> I tend to avoid going to the Desktop Summits because the admission price > is out of sight for an individual. They expect companies to pick up the > tab when they send their techs. My company doesn't even like paying for > the books I buy to educate myself instead of being sent to school. :-\
Through the SDOSS group it was $25.00 I went because it was cheap =P The company I work for won't pay for it, but they at least paid me for the three days there. Which shocked the hell out of me =P > > It is unfortunate that few people who haven't slugged their way through > the early days of Linux understand that Linux is capable of fitting > niches across the broad spectrum of IT. Back in the early 90's when I > started with Slackware you almost had to be a hardware god to get a > basic distro to run with all the oddball hardware out there. back then > it was all about backroom servers. Today's Linux, particularly on the > Desktop, is pretty close to being what Plug and Play was supposed to be > in the beginning. You know I almost didn't try Linux. A few Sysops had troubles and couldn't get the hang of it. I thought, well, if they can't... I didn't start as early as you did, 1998 Slackware found quite a lot of things, though not everything. > Linspire was not developed for you. You are too knowledgeable and, based > on your posts about your car, more interested in getting under the hood. Agreed, but Linspire is a perfect system for say my Mom, (who's running Suse) or some people at my work. I went to the Summit, basically to get an idea of what else is out there, something easier to cope with, so I can convert more people over to the Good Side. =P > If it hadn't been I would be asking for your HR Rep so I could go get an > easier job. 8-) I have run Slackware, Redhat, SuSE, Mandrake, even > Caldera over the years. These days Linux is tremendously easier to set > up and run than back in the bad old days. But then, I started in > electronics before integrated circuits were invented. Hell, for that > matter most of the electronics I began working with were vacumn tubes > and discrete components in the 60's. LOL Ha! I tease him about trying Slackware again, I can almost hear him sweat over the phone =P <half kidding here> > What is there about the software warehouse that you do not like? They > have put a lot of work into making installing a piece of software > through their Click N Run service virtually painless. Again, this is for > the typical user who wouldn't know what "cli" means. I like the fact > that they handle making sure that dependencies and supporting software > drivers, libraries, etc. are also downloaded at the same time and put in > the right directories so the software works the first time. I have spent > many more hours trying to resolve a DLL conflict on Windows OS. That's true, I meant mainly for myself. > use FrontPage. His support for Nvu was separate from his activities with > Linspire and he put together the right people to make it a reality. Then > he stepped back and let them do what they do best. A very rare quality > in a businessman, especially a CEO. NVU is a nice program, they also demo'd other mp3/music playing software at the summit, it was amazing how far everything has progressed for Linux. > No, I do not believe there is a place for all software. I have been > asked over the years to use my skills and knowledge to allow employers > to spy upon workers. I have refused to aid and abet that sort of > behavior. That was a conscious decision to take a stand. I made it fully > understanding that I would never work for the Government again and that > I could kiss my Top Secret clearance goodbye. I never looked back and I > sleep quite well at night. They spy on us at work. Email, web browsing, I get calls from our Corporate office that someone is playing Solitare. I have to uninstall it. I work for a Government Contractor (not much better), we're at the mercy of the Govt. We do as they say... > I learned a lot from using the earlier Linuxes but I would not like to > go back to them. Nor do I see anyone voluntarily going back to Wordstar Hey! I love Joe's Own Editor! =] I would love to go back to Wordstar, I actually LIKED that program =P > I am running Linspire 5.0 on my circa 2000 TuxTop with a Pentium III > 500MHz CPU, 512MB RAM, 12GB Hardrive and DVD/CD player. It uses a I'm suprised, I was told that an 800Mhz was the min, but maybe the 1/2 gig ram makes the difference. None of these old clunkers of mine will hold that much ram =P > Yep, they are going after the "user" market just like the automakers > went after the "driver" market. Nothing wrong with that. There will > always be enthusiasts but they will always be a minority of the whole. > Otherwise, what good are "bragging rights"? It sure don't put more money > in your pocket. It'll also put you out of business quickly =] -Judy -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
