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2009/7/16 Paul Sutton <zleap@xxxxxxxxx>: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > John Hansen wrote: >> There are two interesting articles in today's edition of Micromart >> on the subject of Linux. In one the subject is "Why isn't Linux >> catching on" and the other article is " Linux on the High Street". >> >> PC World was visited and were dismissive of Linux. >> >> It occurs to me that if Linux is to be accepted in all quarters >> then Schools and Local and Central Government need to adopt a >> Linux distro rather than promoting MS. >> >> >> John W Hansen >> > Yeah had a quick scan of this in smiths today, may pick up a copy later, > another thing it does say is for everyone to back one distro, somewhat > controversial but it does also say there are too many distributions, > Windows has 4 or 5 versions of vista, there are 100's of distros out there. > Is this really an issue - I would say around 80-90% of users use one of fedora/RH, Ubuntu/Debian, SUSE or derivatives of same The "hundreds" are done to serve specific roles - firewalls, low-spec machines etc > I think if Linux is to be adopted then the community needs to get behind > it(see my feynman post), and start to really promote it and support it, > educate people on the importance of freedom etc. > > I can do some work on promotion, but get stuck on the support side or > on specific issues, > > is anyone up for doing something on September 19th Software freedom day? > > Paul > > > - -- > Paul Sutton > www.zleap.net > Support Open and ISO standard file formats ISO 26300 odf > http://www.odfalliance.org > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iEYEARECAAYFAkpfABwACgkQaggq1k2FJq3MywCeKtbXVk5ZNB5iIbbBBAdhINnY > xvIAoI4w4Ds2Dw7VnEyBWX4+CHvy8zI1 > =ThpH > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html > -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html