Re: [LINUX_Newbies] ubuntu

I think that Linux is the perfect antidote for piracy. Once that you see how
good Linux is and that there is no need to pirate (except for fun -- like
catch and release sport fishing), then you can just let it go. I started
cracking C64 games (and I am no gamer). It was just a challenge that was too
good to pass up.

I have not booted into Windows on my computers for over a year. I had a free
license for Windows 7 that I never even tried. I still remember how to get
cracked software, but there is no fun in it anymore. Windows is behind me
now. People still ask me to fix their Windows boxes, but it is harder each
year because there is no enthusiasm in it.

It is different in the third world. Their introduction into computing is
often on pirated copies of Windows and without access to it then they would
not be able to use computers at all. Many of these countries produce
programmers that later give back what they stole. There has to be a better
system. Fortunately there is but there are impediments as the user from
Malawi said. Linux is more dependent on having an internet connection.

Since it is not sold in stores, the internet has become the distribution
channel. Developers need to re-think some of this and offer alternatives to
third world countries. They should sponsor LUGs in these countries and make
disks and internet access available. This costs money so we need to resolve
that. Perhaps it could be offered on DVDs at a series of longer intervals
like with each LTS release of Ubuntu or every even numbered Fedora release.
Include on the DVDs lots of apps and their dependencies.

We also need to work with education bodies in the third world to get to
users at an early age. OLPC was a good initiative, but Microsoft killed it
off because they did not want Linux given to the masses. They would rather
users not have computers than have them use Linux.

Roy

On 8 July 2010 14:49, Frederick Bvalani <fredbvalani@gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> Roy,
>
> I agree with your points. Actually your points on piracy are thought
> provoking for someone like me.
>
> I especially like ur last paragraph, I wish the guys at Canonical could
> consider something like that.
>
> Fred
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roy <linuxcanuck@gmail.com <linuxcanuck%40gmail.com>>
> Sent: 08 July 2010 18:52
> To: LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com <LINUX_Newbies%40yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] ubuntu
>
> This is not a rant. You should see me sometimes. :)
>
> You make some fair criticisms of Linux. I disagree about the community. You
> cannot generalise. There are over 400 distributions and the community is
> the
> entire scope from do it yourself distros such as Linux From Scratch and
> Gentoo, to more complicated ones like Arch and Slackware that work great
> once you get them set up, to bleeding edge ones like Fedora and to some
> extent Ubuntu, to easy to use ones such as PCLinuxOS, to enterprise distros
> such as openSuSE and CentOS. You cannot generalise. It runs the whole gamut
>
>

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