Activity for Yesterday

Comment - Tuning out the tablet: Time to give the endless speculation a rest
(Nov 20, 2009 - 7:15 AM)

"Technological progress since 2000 has been very uncritical. Anything REALLY IMPORTANT done today could be done in 2000 technology almost as well"

Except for things like graphic and video editing, engineering models, etc, but yes, most users (especially in an office setting) could *get by* with just Office 2000.
Comment - Live report: Will Google Chrome OS change Linux?
(Nov 19, 2009 - 4:06 PM)

"It currently doesn't support printing, but locally pluggable devices are recognized, and more are being added. (Nobody in the Q&A session is asking about local network presence/file sharing, etc...that's disappointing.)"

Yea, having no access to hardware peripherals is quite sad...
Comment - Live report: Will Google Chrome OS change Linux?
(Nov 19, 2009 - 3:03 PM)

Well and good for a thin client. I'm sure my mother, who just uses Facebook and Google Mail, would be a perfect target audience, or as an "appliance OS"... but if you plan on doing a lot of more advanced stuff, sounds fairly useless as a main PC.
Comment - Unconvinced by Windows 7? Ubuntu 9.10 debuted today!
(Oct 30, 2009 - 6:11 AM)

I think this is very nice, I like Ubuntu in general.

... but I really don't see any major motive for switching from Win7. Maybe if I didn't so so much heavy graphics/video work (and games), I would use it, but... there is no killer app.

And I think it is the same for many. We have Linux builds installed alongside Windows, but rarely use them. I think Microsoft's monopoly with DirectX has as much to do with people using Win as anything else.

Until something changes, Linux will be something I run on older computers and laptops as semi-thin clients.
Comment - Bad Vista-to-Windows 7 upgrade experiences #2: No TV in Media Center
(Oct 28, 2009 - 8:20 PM)

Put another one in the column of "don't upgrade, install fresh". Things simply work better. And you get rid of clutter.