Comments on: Ubuntu Blitz for 2nd Half of 2008? http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/07/03/ubuntu-blitz-for-2nd-half-of-2008/ Channel News, Reseller News and Channel Partner Programs Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:59:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Vadim P. http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/07/03/ubuntu-blitz-for-2nd-half-of-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-115752 Vadim P. Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:27:33 +0000 http://www.workswithu.com/2008/07/03/ubuntu-blitz-for-2nd-half-of-2008/#comment-115752 I'm definitely going to be in the ubuntu netbook rush :] I’m definitely going to be in the ubuntu netbook rush :]

]]> By: aikiwolfie http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/07/03/ubuntu-blitz-for-2nd-half-of-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-115751 aikiwolfie Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:50:36 +0000 http://www.workswithu.com/2008/07/03/ubuntu-blitz-for-2nd-half-of-2008/#comment-115751 Linux as an OS is built on open standards. The trouble is finding the version of Linux that is right for you. In the desktop arena many distros have tried to make life easier for users. Knoppix is probably one of the best examples. The difference with Ubuntu is Canonical support and the enthusiasm of Mark Shuttleworth. Canonical are a company in a position to work with big players in the technology world like Intel. They are a company that can provide corporate users with the right support packages they need to make using Ubuntu worth the effort to change. Fortunately for the home users riding on the Ubuntu free meal ticket the man at the helm of Canonical is passionate about free open source software. Linux as an OS is built on open standards. The trouble is finding the version of Linux that is right for you.

In the desktop arena many distros have tried to make life easier for users. Knoppix is probably one of the best examples. The difference with Ubuntu is Canonical support and the enthusiasm of Mark Shuttleworth.

Canonical are a company in a position to work with big players in the technology world like Intel. They are a company that can provide corporate users with the right support packages they need to make using Ubuntu worth the effort to change.

Fortunately for the home users riding on the Ubuntu free meal ticket the man at the helm of Canonical is passionate about free open source software.

]]> By: rubbsdecvik http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/07/03/ubuntu-blitz-for-2nd-half-of-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-115750 rubbsdecvik Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:38:45 +0000 http://www.workswithu.com/2008/07/03/ubuntu-blitz-for-2nd-half-of-2008/#comment-115750 While I think that Mike C. has a point, the Linux community has to be careful. I love Ubuntu, and I think it's a great way for new users to become familiar with Linux, but it is not Linux. We have to be able to see that the diversity of Linux and it's applications is what makes Linux so versatile. That being said, I think that a little bit of standardization would be helpful. Ubuntu is a great example of a de facto standard that developers can build their applications against to make sure that their applications will be compatible with a lot of Linux users. While I think that Mike C. has a point, the Linux community has to be careful. I love Ubuntu, and I think it’s a great way for new users to become familiar with Linux, but it is not Linux. We have to be able to see that the diversity of Linux and it’s applications is what makes Linux so versatile. That being said, I think that a little bit of standardization would be helpful. Ubuntu is a great example of a de facto standard that developers can build their applications against to make sure that their applications will be compatible with a lot of Linux users.

]]> By: mike c. http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/07/03/ubuntu-blitz-for-2nd-half-of-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-115749 mike c. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:44:31 +0000 http://www.workswithu.com/2008/07/03/ubuntu-blitz-for-2nd-half-of-2008/#comment-115749 The predominance of Ubuntu may have a beneficial effect on the rest of the Linux ecosystem: other distros may make themselves more compatible with Ubuntu in order to have easy installation of the same applications that are now being taylored for Ubuntu. Linux needs some de facto standards to stop the kind of useless diversity that hindered Unix in the 1980s and allowed MS to take the market with an inferior (but standardized) product. The predominance of Ubuntu may have a beneficial effect on the rest of the Linux ecosystem: other distros may make themselves more compatible with Ubuntu in order to have easy installation of the same applications that are now being taylored for Ubuntu. Linux needs some de facto standards to stop the kind of useless diversity that hindered Unix in the 1980s and allowed MS to take the market with an inferior (but standardized) product.

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