Open Source Life
The Professor has been an on again off again revolutionist. I am an hypocrite. I believe in many different things, but I also believe their arguments as well. I admit, I believe in an open source way of life. I beleive that someday Linux should share the desktop market. I believe that software should be free and the open community would benefit because of it.
One can’t beleive in angels and not beleive in devils. I enjoy buying a gadget and seeing the microsoft logo embedded on the box. It ensures me that when I plug and play that the odds are in my favor that I will be able to entertain myself with my purchase right away. As oppose to Linux whereas I may be googling all night for a device driver. There has been strides made most notibly Ubunto, but is it enough to leapfrog Mac and challenge Microsoft?
The answer is maybe. If enough of us make the plunge to make Linux better. That is how it works. Developers from Microsoft have the privilege of hiring an QA staff, but Open source has us. It looks as if Microsoft stole a page out of open source by unleashing Vista on us very early.
Take the plunge. Take an old PC and load the newest release from Ubunto on it. Or better yet take an laptop. If you are scared of not knowing linux commands then you will be very surprised to hear that nowadays Linux is all Gui driven.
In fact as soon as I get enough people to work and play on this site I want user grades on Ubunto.
I welcome any posts on Open Source. Any questions on the topic.
July 29th, 2007 at 8:08 am
We’ve been rockin Ubuntu on all the Technician PCs (5 total) since the advent of Feisty Fawn. Linux for humans has made things very easy for newbies and is the perfet intro into the Linux arena. Integrating the Virtual Machines into the build was an EXCELLENT idea. My techs now have an Ubuntu base with a XP VM. They can use the VM for all things Windows but still enjoy the speed and flexibility of an opensource OS as the base. I hope to get my staff on board first (completely), before I begin the open source push into the Microsoft dominated production environment. Time will tell…
July 29th, 2007 at 11:37 pm
Take the plunge and post for me on the subject Linux. I am looking for someone to even do a case study using Ubunto as much as possible or simply replace Microsoft and post on things that may be better or worse than standard Microsoft. You would have to be willing to use open office and wireless and any emulation of what you do day to day now. Let me know if you are interested.
August 3rd, 2007 at 11:04 am
I am with professor and like and write about OS. Particularly for mobility and the aspects of working remote.
I may be taking the Linux plunge soon. Check out my series on Ultimate Microsoft Replacements. Could be fun.