news.zdnet.com — The Ubuntu project has detailed plans for the April 2009 version of its Linux distribution, continuing its habit of naming its software after animals by dubbing Ubuntu 9.04 "The Jaunty Jackalope."The news comes as the project last week made available an advance testing version of its Linux distribution, Ubuntu 8.10, the "Intrepid Ibex," due in Oct
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feureauSep 12, 2008
Jacking Jackass!
sodadeSep 12, 2008
f**k if that doesn't drive me nuts - why the f**k did some idiot decide "oh no - we can't use ctrl-c and ctrl-v - no no no - we must do it differently - yeah that's it, add another f**king key." Blows me away that developers could be so f**king anti usability.
Closed AccountSep 12, 2008
Ubuntu will never be the windows killer and neither will OSX. It doesn't mean that they won't gain market share or be better than windows. Its just the nature of the market. People will stick with what they are used to which is windows. The only way linux would take over the market is if the foss community put all their effort into one single distro, standardized packages, stood by one gui tool kit, one default set of applications per task, easy to use gui system settings and guided setup tools, used a rolling release cycle where you would never have to reinstall, change the gpl to allow proprietary drivers to link to the kernel, get the whole software industry to switch to open source codecs, pay adobe and others to port their software or created real alternatives that people want to use and then have the OEMs preinstall it on their systems. After all that you advertise the hell out of it. Give it away on the net or ship boxed versions to retail outlets to sell. One ring to rule them all. It's not going to happen anytime soon if at all. The foss community is too divided for this to ever happen. Too many cooks spoil the soup. There are so many projects that do basically the same things just in slightly different ways. Choice is good in specialized markets. Devices designed for single tasks where the os and gui is crafted around that device. Thin clients where a only hand full of apps need to be running in a office environment or point of sale terminal. .Linux is already taking over in these reguards. Maybe in ten years when Microsoft finally destroys itself, Steve Jobs clones himself and Ubuntu 28.10 Silly Sheeple gets released we can finally say that "This is the year of the Linux desktop!"
daftmanSep 13, 2008
IT specialist != Programmer.Think System Admin