it's old, therefore it's no good anymore :-P (I'm about your age too!) Gary Baribault Courriel: [email protected] GPG Key: 0x685430d1 Signature: 9E4D 1B7C CB9F 9239 11D9 71C3 6C35 C6B7 6854 30D1
On 02/17/2012 01:57 AM, Leslie S Satenstein wrote: > I understood that the underlying engine was Linux, but the author was > discussing the gui interface. The newer interface is the pits as far > as I am concerned. > > I work with it because I believe I will have to adapt, or become a > dinosaur. Shucks, is there something wrong with Gnome 2 interfaces. I > think not. > *------------------ > > * > > Regards > > * > Leslie > * > *Mr. Leslie Satenstein > *50 years in IT and going strong. > Yesterday was a good day, today is a better day, > and tomorrow will be even better. > > mailto:[email protected] > alternative: [email protected] > www.itbms.biz > > > --- On *Thu, 2/16/12, Nicholas Accad /<[email protected]>/* wrote: > > > From: Nicholas Accad <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MLUG] Blog entry on the MLUG listserve website. > To: "Montreal Linux Users Group" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, February 16, 2012, 3:00 PM > > Not to start an argument here Leslie, but I think you missed the > point of the ZD article. > > They are not talking about the death of Linux on the desktops but > rather the death of the "distribution" concept. > > His logic is that nowadays, people do not care if they using > RedHat, Ubuntu, SuSE or whatever, but they care about what their > desktop looks like, i.e., GNOME vs KDE vs XFCE vs whatever. > > His analysis used Android, which is both a distribution and a > desktop environment at this point, and comparing it to the new > Mozilla project and how these two are not compatible. > > His point is this, if I am using a Phone running *Linux*, whatever > this Linux is, it should not matter if I am running Android or > Gecko, which is exactly what *most* distros are at this point: It > does not matter which distro you are using, GNOME looks more or > less the same, and you have approximately the same kind of > applications. > > I am not saying I agree, I just wanted to clarify his POV as I > understood it. > > -nick > > > On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 5:36 PM, Leslie S Satenstein > <[email protected] </mc/[email protected]>> wrote: > > http://mlug.ca/cms/en/blog/ziff-davis-publication-death-desktop-linux > for my article and > > and the article > > > http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/the-death-of-the-linux-distro/18152 > Authored by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes > > > *------------------ > > * > > Regards > > * > Leslie > * > *Mr. Leslie Satenstein > *50 years in IT and going strong. > Yesterday was a good day, today is a better day, > and tomorrow will be even better. > > mailto:[email protected] > </mc/[email protected]> > alternative: [email protected] > </mc/[email protected]> > www.itbms.biz <http://www.itbms.biz> > > > --- On *Wed, 2/15/12, Andre Courchesne > /<[email protected] > </mc/[email protected]>>/* wrote: > > > From: Andre Courchesne <[email protected] > </mc/[email protected]>> > Subject: Re: [MLUG] Blog entry on the MLUG listserve website. > To: "Montreal Linux Users Group" <[email protected] > </mc/[email protected]>> > Date: Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 9:30 AM > > > You have a link on the article ? > > On 2012-02-15, at 9:29 AM, Leslie S Satenstein wrote: > >> I was very upset about a ZD article, death of the Linux >> distro. I wrote a rebuttal. Any one like to comment? >> >> Should it go on the mlug facebook page? >> >> >> *------------------ >> >> * >> >> Regards >> >> * >> Leslie >> * >> *Mr. Leslie Satenstein >> *50 years in IT and going strong. >> Yesterday was a good day, today is a better day, >> and tomorrow will be even better. >> >> mailto:[email protected] >> <http://mc/[email protected]> >> alternative: [email protected] >> <http://mc/[email protected]> >> www.itbms.biz <http://www.itbms.biz> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> mlug mailing list >> [email protected] >> <http://mc/[email protected]> >> >> https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca > > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > > _______________________________________________ > mlug mailing list > [email protected] > <http://mc/[email protected]> > > https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca > > > _______________________________________________ > mlug mailing list > [email protected] </mc/[email protected]> > > https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca > > > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > _______________________________________________ > mlug mailing list > [email protected] </mc/[email protected]> > https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca > > > > _______________________________________________ > mlug mailing list > [email protected] > https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca
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