[clue] Impressions on 11.04?

[Jon "maddog" Hall]

>real linux

Debian...about as real as you can get.

md

On Fri, 2011-04-29 at 16:21 -0500, 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> 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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