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GNU/Linux Desktops with No User Knowledge Needed (Video)
Joey Amanchukwu is co-founder and CEO of Transforia, a company that leases computers pre-loaded with Red Hat Enterprise Linux -- a distro choice that may have been made at least partly because Joey used to sell for Red Hat.
There have been other companies that tried to sell Linux desktops and laptops on a "don't worry about a thing; we'll administer them for you, no problem" basis. Not a lot (maybe none) of those companies have survived, as far as we know. Will Transforia manage to make it big? Or at least become profitable? We'll see.
There have been other companies that tried to sell Linux desktops and laptops on a "don't worry about a thing; we'll administer them for you, no problem" basis. Not a lot (maybe none) of those companies have survived, as far as we know. Will Transforia manage to make it big? Or at least become profitable? We'll see.
a distro choic
What has this company got that all the failed companies doing the same thing didn't have?
A goofy looking nigger running the company?
I feel like I've lost money just reading about this "business". Proceed towards the exit doors in a calm orderly OH MY GOD RUN!!!
Diced sucks
Your videos are horrible. You don't even proof read the text when you post them. If you want to proceed with this, get someone who actually understands the A/V equipment setup and hire someone who doesn't suck at interviewing.
Remember when they said no one would make money selling water =-)
I guess his choic is Red Hat because it is prefec?
2016 is Year of the Linux Desktop!!! You heard it here first.
no users == no user knowledge needed
The interviewer seems like a dick. Here's what I think I read:
Question 1: You have a funny last name. Maybe you belong to a weird ethnic group too?.
Question 2: You don't live in Silicon Valley, but I do, so fuck you.
Question 3: I came to this interview completely unprepared. Good luck making your point now.
What's with all the useless video garbage?
If you want news from today, you have to come back tomorrow.
The vast majority of PC users out there are non-technical and just expect everything to look and work identical to MS Windows, and when, for example some Windows hotkey combination doesn't also work on Linux, they seriously think the computer itself must be broken/faulty in some way.
The problem Linux has to overcome is that the vast majority of non-technical users still don't even understand that the MS Windows interface isn't some inherent property of all computers.
It boggles my mind that even migrating from one version of Windows to the next apparently results in what they consider to be a giant learning curve, so how can you realistically ever expect them to adapt from Windows to Linux more easily?
I read a study somewhere that looked at people that had never used any computer before. They found for those people, Linux was much easier to learn from scratch than Windows from scratch. They also found that nearly all people that had learnt to use Windows first before they ever saw Linux that considered Linux much harder to learn/use than Windows. The trouble is, the second group pretty much represents the majority of all people on the planet.
Why did Red Hat adopt SystemD? Red Hat makes money supporting Red Hat Linux. SystemD requires a lot of support. Adopting SystemD causes Red Hat to make more money.
Since Red Hat is the dominant provider of Linux, other distributions were forced to adopt SystemD, also.
There is some conflict of interest. A long time ago, Red Hat gave Linus Torvalds Red Hat stock.
Red Hat's decision gives short-term gain. Over the long term, adopting software that is not finished is destructive toward the entire Linux community, and the entire world.
Microsoft Windows will die. Microsoft Windows has a universal back door through which any change whatsoever can be imposed on the users. Windows is spyware.
The world needs a standard operating system. Maybe ReactOS will be the future?
Excellent. That's my experience.
It's getting old. More of the Dice infestation of shit presentations.
The reality is that there is a HUGE amount of resistance to technology. One example: What Computer? Why Small Business Shuns Technology
I think there's a lot of reasons for this, most surrounding money.
My perception with a lot of owner-run businesses is that they see every dollar spent on expenses as a dollar out of their pockets. I mostly see this as short-sighted, but it's probably an impossible bias not to have as a small business owner. But it's mostly short-sighted because they're all too willing to scrimp on useful updates that will save them labor hours and save them from data loss. They'd get a lot of benefit from a small enough amount of money that it wouldn't really affect their income or wealth.
I think they may also (mostly wisely) be trying to avoid the complexity and money sinkhole of buying too much technology. I think they want to keep businesses at a simple enough level that they can control and understand a lot of details. Maybe this becomes too much of a micromanagement obsession, but maybe a simple, easy to run business is more likely to succeed than an optimally computerized one that gets bogged down in complexity.
Many people are inclined to use Linux. However, people often need specialized software that is simply not available for Linux. there are music and art programs for Linux that are just fine but they tend to have a steep learning curve. But many companies have numerous employees that need effective tools that simply have no real learning curve at all. I will not run any Microsoft software. However, some of the programs that one can purchase for their OSs are really nice. To make a living any product needs either a large user base or an ability to charge quite a bit to support a small number of users.
I think the biggest factor is that it is almost impossible for a small business owner to find fully competent technically knowledgeable people to do the work.
My experiences today:
A representative of Ally Bank showed complete, utter incompetence, while pretending to understand.
I told someone that Wells Fargo Bank management is not technically competent. She said, "My husband works there. He strongly agrees."
I got a message from United Parcel Service. UPS no longer supports Windows XP. Crazy.
Does SystemD make money for Red Hat by causing more demand for support?
you should try deepinn;
but as for me I dont think i possble
Please please please get someone else to conduct them. Anyone, I don't care, just get someone else. This is an embarrassment. The people being interviewed must not have watched previous interviews or they would have never agreed to it.
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Linux in the traditional desktop is a dead end, and will always be. And that's a good thing for people like me.
First, with offerings like Gnome, KDE and Unity, the Linux desktop crowd is just a me-too - a wannabee. Your average Joe will see no reason to move to Linux - after all, he's getting Windows for free already (or so he believes). Second, by keeping the computer-illiterate masses on Windows, the bad guys will remain focused on that platform. Which implies that my desktop will remain secure, as it has for the last 15 years. Third, Linux offers alternative that are much more aligned with my needs and tastes than the my-way-or-the-highway attitude of the ghastly Gnome, KDE and Unity. Fourth, these days I can do everything I need or want (yes, even Netflix) with my Linux desktop.
Indeed, Linux will never grab more than a couple points of global market, and that is a very good thing.
A managed desktop running Linux that I don't have to configure or manage and it includes a complete set of services with support for our users. Where do I sign up?