Comments on: The Penguin Reaches for the Noose: The Fallout http://blog.laptopmag.com/the-penguin-reaches-for-the-noose-the-fallout News and views on today's hottest laptops, cell phones, and other mobile devices. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:25:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: blackbelt_jones http://blog.laptopmag.com/the-penguin-reaches-for-the-noose-the-fallout/comment-page-1#comment-2264 blackbelt_jones Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:23:40 +0000 http://blog.laptopmag.com/the-penguin-reaches-for-the-noose-the-fallout#comment-2264 Hello, and how's the weather back there in 1998? I don't think I've had to compile a single damn thing for my Ubuntu system, with something like 30 thousand software packages available at a single command. Flash installed to Firefox with just a couple of clicks. I got all the codecs in one place with a single google search for "ubuntu multimedia". There was no need to even edit my sources file, just to copy and paste a couple of commands into the terminal window. And that's how linux works in the real world of 2008. Hello, and how’s the weather back there in 1998?

I don’t think I’ve had to compile a single damn thing for my Ubuntu system, with something like 30 thousand software packages available at a single command. Flash installed to Firefox with just a couple of clicks. I got all the codecs in one place with a single google search for “ubuntu multimedia”. There was no need to even edit my sources file, just to copy and paste a couple of commands into the terminal window.

And that’s how linux works in the real world of 2008.

]]> By: Mike Cane http://blog.laptopmag.com/the-penguin-reaches-for-the-noose-the-fallout/comment-page-1#comment-2091 Mike Cane Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:59:45 +0000 http://blog.laptopmag.com/the-penguin-reaches-for-the-noose-the-fallout#comment-2091 Linux is the new Mac. As in the Bad Old Days of Mac, when people would see Windows software and ask, "Do you have a Mac version?" The answer was always No, with a free sneer thrown in! Now Macs are alive and vibrant and can kick serious Windows ass. Linux needs to get to that point to continue. Good bloody luck. Get BlogDesk, Photo Toolkit, all the video codecs, and Flash/Shockwave (that latter pair *without* the present install contortions!), and that will improve matters. Then again: *Which* frikkin Linux?! Which GUI? What, you think people want to *compile*? Live long and prosper, pal. Exit that holodeck and join the real world! Linux is the new Mac.

As in the Bad Old Days of Mac, when people would see Windows software and ask, “Do you have a Mac version?”

The answer was always No, with a free sneer thrown in!

Now Macs are alive and vibrant and can kick serious Windows ass.

Linux needs to get to that point to continue.

Good bloody luck. Get BlogDesk, Photo Toolkit, all the video codecs, and Flash/Shockwave (that latter pair *without* the present install contortions!), and that will improve matters.

Then again: *Which* frikkin Linux?! Which GUI?

What, you think people want to *compile*?

Live long and prosper, pal. Exit that holodeck and join the real world!

]]> By: blackbelt_jones http://blog.laptopmag.com/the-penguin-reaches-for-the-noose-the-fallout/comment-page-1#comment-1992 blackbelt_jones Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:00:46 +0000 http://blog.laptopmag.com/the-penguin-reaches-for-the-noose-the-fallout#comment-1992 Latest Scientific Research indicates that "Forever is a long, long, time". People keep predicting its demise, and other people keep predicting a big all-at-once breakthrough. What happens instead of either is slow, steady growth that can't be stopped, because here's the thing about Linux: it's not a buisness, therefore it can't be put out of business. It's always going to be there, and it's always going to be freely available to anyone who wants to market it. Sooner or later, someone will get it right. And who cares if geeks like Star Trek? Is Star Trek not considered mainstream? Is Star Trek not commercially viable? Do really think you scored points with that snappy comeback? Latest Scientific Research indicates that “Forever is a long, long, time”.

People keep predicting its demise, and other people keep predicting a big all-at-once breakthrough. What happens instead of either is slow, steady growth that can’t be stopped, because here’s the thing about Linux: it’s not a buisness, therefore it can’t be put out of business. It’s always going to be there, and it’s always going to be freely available to anyone who wants to market it. Sooner or later, someone will get it right.

And who cares if geeks like Star Trek? Is Star Trek not considered mainstream? Is Star Trek not commercially viable? Do really think you scored points with that snappy comeback?

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