[clue] Impressions on 11.04?

[Chris Ernst]

You are free to build your own packages, install from source and modify
whatever you want.  There's nothing sopping you from doing that.
Nothing is locked down.

	- Chris

On 04/29/2011 03:21 PM, Torren Beitler wrote:
> What's locked down about it is the fact that you can't optimize it,
> can't code anything in the OS. Ubuntu goes against what Linux is about.
> Linux is about freedom, Ubuntu locks you down and forces you to do shit
> that's not needed. Gentoo, arch, slackware, any others like those are
> real linux shit. Ubuntu=free mac OS
> 
> On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 4:17 PM, adam bultman <adamb at glaven.org
> <mailto:adamb at glaven.org>> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>     On 04/29/2011 01:03 PM, Mike Bean wrote:
>     > That's my thought.� We have a fairly laissez-faire workplace, so I'm
>     > fairly certain nobody will care if I use linux as long as it doesn't
>     > interfere with the work.� I just don't want to have to have the
>     > conversation that I can't work that ticket because I slagged my
>     > computer via some stupid mistake� (loading a package I shouldn't have
>     > or something), and it didn't occur to me, but Ubuntu has like a
>     > million respins that aren't likely to adopt unity.�� xubuntu, lubuntu,
>     > kubuntu,� well, it's worth considering anyway, but it definitely
>     > sounds like most of the people so far are voting no on 11.04, or at
>     > least no on Unity.
> 
>     Well, my workplace isn't necessarily laissez-faire; I'm *supposed* to
>     use windows, but my boss, and others realize that if I'm working on
>     linux and solaris boxes all day, it might make more sense to be on a
>     linux box than a windows box.  I'm more efficient on a linux box anyway,
>     since I can have a multitude of terminals open (in tabs), copy and paste
>     between that and my windows VM, via my various systems at my desk via
>     Synergy, etc, and I don't need any special software for anything in
>     particular (for example, not high-priced software so I can export X to
>     my workstation from another server.  Work firmly believes that if you
>     don't pay for it, it is worthless, so Cygwin is frowned upon.)
> 
>     For me, it's not necessarily slagging my computer because of a mistake,
>     but rather taking an extensive amount of time to tweak things and get it
>     right.  My new work laptop was built running Linux, and syncing all my
>     preferences before my coworker had managed to reinstall windows on hers
>     (because Dell ships with awful amounts of crap on them.)  And
>     furthermore, since I'm not crashing or rebooting all the time, I'm
>     working more.
> 
>     So maybe I *should* get some other version of linux, just so I have more
>     spare time while I wait for things to compile...
> 
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