<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 8:47 AM, Richard Meyer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:meyerri@gardenshark.org" target="_blank">meyerri@gardenshark.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div id=":3hg" class="a3s" style="overflow:hidden">... or has it?<br>
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If you're anything like me, and I admit, few are, you'll have launched<br>
into the Linux world with evangelical zeal - determined to convert the<br>
Windows heathens, determined to overcome the drawbacks of OFOS (Our<br>
Favourite Operating System) and ready to spread the gospel of Free and<br>
Open Software.<br>
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Now I seem to have lost that fire. We seem to have conquered all we are<br>
going to conquer except for a few lost lambs that we tempt into the<br>
fold.<br>
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There are few problems - things Just Work (TM).<br>
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Has anybody else feel they've lost the fire?</div></blockquote></div><br>The thrill is there, just the priorities are different. We no longer spend our time mucking around to get things working and when we do, it's usually a hardware fault (every issue I've fought with over the last 12 months on linux has been related to hardware).</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">These days it's a platform for getting things done, as for the most part it "Just Works". Even this piece of junk iPhone I have at work for testing iOS stuff (unfortunately have to support them) plugs in and pops up with drive shares etc.</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">I'd love for it to become the predominate OS, but we have a big enough community now that it's no longer an obscure platform. With the likes of Valve coming on board, we'll see even more devices running Linux.</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">MS are determined to alienate their user base with weird UI choices and not everyone is prepared to pay the price premium for a Mac.</div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Best I do some work, I have some linux servers to tend to :-)</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Leon</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div>--<br>
DRM 'manages access' in the same way that jail 'manages freedom.'<br><br># cat /dev/mem | strings | grep -i cats<br>Damn, my RAM is full of cats... MEOW!!</div>
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