[clue] Impressions on 11.04?

[Torren Beitler]

You are locked down with Ubuntu, it doesn't allow anything in the OS to be
tweaked, and so many dependencies. There's a reason Richard and Linus both
don't use Ubuntu.

On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 5:02 PM, adam bultman <adamb at glaven.org> wrote:

> Well, if you like, I'll provide you with everything you need to tweak
> Ubuntu, if you like. You just have to know the right order:
>
> 0 1
>
>
>
> GL;HF
>
>
> On 04/29/2011 01:21 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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