When Shuttleworth decides that he wants the Ubuntu brand to be nothing but Unity, he'll do what he has to in order to make that happen. All the baby buntus exist at his pleasure...just like Ubuntu does. If you don't think he would cut off official support for the other buntu's, remember back a year ago. When he changed the navbar controls to the left, he said it was to make room for important features in upcoming releases. When he kicked Gnome to the curb and forced Unity on the community he said it was because fuck you. If you think these are wild assertions, travel back in time 356 days and publicly announce your prophesy for Ubuntu and Unity. The outrage and shouts of "heretic" and "Charlatan" will drown you out completely.
Yet here we are.
I spent almost 9 years stationed in Germany over my career span and one of the "perks" of getting ready for an IG inspection was a local bottled drug called X112. It was almost pure caffeine and you had to break it down in orange juice or another strong citrus before consuming it...it was horribly bitter.
But, holy crap was it powerful. Many have compared the effect to that of high grade meth. Personally, I have nothing to compare it to but I know that one cap full manically fueled a soldier for 12 hours, nonstop.
Since you're coming from a Linux system
No he's not...
"I'm an OS X user looking to switch to a Linux laptop."
Glad a Mac works out for you. Obviously it didn't for him.
And as far as wifi and video drivers go, I haven't had a single problem with any of the 6 laptops I'm running linux on.
Some people just can't stand someone leaving their platform...sheesh.
Just as well, judging by the latest HP laptop I've seen, they weren't very good at it.
I won't argue your point because you are right. However, HP makes one of the finest laser printers on the market. HP was one of the first hardware companies that worked with Linux OOTB. The firmware was there with it as well.
Good to note that Samsung and a couple other printer manufacturers have followed suit, but I'll miss my little 75.00 B&W laser printers that last for years and years.
The second amendment only had relevance when The People had access to the same weaponry the government had. Sure The People could rise up with their hand weapons and rifles...
Only to be put down by hellfire missiles and State of the Art armored vehicles.
Yeah...you can count me out too.
to keep environmentalists' brains from exploding
Today I will let my diesel truck idle for 6 hours, Drop several CFL bulbs and put the refuse in the regular trash, turn my thermostat down to 68 degrees, print obscene amounts of data on my colorjet printer then throw it away and smoke in close proximity to a clean air rally...while i sit idling in my diesel truck.
Of course, I will do all of this wearing my "keep the earth green" t-shirt.
It's the least I can do.
It's a silly argument. Linux failed in the consumer desktop space
No it didn't...It never even competed. It was never offered as a market choice. who's fault that is isn't the point.
It "failed" because it never tried. No marketing, no exposure, no nothing.
Linux will succeed but it will never be on the desktop...but it will prevail in the mobile market...they just won't call it Linux. Take the victory and move along.
Can consumer support at hp do linux and windows ?
Yes they can. Worked at an HP Customer Service Center on contract close to LA two years ago, doing hardware and network upgrades. Several large (read fortune 500) companies have service contracts with HP and many of them are running HP desktop with Linux and HP servers.
They can certainly support Linux, and they do.
My neighborhood is rife with insecure routers or WEP encryption. The latter taking only a few minutes longer to connect to than the first.
If I were an arse, I could daisy-chain them on a weekly basis and have a few left over for the next week. Wardriving without the driving....a movie a day at least...
But I am not and I will not...my neighbors are good folks. But who's to say that there are not others in the neighborhood that are as decent.
If anything, it might teach those without secure connections to make them so.
But probably not...
I still have, and use daily a complete Phase Linear system I bought while in Germany. Sure, there are many components and it takes up a ton of room but man, when I sit stereophonic center in my listening room, I couldn't tell you where any one speaker is and the sound is so clear and bright, it does justice to the artist...it is reproduced the way it was intended.
And yeah, I'm someone's dad who has better equipment than his kids...and they know it.
From what I see, people who still rent at only blockbuster are the ones that get their computer and tech advice from Best Buy/Geek Squad.
There is always a market niche for the uniformed.
"That's why Linux market share is so low due to so many patented goodies that are essential for modern computers."
That's just silly. Patents have little or nothing to do with Linux market share. I've run Linux as my primary systems personally and in business since 2005 and I've never run into any "patented goodies" that make my experience any less than yours. If you care to name a few of them, then I might concede the point but really..?
Linux market share is low because of OEM deals. If patents were a doubt-point for OEM's, Dell would never (meagerly) offered Linux on their product line. What's on a computer at manufacture usually stays on a computer for the majority of people...at least here in the US. Half the people that own a computer couldn't coherently tell you what an operating system is, not to mention the differences between them.
Work out why you have 90%+ desktop marketshare instead of turning your back on it to chase the remaining 10%.
Might it be because they are the only operating system offered by the world's major OEM's? And they did it by less than legitimate means...get your hands on a vendor's agreement between MS and Dell and get back with me.
When Americans are more interested in Dancing With The Stars than the way their government works, this is what you get.
Network Television - Feeding American Morons since the first reality show.
The HeliOS Project installs roughly 400 computers a year for disadvantaged students in Central Texas in a year's time. 60 percent of them are still not connected to the Internet after 90 days because they cannot afford the service. And no, Time Warner, Clear and other ISP's could not care less. Let 'em eat dialup.
If the school system is going to subsidize their broadband connection, then it might work...outside of that, it won't.
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Never mind...Chuck Norris killed her.
