Oh? What do Richard and Linus use? I don't plan on changing mind you, I'm just curious.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 4:24 PM, Torren Beitler <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:torren.beitler@gmail.com">torren.beitler@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">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.<div>
<div></div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 5:02 PM, adam bultman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:adamb@glaven.org" target="_blank">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">Well, if you like, I'll provide you with everything you need to tweak<br>
Ubuntu, if you like. You just have to know the right order:<br>
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0 1<br>
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GL;HF<br>
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On 04/29/2011 01:21 PM, Torren Beitler wrote:<br>
> What's locked down about it is the fact that you can't optimize it,<br>
> can't code anything in the OS. Ubuntu goes against what Linux is<br>
> about. Linux is about freedom, Ubuntu locks you down and forces you to<br>
> do shit that's not needed. Gentoo, arch, slackware, any others like<br>
> those are real linux shit. Ubuntu=free mac OS<br>
><br>
> On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 4:17 PM, adam bultman <<a href="mailto:adamb@glaven.org" target="_blank">adamb@glaven.org</a><br>
</div><div><div></div><div>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:adamb@glaven.org" target="_blank">adamb@glaven.org</a>>> wrote:<br>
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><br>
> 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<br>
> 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,<br>
> 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>
><br>
> 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<br>
> anyway,<br>
> since I can have a multitude of terminals open (in tabs), copy and<br>
> 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>
><br>
> For me, it's not necessarily slagging my computer because of a<br>
> mistake,<br>
> but rather taking an extensive amount of time to tweak things and<br>
> 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<br>
> 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>
><br>
> So maybe I *should* get some other version of linux, just so I<br>
> have more<br>
> spare time while I wait for things to compile...<br>
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