Posted on 11/16/2009 4:45:08 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Gotta disagree with you there. I just loaded Ubuntu on a box in my basement and was on the internet within five minutes of final installation. It used to have Linux Mint and I overwrote it with Ubuntu.
You must be mistaken. He said he's a software engineer.
I must be mistaken as well because I got on the net within seconds of booting up. I did have to input the mail server and passwords into Evolution for email, but I think that has less to do with me having to feel superior to everyone else (did I mention he pointed out that he's a software engineer) than it does that Ubuntu can't pull the passwords from my mind...
Maybe Windows can. I wouldn't know, maybe the superior software engineer would know...
The fact that they're in alphabetic order usually tips me off...
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Thanks Ernest.
Um, not quite. (And this is likely the reason for Linux' low "market share") We built and run Linux because we want an operating system that we can fix ourselves when problems arise and on that no one can ever take away from us.
I do not view the marketing of Linux as a particularly good thing. I'm not at all pleased with how I have to deal with Linux in the workplace right now. It's every bit as closed as Microsoft Windows and for similar "business" reasons.
I am cheered that a corporation has finally got a GUI over Unix correct. I am not cheered that our biggest ally (RedHat) hates me as much as Stallman does and that everyone who does not agree to his dictatorship of OSS is evil.
(My tagline in this post also includes Richard Stallman)
They're doing it in ISO8859-1 alphabetic order.
Then why does “ubuntu’ (who dreams up these silly names anyway) have such a small share?
They are now, but the first few weren't in alphabetical order and somehow I never checked beyond that. Color me embarrassed.
However, numbers are still neater and the names are still off-puttingly cute. If you're trying to convince the world that your product is the new Peterbilt, you don't paint it pink.
To make you look foolish, that's why. They slip onto your brain while you are sleeping and put foolish notions into your head.
See, Ubuntu is the most popular Linux distro as recorded at Distrowatch.
You really should stop posting about subjects in which you have no knowledge. It's rather obvious that Linux is one of those subjects.
Yes, and that's why the official name for the current Ubuntu release is 9.10.
The code names are unofficial.
Will check it out, thanks for sharing the link.
Been trying out different distro’s for the last few weeks on my non-DAW, Toshiba laptop. Very impressed with the overall progress of Linux since I last messed with it 5 or 6 years ago. I like Ubuntu & Mint the best so far. Fedora showed some promise but doesn’t see my Macbook on the network and Ubuntu & Mint do so on 1st boot after install. Tried Mandriva 2010 and latest OpenSuse and wasn’t happy with app selection.
If there was a Logic Express equivalent for Linux, I would surely give it a whirl. Just not seeing anything close yet. :)
Thanks for the link. I tried it once before 9.10 came out and it wouldn’t boot up after install. I will take some time later today and look for a package/app list and see what I can find. Peace :)
Thanks for the link. I tried it once before 9.10 came out and it wouldn’t boot up after install. I will take some time later today and look for a package/app list and see what I can find. Peace :)
Appreciate the info :)
Downloaded via the Torrent and have it installed on a small HDD and typing this reply on it....bit of a lag with response for browsing....have some more work to do.
If I can pull RAW images directly off my Sony Digital SLR it may be a keeper just for that.
I downloaded Ubuntu Studio and tried to install it. Halfway thru got a notice some software failed to install & had to reinstall Mint. I will check out some of the apps included with US and give them a try on Mint just to see what’s what.
Again, thanks for the info :)
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