One question... Do you work for Google? On Thursday 14 Feb 2013 15:33:58 j...@osml.eu wrote:
> I see a slightly different future for Linux. The desktop, for many, > will disappear. The Chromebook is a V2.0 successor to the Network > Computer. It's a computing device. Read you email: Open a browser tab > for G-Mail. Edit a document/spread sheet/presentation: Open a browser > tab for Google Docs/Sheets/Slides \ > > Chromebooks can do a lot of things, but they can do many things that > many end users want to do. Good grief, how many times have I heard this? "The Cloud", "software as a service" etc. Yes, it suits a certain need, but it is not the all-encompassing solution that many people would have you believe. In fact, for a lot of "computing" (CPU/Graphics intensive) tasks (as distinct from "communication" tasks i.e. e-mail etc.) it actually makes very little sense, and displays a complete lack of understanding of what a "desktop" PC can be (and in my case often is) used for. However, there is good mileage in what we do at the moment, which is to use a COTS machine (laptop, desktop or whatever) and download the software we wish to use as a package, which you then install and run. This avoids the reliance on a potentially iffy internet connection for most of the time. Cheers, guys, Tim B. -- Hampshire Linux User Group Chairman -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
