Linux from Africa

That the problem with Linux - so many flavours and very few are binary compatible. They basically do their own FUD.
 
I like the concept, I'll be willing to give it a try atleast. And the diversity between the different Distro's isnt such a bad thing seeing that nine out of ten times with a little bit of tweaking you can get any aplication written for another distro to run on your distro of choice. Open source is about diversity and modular OS's can catter for specific crowds....
 
I agree. Started using Ubuntu 8.10 last year when it came out and made the switch from Windows Vista (uurrrggg). Anyway, got my laptop setup just right now. Found Ubuntu alternatives to all my requirements...DVD playback working 100% now after some forum hopping. I am most certainly not going to now start all over again to try this new distro. I think if Linux standardized on one distro started offering official support for copies bought instore (for a abosolute minimal amount), then the uptake of Linux would happen so much faster. I still dont understand why there are RPM, Tarball (or what ever it is called) and .deb packages. Standardize it! Will make life for us poor noobs who wants to learn linux so much easier. But that aside...LOVING Ubuntu and have not looked back to my windows days since.
 
This benefit is particularly useful in Africa where bandwidth is expensive
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So they host it internationally :confused:

I wanted to try it out lol
 
gregmcc said:
Groan - yet another linux flavor!

Ubuntu is not South African. It's American afaik (or UK)?
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Ubuntu was started in SA, but might have moved to the UK with Shuttleworth.
 
Here is a tip for linux developers - make it so that every distro can run windows binaries natively. You will all win then.
 
Rouxenator said:
Here is a tip for linux developers - make it so that every distro can run windows binaries natively. You will all win then.
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That's like seeing all cars should be made to run on petrol, even the diesel and electric cars. What's the point of choosing a stable OS, if you are going to run all the apps from the unstable OS on it? Rather get developers to develop for your OS natively.
 
If you want to use cars as an example. Some cars only drive on roads, other can go off road, and others are insanely capabile off road machines. Yet all of them can drive on tared roads. Linux is like not like cars or even the off roaders than can also drive on tared roads. No - Linux is like flying a kite - it is fun, there is many to chose from, but it is completely removed from the real word business of vechiles and where they can run.
 
Well if there is any opensource OS I support then it is reactOS - I hope they are successful. Lets face it, if it aint running win32s there is not much else it will run.

Have you tried reactOS yet Lord-Kodak ?
 
Rouxenator said:
Well if there is any opensource OS I support then it is reactOS - I hope they are successful. Lets face it, if it aint running win32s there is not much else it will run.

Have you tried reactOS yet Lord-Kodak ?
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I think you might be the kite from your previous post, or at least as high :p

Here, is a list, in categories, for your reading pleasure ;)
 
I prefer diversity - this creates a natural barrier against viruses and trojans.

Take Windows for example, win95 up to WinME - they share the same underlying OS and codebase, therefore you only need to write a trojan for 95 to infect everything upward (and if you write it well, NT, 2000 and XP as well). This is the major Achilles heel of Windows. Only with Vista and Windows 7 have Microsoft started to address this issue, but it is far from perfect.
 
Man youre piece of work. You lambast others for gaming online and you find fault with Linux coz theres no UT3... tsk tsk tsk.

FYI - there should be Linux binaries out by now for UT3.
 
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