Re: [brlug-general] Apple and Exchange Public Folders
My Mac users are using built in mail and iCal with exchange no problem. We have some issues with shared calendars and contacts which got exacerbated with lion but no show stoppers (same issues we have with groups and credentials in their machines). It was a training issue mostly to get them to make sure to put stuff on exchange calendar instead of local. Mark A. Lappin, CCNA, MCITP: Enterprise Administrator | Lee Michaels Fine Jewelry Director of Information Technology 11314 Cloverland Ave | Baton Rouge, LA 70809 Ph: 225.368.3645 | Fax: 225.368.3675 | Mobile: 225-362-2770 ma...@lmfj.commailto:ma...@lmfj.com | www.lmfj.comhttp://www.lmfj.com On Nov 5, 2012, at 11:07, Dustin Puryear dpury...@puryear-it.commailto:dpury...@puryear-it.com wrote: I’m assuming there are a number of Apple gear-heads here. We have a customer with Exchange 2010 that uses Macs and their iPhones extensively. They would like to access the Exchange 2010 Calendar PF we have on there from their Mac iCals. Has anybody done this? If it’s impossible, are the only options Entourage or OWA? For iPhone, options? --- Dustin Puryear CEO Puryear IT, LLC - We see IT differently. Baton Rouge Computer Supporthttp://www.puryear-it.com/computer-support/baton-rouge/ New Orleans Computer Supporthttp://www.puryear-it.com/computer-support/new-orleans/ Direct: 225-304-6402 | Main: 225-706-8414 | Fax: 800-613-5731 | www.puryear-it.comhttp://www.puryear-it.com We're always looking for highly-motivated and energetic professionals to join our team. Join our team now: jobs.puryear-it.comhttp://jobs.puryear-it.com/ ___ General mailing list General@brlug.netmailto:General@brlug.net http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net Mark A. Lappin, CCNA, MCITP: Enterprise Administrator | Lee Michaels Fine Jewelry Director of Information Technology 11314 Cloverland Ave | Baton Rouge, LA 70809 Ph: 225.368.3645 | Fax: 225.368.3675 | Mobile: 225-362-2770 ma...@lmfj.com | www.lmfj.comhttp://www.lmfj.com/ [http://www.lmfj.com/images/lmfjsig.gif] Like Us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/leemichaelsjewelry Watch the Lee Michaels Story http://www.lmfj.com/embed_holder.php This communication is privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of this communication . ___ General mailing list General@brlug.net http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
Re: [brlug-general] Apple
i thought they were already in the thunder dome with google. i've seen a few blows, but nothing fatal either way. On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 12:36 PM, Dustin Puryear dpury...@puryear-it.com wrote: See, we were just talking about Apple and some management styles. Look here: http://www.cracked.com/article_18377_5-reasons-you-should-be-scared-apple.html I do wonder if Apple will turn truly evil one day. If so, great! We can put them in the thunder dome with Adobe and let them slug it out. -- Have Mercy Say Yeah ___ General mailing list General@brlug.net http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
Re: [brlug-general] Apple
Competition should keep everyone grounded but I think as long as Jobs heads Apple, everyone there will be working to please him. I am happy to see that Microsft, Google and Apple are fighting for the Mobile Phone/App market Also, Microsoft and google are having a turf war for web search. Over the past couple of years Apple has become more of a consumer electronics company than a computer manufacturer. So, what do you guys think about Ubuntu's recent decision to change the default web search on their distribution from Google to Yahoo! ? https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2010-January/030065.html -- Karthik Poobalasubramanian kart...@poobal.net kart...@la.gov (225) 341-5855 skype: poobal On Feb 17, 2010, at 12:36 PM, Dustin Puryear wrote: See, we were just talking about Apple and some management styles. Look here: http://www.cracked.com/article_18377_5-reasons-you-should-be-scared-apple.html I do wonder if Apple will turn truly evil one day. If so, great! We can put them in the thunder dome with Adobe and let them slug it out. --- Puryear IT, LLC - Baton Rouge, LA - http://www.puryear-it.com/ Active Directory Integration : Web Enterprise Single Sign-On Identity and Access Management : Linux/UNIX technologies Download our free ebook Best Practices for Linux and UNIX Servers http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/ ___ General mailing list General@brlug.net http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net ___ General mailing list General@brlug.net http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
Re: [brlug-general] Apple
