[Tfug] ubuntu

[Judd Pickell]

"Such an influx of people into this system
would overwhelm your infrastructure." <--- ???

Sorry but I don't think I am the only one that is going to look at
this and basically scream at their screen. I mean seriously, have you
been reading what everyone has been saying? There isn't a chance in
hell that the linux "infrastructure" could be overwhelmed given that
most of the world that provides the infrastructure is already running
linux. The "infrastructure" is as open and varied as the linux or open
source world is. There are, in my opinion, more available resources
for linux, unix and it's derivatives than there are for Windows. Now I
maybe biased as I actually spend time googling for answers for both
windows and linux systems, and the one I find the most results for are
linux and not windows.

There are more user groups out there for linux than windows, I am sure of that.

Seriously, are you for real? I was willing to give you the benefit of
the doubt before, and though maybe the troll arguments were a bit over
the top and not necessarily deserved. However, you can't seem to keep
the proverbial foot out of the mouth. I just hope that this is truely
a newbish thing and not a "my view of the world is the only view, and
I am going to let others know it" type of thing.

Go Read up on what you are commenting on, do some research, take some
notes... Stop posting until you have done that or I fear that you may
anger the more calm folks on this list..

Sincerely,
Judd Pickell


On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 4:56 PM,  <sitkaa at email.arizona.edu> wrote:
> Does anybody do this for Linux or the BSD's? That is provide custom
>  install CD's
>  for particular machines. I didn't think anybody did because they
>  thought it was
>  economic unrecoupable.
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>  > And that's with an install CD customized for the target machine.  It's
>  > much worse when one installs from a generic install CD, then has to go
>  > searching for appropriate drivers.
>  >
>  > --
>  > John
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>  Anyway, all I really want to do is figure out how to provide a helping
>  hand for
>  everyone. Making linux easier to install, with all the drivers already set-up
>  and whatnot custom for each machine, this would help push linux over the top.
>  So would having it do everything that windows can do, but easier, this is how
>  to make linux better. Linux could easily be the dominant OS. The is actually
>  very little momentum in the software world, especially when so many things in
>  the open source world are gifts of effort, freely given for the good of all.
>
>  Should everyone decide to work on a single project to 'save the world' in one
>  organized great social change, they would do with linux. I would hope that the
>  linux world is prepared for that. Such an influx of people into this system
>  would overwhelm your infrastructure. Constantly dealing with newcomers like me
>  who argue about the fine points and complain about it being
>  difficult..................................
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>  Making it as simple as possible is really the only solution.
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