When Shuttleworth decides that he wants the Ubuntu brand to be nothing but Unity, he'll do what he has to in order to make that happen. All the baby buntus exist at his pleasure...just like Ubuntu does. If you don't think he would cut off official support for the other buntu's, remember back a year ago. When he changed the navbar controls to the left, he said it was to make room for important features in upcoming releases. When he kicked Gnome to the curb and forced Unity on the community he said it was because fuck you. If you think these are wild assertions, travel back in time 356 days and publicly announce your prophesy for Ubuntu and Unity. The outrage and shouts of "heretic" and "Charlatan" will drown you out completely. Yet here we are.
I spent almost 9 years stationed in Germany over my career span and one of the "perks" of getting ready for an IG inspection was a local bottled drug called X112. It was almost pure caffeine and you had to break it down in orange juice or another strong citrus before consuming it...it was horribly bitter. But, holy crap was it powerful. Many have compared the effect to that of high grade meth. Personally, I have nothing to compare it to but I know that one cap full manically fueled a soldier for 12 hours, nonstop.
Since you're coming from a Linux system No he's not... "I'm an OS X user looking to switch to a Linux laptop." Glad a Mac works out for you. Obviously it didn't for him. And as far as wifi and video drivers go, I haven't had a single problem with any of the 6 laptops I'm running linux on. Some people just can't stand someone leaving their platform...sheesh.
Why swim in billions when you can swim in MILLIONS?
"Ubuntu - Turning $1000.00 computers into $75.00 phones since 2011"
At all and at any cost. Oh, the humanity....
Just as well, judging by the latest HP laptop I've seen, they weren't very good at it. I won't argue your point because you are right. However, HP makes one of the finest laser printers on the market. HP was one of the first hardware companies that worked with Linux OOTB. The firmware was there with it as well. Good to note that Samsung and a couple other printer manufacturers have followed suit, but I'll miss my little 75.00 B&W laser printers that last for years and years.
With high density fragmentation charges....
The second amendment only had relevance when The People had access to the same weaponry the government had. Sure The People could rise up with their hand weapons and rifles... Only to be put down by hellfire missiles and State of the Art armored vehicles. Yeah...you can count me out too.
to keep environmentalists' brains from exploding
Today I will let my diesel truck idle for 6 hours, Drop several CFL bulbs and put the refuse in the regular trash, turn my thermostat down to 68 degrees, print obscene amounts of data on my colorjet printer then throw it away and smoke in close proximity to a clean air rally...while i sit idling in my diesel truck.
Of course, I will do all of this wearing my "keep the earth green" t-shirt.
It's the least I can do.
It's a silly argument. Linux failed in the consumer desktop space No it didn't...It never even competed. It was never offered as a market choice. who's fault that is isn't the point. It "failed" because it never tried. No marketing, no exposure, no nothing. Linux will succeed but it will never be on the desktop...but it will prevail in the mobile market...they just won't call it Linux. Take the victory and move along.
Can consumer support at hp do linux and windows ? Yes they can. Worked at an HP Customer Service Center on contract close to LA two years ago, doing hardware and network upgrades. Several large (read fortune 500) companies have service contracts with HP and many of them are running HP desktop with Linux and HP servers. They can certainly support Linux, and they do.
My neighborhood is rife with insecure routers or WEP encryption. The latter taking only a few minutes longer to connect to than the first. If I were an arse, I could daisy-chain them on a weekly basis and have a few left over for the next week. Wardriving without the driving....a movie a day at least... But I am not and I will not...my neighbors are good folks. But who's to say that there are not others in the neighborhood that are as decent. If anything, it might teach those without secure connections to make them so. But probably not...
says the Greeks...sheesh
I still have, and use daily a complete Phase Linear system I bought while in Germany. Sure, there are many components and it takes up a ton of room but man, when I sit stereophonic center in my listening room, I couldn't tell you where any one speaker is and the sound is so clear and bright, it does justice to the artist...it is reproduced the way it was intended. And yeah, I'm someone's dad who has better equipment than his kids...and they know it.
From what I see, people who still rent at only blockbuster are the ones that get their computer and tech advice from Best Buy/Geek Squad. There is always a market niche for the uniformed.
A grad student sharing an apartment with 5 other grad students, not sure if he's gonna have enough money for his monthly allotment of Ramen
"That's why Linux market share is so low due to so many patented goodies that are essential for modern computers."
That's just silly. Patents have little or nothing to do with Linux market share. I've run Linux as my primary systems personally and in business since 2005 and I've never run into any "patented goodies" that make my experience any less than yours. If you care to name a few of them, then I might concede the point but really..?
Linux market share is low because of OEM deals. If patents were a doubt-point for OEM's, Dell would never (meagerly) offered Linux on their product line. What's on a computer at manufacture usually stays on a computer for the majority of people...at least here in the US. Half the people that own a computer couldn't coherently tell you what an operating system is, not to mention the differences between them.
Work out why you have 90%+ desktop marketshare instead of turning your back on it to chase the remaining 10%.
Might it be because they are the only operating system offered by the world's major OEM's? And they did it by less than legitimate means...get your hands on a vendor's agreement between MS and Dell and get back with me.
The RNC will just insert tags in the html - SARAH PALIN NUDE....
When Americans are more interested in Dancing With The Stars than the way their government works, this is what you get. Network Television - Feeding American Morons since the first reality show.
The HeliOS Project installs roughly 400 computers a year for disadvantaged students in Central Texas in a year's time. 60 percent of them are still not connected to the Internet after 90 days because they cannot afford the service. And no, Time Warner, Clear and other ISP's could not care less. Let 'em eat dialup. If the school system is going to subsidize their broadband connection, then it might work...outside of that, it won't.
Yep, makes the thousands of terabytes downloaded a year via wardriving worth it.
With application names like ZynAddSubFX and Guayadeque, I'm sure they can come up with something apt.