[clue] Impressions on 11.04?

[Mike Bean]

Oh?  What do Richard and Linus use?  I don't plan on changing mind you, I'm
just curious.

On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 4:24 PM, Torren Beitler <torren.beitler at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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