[lbo-talk] Ubuntu stuff

Matt lbo4 at beyondzero.net
Mon Aug 17 19:32:39 PDT 2009


On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 08:51:40PM -0400, Doug Henwood wrote:
>
> > I've never had a problem I couldn't fix within a
> > couple of hours
>
> It takes a certain kind of person to find that not annoying.

The way I see this is, if I spend 2 or 3 hours fixing a problem on my system that saves me from doing some 15 minute manual task each week, I have more time for other things after only 12 weeks. ;-)

On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 10:10:25PM -0400, Doug Henwood wrote:
>
> Of course. But the kind of easy to use and nice to look at stuff that
> Apple specializes in is really rare in this world. Why? I do wonder if
> overpriced and restrictive has its advantages in avoiding the rank
> debasement of everything into a cheap shit commodity.

Doug, how much time have you spent using a recent Ubuntu distro on a modern PC? A friend of mine takes particular delight when he travels at sitting in the coffee shop and counting the number of hipster Mac users who can't stop staring at his Ubuntu laptop with the Compiz eye candy.

Matt

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