Comments on: Why so many distros? http://www.brianscube.com/2005/11/17/why-so-many-distros/ My view from cubeville. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:08:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Anonymous http://www.brianscube.com/2005/11/17/why-so-many-distros/#comment-8 Anonymous Fri, 20 Jan 2006 02:21:00 +0000 http://www.brianscube.com/wordpress/?p=21#comment-8 Brian, I tried ubuntu as well. It was just running it from the optical drive and it created a RAM disk to run itself off of. It looked interesting, but felt slow. Which makes sense since I didn't really install it. Years ago, I also try to install Yellow Dog on an older iMac. I didn't really know what I was doing so it didn't take. Ubuntu made sense though. I remember hanging out at Massey College with Jim Stavely and Andrew House. In their libraries they run some linux on Internet kiosks with only a few applications and and little access to utilities (kiosk after all). And it got me thinking. That is all people need. Or at least predominantly what they need. Most people just use their computers as kiosks anyway. Anyway, I went out and ordered OS X Tiger the other day and expect it soon. So soon I'll have all the bells and whistles. Apps, utilites, media... all with unix underneath. ~Paul O'Keefe Brian, I tried ubuntu as well. It was just running it from the optical drive and it created a RAM disk to run itself off of. It looked interesting, but felt slow. Which makes sense since I didn’t really install it. Years ago, I also try to install Yellow Dog on an older iMac. I didn’t really know what I was doing so it didn’t take. Ubuntu made sense though.

I remember hanging out at Massey College with Jim Stavely and Andrew House. In their libraries they run some linux on Internet kiosks with only a few applications and and little access to utilities (kiosk after all). And it got me thinking. That is all people need. Or at least predominantly what they need.

Most people just use their computers as kiosks anyway.

Anyway, I went out and ordered OS X Tiger the other day and expect it soon. So soon I’ll have all the bells and whistles. Apps, utilites, media… all with unix underneath.

~Paul O’Keefe

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