In our town, the local Applebees overlooks the local Castle Superstore. My wife and I enjoy watching the customers enter and exit the store while we eat dinner on Friday nights. Maybe those that don't go there just because of this will find this a viable alternative to potentially being seen renting or buying their porn at a retail location?
When there is a HUGE difference between distributions. Are those many Linspire machines (10's of thousands they flaunt on their website) as secure as a current debian box with only the services running and ports open that are required?
I work for an american division of a canadian company. Even now I can only get google.ca because our firewall and routers are in Calgary. I suppose all my "local" hits will be from Calgary too?
Chris, as past president of the Silicon Valley Linux User Group, you know the benefit a user group can provide.
Take the cameras to a local (not regional, too scary?) LUG meeting. Show that even the newest of newbies can get expert help and get their (what they might think is stupid) question answered. Take the cameras to an "InstallFest". Take the cameras to a "Demo Day". Take them to a "Workshop".
Most potential Linux users are simply afraid or don't know how to take that first step to breaking their reliance on a certain OS. They need to know they can get help to partition their drive, recover their MBR or even that some LUG members will come to their home if they're in a real bind!
(Yes, I'm the current president of a LUG. Tri-Cities Linux User Group in Eastern Washington)
Renaissance?? Enlightenment?? Does this occur only when the masses discover this religion called the 'net? Or, does it happen when it first pokes its head into the light?
"And the pity of it is that.. we've been speaking hypertext all of our lives and never known it." Ted Nelson - 1974 -
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And no one ever beats Kobayashi Maru either. Oh, wait. Someone hacked that too?
Kevin?????
Is there any reason they can't install the holodeck in a cylindrical compartment?
Finally, I'll be able to scratch that etch...
In our town, the local Applebees overlooks the local Castle Superstore. My wife and I enjoy watching the customers enter and exit the store while we eat dinner on Friday nights. Maybe those that don't go there just because of this will find this a viable alternative to potentially being seen renting or buying their porn at a retail location?
"We can afford to take some risks with Dapper+1, because Dapper has turned
out so well."
I love Ubuntu and all that, but jeez, get it out the door first!
When there is a HUGE difference between distributions. Are those many Linspire machines (10's of thousands they flaunt on their website) as secure as a current debian box with only the services running and ports open that are required?
I work for an american division of a canadian company. Even now I can only get google.ca because our firewall and routers are in Calgary. I suppose all my "local" hits will be from Calgary too?
Doh!
Uh, buy it on iTunes for $9.99?
My home server is tighter than that!
P.S. - But please don't try to prove me wrong!
Seems to me what matters most is simply how fast is it and how much did it cost?
$300,000 per Tflop - I doubt any other on the list is even close...
Chris, as past president of the Silicon Valley Linux User Group, you know the benefit a user group can provide.
Take the cameras to a local (not regional, too scary?) LUG meeting. Show that even the newest of newbies can get expert help and get their (what they might think is stupid) question answered. Take the cameras to an "InstallFest". Take the cameras to a "Demo Day". Take them to a "Workshop".
Most potential Linux users are simply afraid or don't know how to take that first step to breaking their reliance on a certain OS. They need to know they can get help to partition their drive, recover their MBR or even that some LUG members will come to their home if they're in a real bind!
(Yes, I'm the current president of a LUG. Tri-Cities Linux User Group in Eastern Washington)
Renaissance?? Enlightenment?? Does this occur only when the masses discover this religion called the 'net? Or, does it happen when it first pokes its head into the light?
.. we've been speaking hypertext all of our lives and never known it."
"And the pity of it is that
Ted Nelson - 1974 -