meh. before i finished reading the link i was thinking they're changing it cause yahoo is gonna give them money. but, to me it doesn't really matter. i don't see any person using ubuntu caring either. cause anyone using ubuntu is going to know how to change the default to what they want any way. every time I reload windows I have to change the default search to google. i mean, open source projects need money too. ot, what is the deal with ubuntu lately. why is everyone jumping on the ubuntu bandwagon? it seems a little too dumbed down to me. too minimalistic. On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Karthik Poobalasubramanian kart...@poobal.net wrote: Competition should keep everyone grounded but I think as long as Jobs heads Apple, everyone there will be working to please him. I am happy to see that Microsft, Google and Apple are fighting for the Mobile Phone/App market Also, Microsoft and google are having a turf war for web search. Over the past couple of years Apple has become more of a consumer electronics company than a computer manufacturer. So, what do you guys think about Ubuntu's recent decision to change the default web search on their distribution from Google to Yahoo! ? https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2010-January/030065.html -- Karthik Poobalasubramanian kart...@poobal.net kart...@la.gov (225) 341-5855 skype: poobal On Feb 17, 2010, at 12:36 PM, Dustin Puryear wrote: See, we were just talking about Apple and some management styles. Look here: http://www.cracked.com/article_18377_5-reasons-you-should-be-scared-apple.html I do wonder if Apple will turn truly evil one day. If so, great! We can put them in the thunder dome with Adobe and let them slug it out. --- Puryear IT, LLC - Baton Rouge, LA - http://www.puryear-it.com/ Active Directory Integration : Web Enterprise Single Sign-On Identity and Access Management : Linux/UNIX technologies Download our free ebook Best Practices for Linux and UNIX Servers http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/ ___ General mailing list General@brlug.net http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net ___ General mailing list General@brlug.net http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net -- Have Mercy Say Yeah ___ General mailing list General@brlug.net http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
Re: [brlug-general] Apple
And for my first ever reply after years of lurching, I give you Brad Bendilly, the master of answering his own questions: ot, what is the deal with ubuntu lately. why is everyone jumping on the ubuntu bandwagon? it seems a little too dumbed down to me. too minimalistic. Dumbed down = what people want. - Original Message From: Brad Bendily bend...@gmail.com To: general@brlug.net Sent: Wed, February 17, 2010 1:59:27 PM Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Apple meh. before i finished reading the link i was thinking they're changing it cause yahoo is gonna give them money. but, to me it doesn't really matter. i don't see any person using ubuntu caring either. cause anyone using ubuntu is going to know how to change the default to what they want any way. every time I reload windows I have to change the default search to google. i mean, open source projects need money too. ot, what is the deal with ubuntu lately. why is everyone jumping on the ubuntu bandwagon? it seems a little too dumbed down to me. too minimalistic. On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Karthik Poobalasubramanian kart...@poobal.net wrote: Competition should keep everyone grounded but I think as long as Jobs heads Apple, everyone there will be working to please him. I am happy to see that Microsft, Google and Apple are fighting for the Mobile Phone/App market Also, Microsoft and google are having a turf war for web search. Over the past couple of years Apple has become more of a consumer electronics company than a computer manufacturer. So, what do you guys think about Ubuntu's recent decision to change the default web search on their distribution from Google to Yahoo! ? https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2010-January/030065.html -- Karthik Poobalasubramanian kart...@poobal.net kart...@la.gov (225) 341-5855 skype: poobal On Feb 17, 2010, at 12:36 PM, Dustin Puryear wrote: See, we were just talking about Apple and some management styles. Look here: http://www.cracked.com/article_18377_5-reasons-you-should-be-scared-apple.html I do wonder if Apple will turn truly evil one day. If so, great! We can put them in the thunder dome with Adobe and let them slug it out. --- Puryear IT, LLC - Baton Rouge, LA - http://www.puryear-it.com/ Active Directory Integration : Web Enterprise Single Sign-On Identity and Access Management : Linux/UNIX technologies Download our free ebook Best Practices for Linux and UNIX Servers http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/ ___ General mailing list General@brlug.net http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net ___ General mailing list General@brlug.net http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net -- Have Mercy Say Yeah ___ General mailing list General@brlug.net http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net ___ General mailing list General@brlug.net http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
Re: [brlug-general] Apple
