On Sat, 15 Sep 2012, Igor Chudov wrote: > Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2012 20:20:22 -0500 > From: Igor Chudov <ichu...@gmail.com> > Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] For anybody considering upgrading their motherboard > in the next few months. > > I want to mention something that is analogous to the old "naked king" adage. > > I think that the "Linux world" is in big trouble. > > Despite the multitudes of "distros" and "projects", there is not a viable, > relatively bug free and usable desktop available among the currently > supported projects (in the post-Gnome 2 world). > > Gnome 3, Unity, and pretty much everything else sucks, is unusable and full > of bugs, crashing wobbly windows and missing functionality. > > That stuff is a joke. Just try "Ubuntu 12.04" if you do not believe me. > > I have been a Linux user since 1995 and I am, frankly, frightened by what > is happening. In the last year, the percentage of users of my website > algebra.com who use Linux, dropped from 1 percent to about 1/2 percent. > > If Linux desktop is abandoned, then linux will be for a while relegated to > the embedded world, and then everyone will forget about it. > > Our hard won software freedoms, abilities to do fun stuff, etc, will then > wane into oblivion. > > i > Frightened in Illinois
Hmm Ive been using Ubuntu 12.04 at home for about 6 months now and I find it very nice. I have not had a single crash, and pretty much everything works as expected. (Unity takes some getting used to and unity friendly apps for the best user interface consistancy) As far as waning goes, the desktop itself is waning... A what it the most popular mobile OS? Well Android (based on Linux) of course... Peter Wallace Mesa Electronics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;258768047;13503038;j? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
