Comments on: Woot! I’ve installed Ubuntu http://polizeros.com/2006/09/03/woot-ive-installed-ubuntu/ Musings on politics: anti-war, global warming, peak oil and otherwise Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:02:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Bob http://polizeros.com/2006/09/03/woot-ive-installed-ubuntu/#comment-20100 Bob Mon, 04 Sep 2006 15:38:03 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2006/09/03/woot-ive-installed-ubuntu/#comment-20100 When I first thought about getting Ubuntu, I'd thought maybe the interface will be mostly the equal of Windows. After using it for these few days, it appears to be superior. Examples: All the updates you need for any installed software is automatically tracked, and you can install everything with one click. Sort of like Windows Update, but it's for everything, not just Windows products. Ditto for available software. Thouands of programs are listed, all accessible through one program, which also does the installs. It's an operating system made for users, not to generate a revenue stream. When I first thought about getting Ubuntu, I’d thought maybe the interface will be mostly the equal of Windows. After using it for these few days, it appears to be superior.

Examples: All the updates you need for any installed software is automatically tracked, and you can install everything with one click. Sort of like Windows Update, but it’s for everything, not just Windows products.

Ditto for available software. Thouands of programs are listed, all accessible through one program, which also does the installs.

It’s an operating system made for users, not to generate a revenue stream.

]]> By: Daniel Rivera-Franqui http://polizeros.com/2006/09/03/woot-ive-installed-ubuntu/#comment-19916 Daniel Rivera-Franqui Mon, 04 Sep 2006 07:17:00 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2006/09/03/woot-ive-installed-ubuntu/#comment-19916 Welcome to the club! :-) Linux and other Open source software, far from being "a <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/06/02/ballmer_linux_is_a_cancer/" rel="nofollow">cancer</a>" as Steve Ballmer of Microsoft once put it, is actually extremely helpful for the industry. From <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/lang/" rel="nofollow">simple utility API libraries</a> to <a href="http://www.getfirefox.com" rel="nofollow">browsers</a>, <a href="http://www.postgresql.org/" rel="nofollow">databases</a>, and of course, <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com" rel="nofollow">operating systems</a>, open source just makes accessible what some corporate would love to charge us for. Actually somewhere where I see open source being a HUGE benefit are Voting Systems, how fraud could potentially be thwarted the best way. There's even <a href="http://www.openvotingconsortium.org/" rel="nofollow">a movement</a> on the subject! I have nothing against paid software though as some are truly powerful pieces of software (<a href="http://www.oracle.com" rel="nofollow">Oracle</a> for example while expensive (ORACLE backwards is EL CARO, which in Spanish means, <i>"The Expensive One"</i>) it is an extremely powerful database), but preying on clients (7 versions of Vista? Gimme a break!) drive people to look for alternatives. Welcome to the club! :-)

Linux and other Open source software, far from being “a cancer” as Steve Ballmer of Microsoft once put it, is actually extremely helpful for the industry. From simple utility API libraries to browsers, databases, and of course, operating systems, open source just makes accessible what some corporate would love to charge us for. Actually somewhere where I see open source being a HUGE benefit are Voting Systems, how fraud could potentially be thwarted the best way. There’s even a movement on the subject!

I have nothing against paid software though as some are truly powerful pieces of software (Oracle for example while expensive (ORACLE backwards is EL CARO, which in Spanish means, “The Expensive One”) it is an extremely powerful database), but preying on clients (7 versions of Vista? Gimme a break!) drive people to look for alternatives.

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