[Tfug] ubuntu

[sitkaa at email.arizona.edu]

Which only makes the point again that linux is evolving into greater 
complexity,
not greater ease. Looking over these numerous websites with their dialect and
allusions is more than just convoluted, it is bewildering. Again, this thread
started with a question, "Why aren't more people using linux?", and the answer
is here. So is the solution.

The value of an open source, free, community supported infocom system is
immeasurable. Certainly, its creation is a worthy goal, one that has been
pursued and implemented to varying degrees by many people in the community,
sometimes with fanfare but usually without any substantial 
acknowledgement, for
the good of all.

The value of an open source, free, community supported infocom system is
immeasurable. I have hoped that linux would evolve to be simpler and easier to
use for this purpose, but that does not seem to be the case. I am not just
talking about the program, mind you, but also the community, the soft
infrastructure, which as altruistic as it might be, as generally 
friendly as it
might be, is still rather convoluted and disorganized.

Welcome to the world of linux, huh. I have just been trying to explain what I
see, and offer some suggestions that could help the situation. Not that this
will occur, mind you. Linux is still a world for the technically inclined, and
will likely remain so. Yet, it has so much promise.

Peace,
Michael



Quoting Andrew Ayre <andy at britishideas.com>:

> Evidence of what Claude described is everywhere on the internet. For
> example the multitude of PC "how to" sites, individual blogs, multiple
> news sites, etc. These are all tied together with search engines and
> rich hyperlinks. For example blog postings referring to other blog
> postings, slashdot, digg, etc.
>
> Andy
>
> sitkaa at email.arizona.edu wrote:
>>> the age of the centralized information/publication repository has passed.
>>
>> Perhaps I am too old school, but that is hard to wrap my mind around.
>>
>> How can you develop a system, no matter how distributed, that 
>> doesn't have an
>> organizational theme, and expect it to work easily/efficiently?
>>
>> Last night here at the U. a bunch of people with bicycles gathered 
>> and milled
>> about. I asked someone who organized this event, to which the reply
>> that no one
>> did. It just happened. And it continues to happen every Tuesday night
>> at 8ish. I
>> hung around awhile to observe the process. Someone eventually shouted
>> out to the
>> crowd that had a path that they were going, and to follow them. The crowd
>> followed this person who took the lead.
>>
>> I think that a central organizational theme is needed, no matter how 
>> loose the
>> association, if decisions are to be made. For instance, (Mr. Linus?) 
>> acts as a
>> benevolent dictator. The real question (for me) is how to organize 
>> the themes.
>> I don't have the technical know how to lead such a project, but I think it
>> would be useful, even if outdated in modality.
>
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> Andy
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