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Compromising to Ubuntu
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| It’s been nearly a year now since I have worked with my students. I will
| begin a open source project with a couple of my bright students. Without a
| doubt, we will use Ubuntu for our servers (though I may opt to switch them to
| Debian for more stability). It is a compromise I am making on my part. I
| will install Ubuntu 8.04.1 on my Thinkpad T60. I will keep Arch Linux on my
| desktop, possibly evening replacing it wil Debian Lenny Beta.
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| Ubuntu is what they want. I will give it to them.
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http://www.saigonnezumi.com/?p=773
Are Gnome and Ubuntu ruining the Linux Desktop?
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| Let's start with the first question.
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| Why am I asking if Gnome and Ubuntu are ruining the Linux Desktop? Because
| they are. There are two trends that we are seeing in both Ubuntu and Gnome
| development, that we also see in other areas (like The Gimp). In order to
| appreciate these trends, it is important to remember the fundamental Unix
| philosophy, which of course applies to Linux and other *nix systems as well:
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| Break problems down to constituent parts.
| Do a kick-ass job of solving whichever parts you can solve.
| String the parts together to ultimately reach your original solution.
| Stick to a plan by which you can string the parts together.
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http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/07/are_gnome_and_ubuntu_ruining_t.php?utm_source=sbhomepage&utm_medium=link&utm_content=channellink
http://tinyurl.com/68bwc5
Related:
Divining from the Entrails of Ubuntu's Gutsy Gibbon
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| According to the 2007 DesktopLinux.com survey, Ubuntu is the distribution of
| choice for 30% of GNU/Linux users. The exact figure is questionable, but
| Ubuntu's dominance is not. For an increasing number of people, Ubuntu is
| GNU/Linux. Yet, looking at the pre-releases of Gutsy Gibbon, Ubuntu 7.10, I
| found myself becoming disturbed by the degree to which this popularity has
| translated into uncritical acceptance.
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http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/entdev/article.php/3700666
Educating GNU/Linux users
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| More – if you know more than somebody, as Ubuntu’s developers obviously do,
| you have an obligation to give them the opportunity. To do otherwise is to
| dismiss the average person as willfully ignorant. Possibly, I’m naive, but
| I’m not quite ready to regard others that way.
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| Anyway, which came first: operating systems like Windows that prevent people
| from learning about their computers, or users who were fixated on
| accomplishing specific tasks. If computer users are task-oriented, at least
| some of the time, the reason could be that they’re conditioned to be so.
| Perhaps they’ve learned from Windows that prying into the inner workings of
| their computer is awkward and difficult. We don’t really know how many users
| will want to learn more, given the opportunity.
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http://brucebyfield.wordpress.com/2007/09/22/educating-gnulinux-users/
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