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How To Get Rid of the Cubicle?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i-suggest-a-hammer-and-a-pry-bar dept.

wikinerd writes "How can we get rid of the widely hated cubicle and its ugly cousin, the stressing open-plan office? Some business owners and managers cannot understand the advantages of teleworking, different office layouts, or the morale benefits of private offices with Aeron chairs. There are still people in high positions who seem to think that stuffing a bunch of engineers into a noisy landscaped office is the best way to organize a company. It is not, and we all know it, but can we prove it? How can we communicate to them the fact that living in a groundhog warren is bad not only for the engineers, but also for the organization?"

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  1. Re:But why is this a problem, it works here???|!! by wish+bot · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I wish you were logged in so I could mod you up. Well said.

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  2. OT: Re signature by jc42 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Attn gay Linux users: please join us at gaybuntu.com

    As an aside, it seems to me that it could be useful to have similarly tailored releases that cater to assorted special groups. I'd bet there are other groups doing similar things. Is there a more general effort to coordinate such tailoring? I'd think that people working on such special distros could benefit greatly by talking to each other and developing general tools to support such efforts.

    I've been getting tempted to switch my RedHat linux server over to ubuntu, just to get familiar with it. Getting mixed up in such an effort could be a motivation to sit down and do it.

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    1. Re:OT: Re signature by ArsenneLupin · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Unlike Kubuntu or Ubuntu CE, Gaybuntu is not a distribution, but rather a forum where Gay Ubunut user may meet and discuss. At least for the moment. It could become a distribution later on, if there's sufficient interest... However, your idea of setting up a framework for making custom variants of Ubuntu is a good one, which may also be used for other purposes, such as for instance custom Ubunut variants for schools (... which would include student management tools, and other assorted items that are particularly useful for schools and other communities...)