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<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 4:17 PM, adam bultman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:adamb@glaven.org">adamb@glaven.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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On 04/29/2011 01:03 PM, Mike Bean wrote:<br>
> That's my thought.� We have a fairly laissez-faire workplace, so I'm<br>
> fairly certain nobody will care if I use linux as long as it doesn't<br>
> interfere with the work.� I just don't want to have to have the<br>
> conversation that I can't work that ticket because I slagged my<br>
> computer via some stupid mistake� (loading a package I shouldn't have<br>
> or something), and it didn't occur to me, but Ubuntu has like a<br>
> million respins that aren't likely to adopt unity.�� xubuntu, lubuntu,<br>
> kubuntu,� well, it's worth considering anyway, but it definitely<br>
> sounds like most of the people so far are voting no on 11.04, or at<br>
> least no on Unity.<br>
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</div>Well, my workplace isn't necessarily laissez-faire; I'm *supposed* to<br>
use windows, but my boss, and others realize that if I'm working on<br>
linux and solaris boxes all day, it might make more sense to be on a<br>
linux box than a windows box. I'm more efficient on a linux box anyway,<br>
since I can have a multitude of terminals open (in tabs), copy and paste<br>
between that and my windows VM, via my various systems at my desk via<br>
Synergy, etc, and I don't need any special software for anything in<br>
particular (for example, not high-priced software so I can export X to<br>
my workstation from another server. Work firmly believes that if you<br>
don't pay for it, it is worthless, so Cygwin is frowned upon.)<br>
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For me, it's not necessarily slagging my computer because of a mistake,<br>
but rather taking an extensive amount of time to tweak things and get it<br>
right. My new work laptop was built running Linux, and syncing all my<br>
preferences before my coworker had managed to reinstall windows on hers<br>
(because Dell ships with awful amounts of crap on them.) And<br>
furthermore, since I'm not crashing or rebooting all the time, I'm<br>
working more.<br>
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So maybe I *should* get some other version of linux, just so I have more<br>
spare time while I wait for things to compile...<br>
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