I really enjoyed the last several posts where i had no idea what was being talked about but it's good to have people with that level of relevant detailed knowledge contributing to a thread.
When we see the term "hacker" a lot of people still think of the way the mainstream press and news reports mis-use the term. It is better to realise that inside the linux community it more usually means something like "clever coder/programmer". Mostly when programmers write code they are just follow standard methods and settle into habits, however most programmers have odd moments when they really grok and have an almost Zen-like "oneness with the code" producing something so beautifully simple and elegant that other code looks like a kludge in comparison, even if it was fairly well produced. Sometimes a hack might be producing a kludge where it wasn't thought possible to get any result at all. One thing about linux is that elegant code is often easily carried through into subsequent releases and kludges gradually get replaced with more elegant code. With Windows programming it is usually difficult to get any overview of any particular chunk of coding so it often remains a kludge. In linux elegant code often results in admiration and respect for the coder. The main thing about "hack" is about producing something very fast or clever or elegant or outstanding in some other way. Regards from Tom :) -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu 4 dz, which is a direct subscriber. Status in Club Distro: Confirmed Status in Computer Science Ubuntu: Invalid Status in EasyPeasy Overview: Invalid Status in Ichthux - Linux for Christians: Invalid Status in JAK LINUX: Invalid Status in The Linux OS Project: In Progress Status in The OpenOffice.org Suite: In Progress Status in Tabuntu: Invalid Status in A simple player to online TV streaming: Invalid Status in Tv-Player: New Status in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in “ubuntu-express” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in The Jaunty Jackalope: Invalid Status in “ubuntu-express” source package in Jaunty: Invalid Status in Baltix GNU/Linux: Invalid Status in “linux” package in Debian: In Progress Status in Fluxbuntu: The Lightweight, Productive, Agile OS: Confirmed Status in openSUSE: In Progress Status in Tilix Linux: New Bug description: Microsoft has a majority market share in the new desktop PC marketplace. This is a bug, which Ubuntu is designed to fix. Non-free software is holding back innovation in the IT industry, restricting access to IT to a small part of the world's population and limiting the ability of software developers to reach their full potential, globally. This bug is widely evident in the PC industry. Steps to repeat: 1. Visit a local PC store. What happens: 2. Observe that a majority of PCs for sale have non-free software pre-installed. 3. Observe very few PCs with Ubuntu and free software pre-installed. What should happen: 1. A majority of the PCs for sale should include only free software like Ubuntu. 2. Ubuntu should be marketed in a way such that its amazing features and benefits would be apparent and known by all. 3. The system shall become more and more user friendly as time passes. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~algeriatul Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~algeriatul More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
