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[Don't] Kick Linux To The Curb?
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| After much consideration, I have managed to put together a list of things I
| would need in order to subject myself once again to the annoying and often
| restrictive world of closed source computing.
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| 1. Availability.
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| I have no problem paying a reasonable price for use of my operating system.
| This being a flat fee or even a monthly subscription. But when I pay the
| bills, I expect to have access to it as I see fit. This means access to
| download and burn DVD ISOs when I want. At the same time, being able to
| purchase it from a store would be nice, but is not critical for me
| personally. I can always order a copy of the DVD/CD online if I need
| packaging for that matter.
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| 2. No activation keys or serial numbers.
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| Treat me like a person. The only time I should be asked for a key or a set of
| numbers is if I am subscribing to a support service. If you wish to ensure
| there is not a problem with piracy, then it may be time to check the prices
| set for the product or the product's availability. Generally one or both of
| these issues create an ecosystem where piracy flourishes to the extent where
| it is a threat.
|
| 3. Provide me with a simple, safe, accessible software portal.
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| Whether this software portal be online or off, allow me easy access to both
| free and paid applications. Application installation or removal should be as
| easy as checking a box -- not add/remove or dragging what you hope to be the
| right icon to a trash can. Those methods make mass uninstallation of software
| cumbersome and is totally unacceptable.
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http://www.intranetjournal.com/articles/200809/ij_09_04_08a.html
Recent:
Moving from Mac to Ubuntu: Why I’m switching
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| Why I’m leaving Mac
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| 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 files around the way I want to.
| 2. Insufficient panels & customization. In Ubuntu I can have as many
| panels I want, can put all kinds of stuff on them, and can arrange them
| however I want. In OSX You just have the dock, and you can really only put
| applications or files on them, and you can’t even put in a separator to
| keep them organized.
| 3. Various other annoyances. Such as:
| * program menus are glued to the top of the screen on one monitor
| only, which detaches them from the window. This is especailly
| annoying when the program you’re using is on the second monitor.
| * the date/time doesn’t open to a navigable calendar. I often use
| this to check dates in the past or future.
| * you can’t see hidden files unless you run a command from the
| terminal to turn them on. Thus, hidden files are either always on
| or always off.
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http://meganmcdermott.com/2008/08/29/moving-mac-ubuntu-switching/
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