Comments on: Today, I say don’t bother

By: A fool not to « Motho ke motho ka botho

A fool not to « Motho ke motho ka botho — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:31:24 +0000

[...] is fueling my own sense of indignation again. Only a month ago I had reached a point where I really didn’t care whose side you were on, as long as you were content with using your [...]

By: poss

poss — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:58:19 +0000

fair call let em come on there own back. i think linux’s strengths are its configurability but is that what also keeps the wider populous away from its cause it too nerdy with the terminals and commands etc?? i dunno who really cares anyway.

the ubuntu guy in the video did a pretty lousy job spruiking ubuntu imo. i guess he was just trying to pitch it to a conservative audience thats why he was just trying to emaphise everything should just work without altering it. but the thing is altering and changing it is half the fun. technically he wasn’t that correct saying windows programs won’t run on ubuntu, he should probably of said well you can if you need to, but there are loads alternative software under linux also. and what is the problem with ipods don’t they drag and drop like everything else?? my cheap and nasty chinese one works fine. anyway…

By: CorkyAgain

CorkyAgain — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:58:03 +0000

My point is that they’re not good examples of software designed in accordance with the Unix philosophy.

Read ESR’s “The Art of Unix Programming” or Gancarz’s “Linux and the Unix Philosophy” for a detailed discussion, but Wikipedia’s entry on “Unix Philosophy” gives a good overview of what I mean:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_philosophy

By: Jose Catre-Vandis

Jose Catre-Vandis — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:47:17 +0000

Are you becoming a “grumpy old man” ???
(and I hope not before your time!)

I have been one for sometime now………..

By: twitter

twitter — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:02:09 +0000

Let those who claim to hate “forced change” eat Vista. There is no continuity in non free software. Vista failed in the marketplace, despite massive OEM and retail force. Now comes Windows 7 with all sorts of change for change sake. Both of these systems force users to start all over again, trashing favorite old programs and muscle memory. Everyone is better off with free software replacements, where change comes when the community wants it. Tell your friends that they are going to be forced to learn something new, so they might as well learn something better.

By: steve

steve — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:40:37 +0000

Better get rid of the Tux-Love smiley at the top right….hehehe

By: Links 02/11/2009: New Distros Benchmark, Firefox 3.6 Beta | Boycott Novell

Links 02/11/2009: New Distros Benchmark, Firefox 3.6 Beta | Boycott Novell — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:24:57 +0000

[...] Today, I say don’t bother No, what has me in a funk is really just the fact that most of the interview seemed to be spent asking what chance there is running Windows programs on Ubuntu, or Apple software on Ubuntu. The last question that I remember offhand was whether or not iTunes is available in Ubuntu. [...]

By: Renan

Renan — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:39:44 +0000

I also don’t evangelize. I will be happy to show someone the way, but this assumes he or she is interested in learning and not just in ‘looking different’.

And I absolutely despise people that want everybody to migrate to Linux, even if they can’t/don’t want to. Where’s the freedom they preach so much when someone just force people to use what you want them to use?

“Today, if you’re new to Linux or Ubuntu and you want to use the same software you have already, then I say just keep using Windows.”

I can’t help but keep agreeing forever with this one. If one is not interested in actually learning a new OS, or don’t want to change, I believe they should stick to what they know and enjoy.

I hate forced change. I think everybody that reads this blog also hates it.

By: Brett D

Brett D — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:23:16 +0000

They’re practical pieces of software and real alternatives to ones that people use every day. I don’t understand the questioning of them.

By: CorkyAgain

CorkyAgain — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:09:05 +0000

I mean, c’mon, Firefox, Thunderbird, Pidgin, OpenOffice???