Shuttleworth Says Ubuntu Can't Just Be Windows

ruphus13 writes "When Mark Shuttleworth was asked what role WINE will play in Ubuntu's success, he said that Ubuntu cannot simply be a better platform to run Windows apps. From the post, according to Shuttleworth, '[Windows and Linux] both play an important role but fundamentally, the free software ecosystem needs to thrive on its own rules. it is *different* to the proprietary software universe. We need to make a success of our own platform on our own terms. if Linux is just another way to run Windows apps, we can't win. OS/2 tried that ...' The post goes on to say, 'Linux simply isn't Windows (nor is Windows Linux) and to expect fundamentally different approaches (and I'm not just thinking closed versus open) to look, feel, and operate the same way is senseless.'"

Comments

Re:Ubuntu is not up to scratch

[cptnapalm]

"Even reasonably non-technical dumbasses could do such a thing in windows."

No they can't.

But this does not solve your problem. How have you tried to do it? Perhaps we can help.

Re:Well, not quite...

[FLEABttn]

Of course, Vista and 7 tried to be a $500 way of running Windows apps, while XP was a $100 way of running Windows apps. And compared to XP, Vista also needed $400 worth of hardware.

Depressing proof that it's all in the marketing.

Vista cost me $100 the week it came out - legally at that. You're either doing it wrong or you're being disingenuous for the sake of argument.

Re:Ubuntu is not up to scratch

[RiotingPacifist]

iver never done this but i'd guess you want
killall NetworkManager
man interfaces
nano /etc/network/interfaces
              iface eth0 inet static
                        address 192.168.1.1
                        netmask 255.255.255.0

i think you'll need, to permanently kill NetworkManager with:
update-rc.d -f NetworkManager remove

and /etc/resolve.conf will need configuring for your dns servers

ofc the whole thing is probably covered in a tutorial you could find on the ubuntu forums