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Jumping To Ubuntu At Work For Non-Linux Geeks

Posted by timothy on from the there's-no-ubuntu-topic dept.

twigles writes "I'm a network engineer, meaning I spend my days dealing with things like selective route advertisements, peering, and traffic engineering; I'm not a Linux admin or developer. About 6 months ago I finally got fed up enough with my experience on Windows XP to jump ship to Ubuntu 8.04, despite not having much Linux experience, particularly on the desktop. Read my ramblings for an engineer's take on taking what can be a pretty intimidating plunge for us Linux noobcakes."

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  1. Re:You got it wrong by bogaboga · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Now, if that is the problem, then why do we spend resources on all there desktop environments which have given us lots of choice but at the same time, robbed us of "hands" to make an impact where it matters most?

    It that is the problem, then let's solve it. Fixing the API or making it at least predictable would be a good first step. This approach appears to work for Apple...that is a software is made to work for OSX and indeed it does. But for Linux, more questions about the distro have to be answered.

    In addition, different library versions within the "Linux" (read distro) ecosystem make it difficult to create software that will run across the board. I don't know why this concept is so difficult to understand. Why?