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On Mon, 2011-04-18 at 19:12 +0100, Roland Tarver wrote: > On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 6:58 PM, Grant Sewell <dcglug@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Mon, 18 Apr 2011 18:31:56 +0100 > > Roland Tarver wrote: > > > >> On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 5:45 PM, Neil Winchurst > >> <barnaby@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > I came across this today. Thought it might interest some lug > >> > members. > >> > > >> > http://linux.oneandoneis2.org/LNW.htm > >> > > >> > Neil > >> > >> +1 > >> > >> It is good. Use it for new folks quite a bit. :-) > >> > >> In fact, a link to it is on the lug site... > >> > >> http://www.dcglug.org.uk/node/95 > >> > >> Best wishes > >> roly > > > > Perhaps I should spend more time on the DCGLUG website itself... that > > site was new to me! > > > > Grant. > > haha If you (or anyone else?) has any useful links please add them! lol ;-) > > Best wishes > roly :-) > The most poinient paragraphs for me in the Article were <snip> Linux is not interested in market share. Linux does not have customers. Linux does not have shareholders, or a responsibility to the bottom line. Linux was not created to make money. Linux does not have the goal of being the most popular and widespread OS on the planet. All the Linux community wants is to create a really good, fully-featured, free operating system. If that results in Linux becoming a hugely popular OS, then that's great. If that results in Linux having the most intuitive, user-friendly interface ever created, then that's great. If that results in Linux becoming the basis of a multi-billion dollar industry, then that's great. It's great, but it's not the point. The point is to make Linux the best OS that the community is capable of making. Not for other people: For itself. The oh-so-common threats of "Linux will never take over the desktop unless it does such-and-such" are simply irrelevant: The Linux community isn't trying to take over the desktop. They really don't care if it gets good enough to make it onto your desktop, so long as it stays good enough to remain on theirs. The highly-vocal MS-haters, pro-Linux zealots, and money-making FOSS purveyors might be loud, but they're still minorities. That's what the Linux community wants: an OS that can be installed by whoever really wants it. So if you're considering switching to Linux, first ask yourself what you really want. </snip> Sums it up nicely. -- Regards Kevin Lucas Minions Post Master(Sub) Eleven Years in the Making! www.minionsbandb.co.uk www.tearooms.minionsbandb.co.uk FaceBook Minions_shop Po House, Minions, Liskeard Cornwall PL14 5LE 01579363386 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq