[cumbria_lug] Lurking too long.

[Ian Linwood]

Ok.

This group is dieing :-(

I accept, I'm a  contributory factor of that, due to my non participation.

Lets shake the cage and wake the monkey's   ;-)

I really like Linux.

It is NOT progressing.

For it to take off, we need a Linux (mmm, I mean integrated) GUI....

Lets face it folks, if you are not IT competent - it's a NON STARTER.

OK, we've stumbled along with xwindow, Gnome, KDE, Xorg. But are they 
getting anywhere?

Sun made a great effort with CDE (don't shout!). Then made the misguided 
move to Gnome. Their efforts were excellent, but unfortunately didn't 
make a splash. Looking Glass was FANTASTIC, but not followed through. :-(

I'm going to kill my XP box. But it's not Linux that I'm going for - 
Solaris 10 will be my friend.

Solid, Stable, Reliable. free (note lower case)

The only thing that, IMO, could compete, are the BSD's. My fav would be 
OpenBSD, but unfortunately, the guy who runs that show is a prick.

I'm sick of being ripped off. I don't want to wait 6Months for a patch 
to a critical vuln on a browser!

I don't want MS to know everything I do. Like-wise Google, Intel, Disney 
or Apple.

Every corp. wants to data mine your mind. This is NOT ON.

American "culture" seems to be pervasive. The problem is, Americans 
don't have a Culture. They have commercialism, capatilism, and 
Guantanamo Bay...oh, and god...BOLLOCKS!

Apologies for the digression.

We are no longer a free society, this is what the establishment wants.