I'm going to assume that the "dumbed down" bit is deliberately provocative so that the list will perk up. I just migrated the family PC that my six-year-old uses from XP Home to Kubuntu 9.10, and it's working nicely. I've spent enough time doing things the hard way that I don't feel my geek cred is in danger (I had an Rticle in Pyghon Magazine, for Pete's sake). All of the Linux you could ever want is in there, but my wife and kids don't know, or need to.
I guess there's always Slackware or something if *buntu's not challenging enough. :-) John Sent from my iPod On Feb 17, 2010, at 15:53, Karthik Poobalasubramanian <[email protected] > wrote: > To me, Ubuntu is not really dumbed down but it is minimalistic which > helps "normal" users. In any case, it's basically Debian flavored > distro. Even though I switched from Ubuntu to a OS X couple of years > ago, my parents have been running Ubuntu since 2007. They actually > apply the updates on their computers and I keep an eye on it > remotely. Before ubuntu it was very difficult to find drivers for > hardware esp. in India and we had to reinstall Windows every couple > of months 'cause my folks will somehow manage to get it infected. > > > Karthik > > > On Feb 17, 2010, at 2:09 PM, Jordan Scott wrote: > >> And for my first ever reply after years of lurching, I give you >> Brad Bendilly, the master of answering his own questions: >> >> "ot, what is the deal with ubuntu lately. why is everyone jumping on >> the ubuntu bandwagon? >> it seems a little too dumbed down to me. too minimalistic." >> >> Dumbed down = what people want. >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ---- >> From: Brad Bendily <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Wed, February 17, 2010 1:59:27 PM >> Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Apple >> >> meh. >> before i finished reading the link i was thinking they're changing it >> cause yahoo is gonna give them money. >> but, to me it doesn't really matter. i don't see any person using >> ubuntu caring either. cause anyone using ubuntu >> is going to know how to change the default to what they want any way. >> every time I reload windows I have to change >> the default search to google. i mean, open source projects need >> money too. >> >> ot, what is the deal with ubuntu lately. why is everyone jumping on >> the ubuntu bandwagon? >> it seems a little too dumbed down to me. too minimalistic. >> >> On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Karthik Poobalasubramanian >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Competition should keep everyone grounded but I think as long as >>> Jobs heads Apple, everyone there will be working to please him. I >>> am happy to see that Microsft, Google and Apple are fighting for >>> the Mobile Phone/App market Also, Microsoft and google are having >>> a turf war for web search. >>> >>> Over the past couple of years Apple has become more of a consumer >>> electronics company than a computer manufacturer. >>> >>> So, what do you guys think about Ubuntu's recent decision to >>> change the default web search on their distribution from Google to >>> Yahoo! ? >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2010-January/030065.html >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Karthik Poobalasubramanian >>> [email protected] >>> [email protected] >>> (225) 341-5855 >>> skype: poobal >>> >>> >>> On Feb 17, 2010, at 12:36 PM, Dustin Puryear wrote: >>> >>>> See, we were just talking about Apple and some management styles. >>>> Look here: >>>> >>>> http://www.cracked.com/article_18377_5-reasons-you-should-be-scared-apple.html >>>> >>>> I do wonder if Apple will turn truly evil one day. >>>> >>>> If so, great! We can put them in the thunder dome with Adobe and >>>> let them slug it out. >>>> >>>> --- >>>> Puryear IT, LLC - Baton Rouge, LA - http://www.puryear-it.com/ >>>> Active Directory Integration : Web & Enterprise Single Sign-On >>>> Identity and Access Management : Linux/UNIX technologies >>>> >>>> Download our free ebook "Best Practices for Linux and UNIX Servers" >>>> http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/ >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> General mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> General mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Have Mercy & Say Yeah >> >> _______________________________________________ >> General mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> General mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
