And just so Ulteo knows... The "something else" needed for massive Linux adoption would be decent wireless network support. Free open-source alternative apps (such as OpenOffice, Thunderbird, Firefox, ClamWin, Apache, etc.) for Windows are helping to transition MS users to consider new ways to compute without the ever-spiralling MS price tags. And Linux distros seem to have perfected the GUI enough to be worth the price (free). Most Windows users just want to continue clicking stuff and using the same types of apps they have become used to over the past 17 years or so. We don't care what OS is taking so long to boot up, as long as it works well when we get there.
But it's still a crap shoot to try to setup Linux on a wireless laptop, unless you have one of the chosen few NICs with decent native wireless support. How long will ndiswrapper and wpa-supplicant add-ons be necessary? Will we never just have Linux drivers for all/most wireless NICs? Must some hardware company make a killing selling wireless NICs that plug into ethernet RJ-45 jacks, just to trick Linux into using a wired NIC?
Don't get me wrong. I can be as old school as the next guy. (I'm listening to Led Zeppelin's "Physical Graffiti" on headphones as I write this.) But come on Linux distro-ers. Let's step on into the 21st, OK.
Uh... sorry for the rant, when I started out just replying to somebody's post. But, hey. I can't just delete it now. Besides my Zep MP3s are done.
So Google's gaming-style AI response (simple programmed response) is somewhat human-like. If someone were to ask for driving directions from NY to France, a human would likely give a smart-aleck answer like "take the Trans-Atlantic Bridge..." or Google's version.
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Amen! Preach it.
And just so Ulteo knows... The "something else" needed for massive Linux adoption would be decent wireless network support. Free open-source alternative apps (such as OpenOffice, Thunderbird, Firefox, ClamWin, Apache, etc.) for Windows are helping to transition MS users to consider new ways to compute without the ever-spiralling MS price tags. And Linux distros seem to have perfected the GUI enough to be worth the price (free). Most Windows users just want to continue clicking stuff and using the same types of apps they have become used to over the past 17 years or so. We don't care what OS is taking so long to boot up, as long as it works well when we get there.
But it's still a crap shoot to try to setup Linux on a wireless laptop, unless you have one of the chosen few NICs with decent native wireless support. How long will ndiswrapper and wpa-supplicant add-ons be necessary? Will we never just have Linux drivers for all/most wireless NICs? Must some hardware company make a killing selling wireless NICs that plug into ethernet RJ-45 jacks, just to trick Linux into using a wired NIC?
Don't get me wrong. I can be as old school as the next guy. (I'm listening to Led Zeppelin's "Physical Graffiti" on headphones as I write this.) But come on Linux distro-ers. Let's step on into the 21st, OK.
Uh... sorry for the rant, when I started out just replying to somebody's post. But, hey. I can't just delete it now. Besides my Zep MP3s are done.
So Google's gaming-style AI response (simple programmed response) is somewhat human-like. If someone were to ask for driving directions from NY to France, a human would likely give a smart-aleck answer like "take the Trans-Atlantic Bridge..." or Google's version.