OneAndOneIs2

Fri, Jul 13, 2007

Now THIS could be good

I've said before that, whilst I might like to upgrade my computer, I wouldn't do so until I could buy/build a PC that worked fully with nothing but open source: I'm sick of broken suspend states and drivers that have to be upgraded manually because they're not part of the kernel.

I wasn't expecting to be able to upgrade for a year or two yet, but knowing just how competent Mark Shuttleworth is at getting what he wants, in the FOSS sphere and others, that upgrade may be closer than expected - with the release of Gobuntu there's a need for computers that can run it, after all.

I shall watch this space closely..

4 comments • Categories: Omni, FOSS, In The News, Technology

Comments:

Comment from: Ray [Visitor]

· http://lostaddress.org

Very cool - but how does this differ from gnewsense? Is it a direct competitor or is it just Shuttlesworth's bid for intergalactic dominance?

Permalink 15/07/07 @ 12:10

Comment from: oneandoneis2 [Member] · http://geekblog.oneandoneis2.org/

It's different in the same way as installing Ubuntu & apt-get-ing KDE is different from Kubuntu, I suppose: It's an official Ubuntu project rather than somebody else modifying an existing distro.

And unlike gnewsense and GNUStep et al, this is a distro from somebody with a proven track record of creating a successful distro...

Permalink 15/07/07 @ 15:52

Comment from: lolita [Visitor]

Whew...way over my head ;) Thanks, though LOL

Permalink 15/07/07 @ 18:34

Comment from: ray [Visitor]

· http://lostaddress.org

True. Whatever happened to the Hurd? :)

Permalink 16/07/07 @ 11:39