__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Wednesday 18 April 2007 16:03 \__
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Wednesday 18 April 2007 12:53 \__
>>
>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>> __/ [ John Bailo ] on Wednesday 18 April 2007 02:02 \__
>>>>
>>>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> A Linux for the rest of us?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>>> | Serial entrepreneur Peter Dawe, who helped bring the internet to the
>>>>>> | UK, is launching a "safe" Linux distro tailored for the technophobe.
>>>>>> `----
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/17/babellinux/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> When Mark Shuttleworth set its eyes on a similar goal he was quite
>>>>>> successful.
>>>>>
>>>>> That is good...but it's a day late and a dollar short.
>>>>>
>>>>> SUSE has the pole position. Xgl is lighting fast.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you go Suse, you win.
>>>>
>>>> He could fork Opensuse if he wanted. I don't think any distributors does
>>>> this, but many adopt Debian, RHEL, and Ubuntu.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Debian-based distros are more likely to be the future to my mind. The
>>> only thing SuSE has pole position on is some dubious deal with
>>> Microsoft, as far as I know.
>>
>> Novell has been eerily quiet recently. I hope no storm is on its way.
>>
>
> Well, presumably, since Novell customers are indemnified against
> Microsoft patent attacks, the truetype font rendering issue is moot even
> in the US and Australia for them?
>
> No doubt Microsoft are busy explaining to an increasingly frustrated
> Novell legal team why the indemnification applies to everything /except/
> the truetype font issue...
Well, the public asks similar questions, so at least it's common knowledge
now.
BTW, more details are now available.
http://news.com.com/BabelDisc+Linux+for+technophobes/2100-7344_3-6177188.html
Peter Dawe will do a lightweight derivative of Ubuntu GNU/Linux. If I find
something juicy about this, maybe I'll make a standalone post.
To be nohest with you, ever since BearItAll said something about pace I have
been worried about over-posting. It's a shame really because Linux is so
dominant in the news these days. I want to show this without the posts
becoming a burden. What are your thoughts on this? I would love to break the
40ish per day cap... would give me more room to breathe not to have a mental
limit/bruden.
--
~~ With kind regards
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