[ncolug] Re: annual distro marathon
- From: "M. Knisely" <charon79m@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "ncolug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ncolug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 16:17:57 -0400
To get back to the distro discussion, my house has run Linux since before
my 8 year old was born. She's never used a Windows machine that I own, but
when she got to school she picked up and now teaches the teachers how to
better use their systems. She has an understanding of what the machine
needs to do, not where to click. So, if any of you out there are concerned
about the impact it will have on your children, not running windows....
DON'T WORRY. You're showing them options.
Also, my main machines are running Ubuntu's Unity. The laptop I built for
my wife runs Mint's Cinnamon interface; I have an HP500 tablet running
Mate. Every one of my girls are able to work their way through any of the
interfaces to do what they need. I'm not looking for one distro... I use
the different experiences for teaching my family to use a computer, not
just an interface. They're learning to poke around and experience things.
Homogeneous solutions handicap us, I think.
Mike K.
On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 3:54 PM, Chuck <cstickelman@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I agree. I use the FOSS alternatives whereever I can. The one issue I
> create for myself is my love for AMD, which typically brings along ATI
> video hardware, which generally forces one to byte the non-FOSS
> bullet...
>
> As I move more things back onto my server I have every intention of
> removing stuff like DropBox and other "cloud"-based solutions to one
> where I control my data...
>
> Thanks for sharing your perspective! I certainly do love hearing about
> the ways that others solve similar delemas.
>
> Chuck
>
>
> On Tue, 2013-05-28 at 15:48 -0400, M. Knisely wrote:
> > Because you're giving in... If you give in to running proprietary code
> > you're not going to scratch that itch and create your own FOSS app for
> > the community or encourage others to do it for you.
> >
> >
> > Yeah, that's the best I got.
> >
> >
> > I've long since given up on running totally FOSS, though when I have
> > the option I do and I encourage those that write the code I use.
> >
> >
> > I run Adobe's Flash, Oracle's Virtualbox with extentions, Microsoft's
> > Skype, Cisco's AnyConnect, Sonicwall's NetExtender, and sever other
> > apps that are outside the "free" realm. For me, I try to avoid
> > walking outside my package manager, but that's as far limited I allow
> > my box to be.
> >
> >
> > When FOSS options present themselves, I'm quick to drop my proprietary
> > solution for the FOSS alternative. I've pretty much moved everything
> > off of DropBox to my servers running OwnCloud. I've also ditched
> > NoMachine in favor of X2Go. So for me, it's an ebb and flow.
> >
> >
> > In regards to hardware, I try to buy what I know supports Linux. I
> > try to stick with Intel video and wireless for that reason. Until
> > recently when the FOSS drivers got better, whenever I inherited a
> > Broadcom wireless laptop, I'd swap it out with a FOSS friendly one.
> > I've also pulled dedicated video cards from machines and ran the
> > integrated video. I don't do anything that requires high end graphics
> > anyway.
> >
> >
> > Mike K.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 3:08 PM, Chuck <cstickelman@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I, for one, have no problem installing software that makes my
> > Debian
> > system un-DFSG. I've never seen that as a big disadvantage.
> > There's
> > nothing that I could do before, that I can't do after.
> >
> > Can anyone tell my why "un-DFSG'ing" a Debian box is a bad
> > thing?
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 2013-05-22 at 11:53 -0400, Mike wrote:
> > > On 05/21/2013 09:46 PM, Silas Lang wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Debian: very tempting, but missed some hardware and a bit
> > slow
> > > >
> > >
> > > Prepare to un DFSG your debian box. It's probably appears
> > slow due to
> > > the free Nvidia driver. Add "non-free" to your main
> > repository in
> > > sources.lst, apt-get update, apt-get install
> > firmware-linux-nonfree,
> > > reboot. Enjoy the life of proprietary video drivers. This
> > may also
> > > account for you other non detected hardware.
> > >
> > > Mike
> > >
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