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What Linux needs
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| Because what Linux needs is people who want
| to use Linux. I said a long time ago that if
| Linux was Windows, nobody would need Linux.
| By corollary, if what you need is Windows,
| donât tell me Linux has shortcomings. Linux
| doesnât need application X, it needs someone
| who is so prepossessed with the idea of
| creating application X that they spearhead an
| independent movement to duplicate it, gather
| a few like-minded and talented peers, and as
| a group they roll up their sleeves and get to
| work making application X.
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http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/03/30/what-linux-needs/
Apple: Simplicity taken too far?
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| One could discard such fulminating, except
| for the fact that Google (with Android) and
| other open-source communities are
| increasingly focusing on delivering open-
| source software that prioritizes ease of
| use, as Canonical's latest Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
| (aka Lucid Lynx) release shows.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10471385-16.html
Linux Journal Insider - May 2010
http://www.linuxjournal.com/podcast/linux-journal-insider-may-2010
Recent:
Ubuntu Is Pretty Cool (My Linux Experiment)
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| * I had an old Windows XP laptop that was slow and
| required constant attention. One of the great
| things about almost any Linux distribution is that
| is small and efficient. It is often recommended as
| a good way to get some new life out of an older
| machine.
|
| * Ubuntu makes it easy. I picked the Ubuntu
| distribution because it was easy to figure out and
| install. The software takes you step by step
| through the process and even gives you the option
| to split your hard drive so you can have both
| Linux and Windows (or whatever) on the same
| machine.
|
| * I am not sacrificing much (if anything). As the
| title to this post suggests, Ubuntu is pretty
| cool. True, the user interface is a little
| different but, having oriented myself (and pretty
| quickly for an old guy, I am proud to say), it
| seems a little better than Windows. It does well
| all of the things my old Windows machine did
| poorly. I have faster web-browsing now through my
| trusty Firefox browser. Web apps (like Google
| Docs) are operating system agnostic and I have yet
| to run into a major plugin that is not also
| available for Linux distributions. Open Office (a
| free Office-like application) works very well with
| most of my Office files (and others). There are
| also tons of new productivity and gaming
| applications to explore as well, all with little
| (some would say no) risk of virus or malware
| infection.
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http://sourcesandmethods.blogspot.com/2009/09/ubuntu-is-pretty-cool-my-linux.html
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