| perfect Linux distribution would look like
| and ask whether everyone should be
| compelled to contribute to free software
| projects.
`----
http://www.tuxradar.com/content/podcast-season-1-episode-21
Recent:
Migration from Mac to Linux
,----[ Quote ]
| When in OS X (and in Windows) the default action
| is a very predictable beast. You want to make
| ...
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What Linux needs
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| Because what Linux needs is people who want
| to use Linux. I said a long time ago that if
| Linux was Windows, nobody would need Linux.
| By corollary, if what you need is Windows,
| don’t tell me Linux has shortcomings. Linux
| doesn’t need application X, it needs someone
| who is so prepossessed with the idea of
| creating application X that they spearhead an
| independent movement to duplicate it, gather
| a few like-minded and talented peers, and as
| a group they roll up their sleeves and get to
| work making application X.
`----
http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/03/30/what-linux-needs/
Apple: Simplicity taken too far?
,----[ Quote ]
| One could discard such fulminating, except
| for the fact that Google (with Android) and
| other open-source communities are
| increasingly focusing on delivering open-
| source software that prioritizes ease of
| use, as Canonical's latest Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
| (aka Lucid Lynx) release shows.
`----
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10471385-16.html
Linux Journal Insider - May 2010
http://www.linuxjournal.com/podcast/linux-journal-insider-may-2010
Recent:
Ubuntu Is Pretty Cool (My Linux Experiment)
,----[ Quote ]
| * I had an old Windows XP laptop that was slow and
| required constant attention. One of the great
| things about almost any Linux distribution is that
| is small and efficient. It is often recommended as...
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Why we like Linux desktops
,----[ Quote ]
| With the exception of computer games, is there an activity that can be done
| inside of Windows or OS X that cannot be done equally well on a Linux
| machine?
`----
http://www.zdnet.com.au/blogs/patch-monday/soa/Why-we-like-Linux-desktops/0,2001107879,339297848,00.htm
Ubuntu- Apple is a different ball game.
,----[ Quote ]
| Mac computers are hugely expensive and anybody that goes in to buy a Mac
| computer is not someone that considers cost in buying a computer. Most Mac
| users are people that have seen a certain perceived value in the extra cash
| they pay for a Mac computer as against what they would have paid for a
| Windows PC.
|
| [...]
|
| There is no doubt that Ubuntu is a powerful alternative to both Windows and
| Mac OS, a fact that most Windows users attest to after trying Ubuntu, but
| that message must be wrapped differently in order to deliver to Mac OS users.
| Canonical must not focus solely on the monetary cost of Ubuntu as a wedge to
| use in penetrating the Mac OS market. The theme of the strategy must rather
| focus on the core strengths of Ubuntu that will appeal to Mac users.
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http://sinaisix.blogspot.com/2009/08/ubuntu-apple-is-different-ball-game.html
First Psystar, now Quo, but what about Linux? Enter Mond Computers.
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| No, not Linux OS, not Ubuntu or Fedora or anything of the sort. The Mond OS.
| Remember, the...
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| Where is the Linux desktop going, and where should it go? This is a hot topic,
| and an important one. Unfortunately the discussion usually starts from the
| wrong premise, that the Linux desktop has only recently achieved parity with
| its Mac OS X and Windows cousins. Not so! The Linux desktop has been superior
| since its early days, and would have to go backwards to achieve parity.
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http://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/483462:is-the-linux-desktop-qon-parq-with-mac-and-windows-no-way
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> Is the Linux Desktop "On Par" With Mac and Windows? No Way!
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>| Where is the Linux desktop going, and where should it go? This is a hot topic,
>| and an important one. Unfortunately the discussion usually starts from the
>| wrong premise, that the Linux desktop has only recently achieved parity with
>| its Mac OS X and Windows cousins. Not so! The Linux desktop has been superior
>| since its early days, and would have to go backwards to achieve parity.
That is definitely my opinion!
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