I think the concept is that Ubuntu is dumbed-down and minimalistic to the degree that a normal computer user might be able to actually install and use it. It's got amazing hardware drivers too. I've had it work on brand-new hardware when no other normal distros would work. On Feb 17, 2010, at 1:59 PM, Brad Bendily wrote: meh. before i finished reading the link i was thinking they're changing it cause yahoo is gonna give them money. but, to me it doesn't really matter. i don't see any person using ubuntu caring either. cause anyone using ubuntu is going to know how to change the default to what they want any way. every time I reload windows I have to change the default search to google. i mean, open source projects need money too. ot, what is the deal with ubuntu lately. why is everyone jumping on the ubuntu bandwagon? it seems a little too dumbed down to me. too minimalistic. On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Karthik Poobalasubramanian kart...@poobal.net wrote: Competition should keep everyone grounded but I think as long as Jobs heads Apple, everyone there will be working to please him. I am happy to see that Microsft, Google and Apple are fighting for the Mobile Phone/App market Also, Microsoft and google are having a turf war for web search. Over the past couple of years Apple has become more of a consumer electronics company than a computer manufacturer. So, what do you guys think about Ubuntu's recent decision to change the default web search on their distribution from Google to Yahoo! ? https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2010-January/030065.html -- Karthik Poobalasubramanian kart...@poobal.net kart...@la.gov (225) 341-5855 skype: poobal On Feb 17, 2010, at 12:36 PM, Dustin Puryear wrote: See, we were just talking about Apple and some management styles. Look here: http://www.cracked.com/article_18377_5-reasons-you-should-be-scared-apple.html I do wonder if Apple will turn truly evil one day. If so, great! We can put them in the thunder dome with Adobe and let them slug it out. --- Puryear IT, LLC - Baton Rouge, LA - http://www.puryear-it.com/ Active Directory Integration : Web Enterprise Single Sign-On Identity and Access Management : Linux/UNIX technologies Download our free ebook Best Practices for Linux and UNIX Servers http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/ ___ General mailing list General@brlug.net http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net ___ General mailing list General@brlug.net http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net -- Have Mercy Say Yeah ___ General mailing list General@brlug.net http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net -- Keith Stokes ___ General mailing list General@brlug.net http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
Re: [brlug-general] Apple
For me, it's that it just freaking works. No hardware issues, minimal install on the server version so I get only what I want. 5 years support for LTS server. Don't get me started on Redhat/centos being years out of date... OpenLDAP bugs that have been fixed for a *long* time are still broken in CentOS current. I know their main target is a stable platform on redhat enterprise/CentOS, but jeeze... fix the bugs. I don't like having to compile from source unless I have to, and all too often, using CentOS means having to compile. Take postfix... I had to modify the spec file for the RPM to include MySQL support and rebuild. Ubuntu does what I want, when I want, and has reasonably current packages. And it's still debian linux more or less, so I can edit config files to customize it to do what/when I want the way I want. Rant over. :P On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 2:16 PM, Keith Stokes kei...@neill.net wrote: I think the concept is that Ubuntu is dumbed-down and minimalistic to the degree that a normal computer user might be able to actually install and use it. It's got amazing hardware drivers too. I've had it work on brand-new hardware when no other normal distros would work. On Feb 17, 2010, at 1:59 PM, Brad Bendily wrote: meh. before i finished reading the link i was thinking they're changing it cause yahoo is gonna give them money. but, to me it doesn't really matter. i don't see any person using ubuntu caring either. cause anyone using ubuntu is going to know how to change the default to what they want any way. every time I reload windows I have to change the default search to google. i mean, open source projects need money too. ot, what is the deal with ubuntu lately. why is everyone jumping on the ubuntu bandwagon? it seems a little too dumbed down to me. too minimalistic. On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Karthik Poobalasubramanian kart...@poobal.net wrote: Competition should keep everyone grounded but I think as long as Jobs heads Apple, everyone there will be working to please him. I am happy to see that Microsft, Google and Apple are fighting for the Mobile Phone/App market Also, Microsoft and google are having a turf war for web search. Over the past couple of years Apple has become more of a consumer electronics company than a computer manufacturer. So, what do you guys think about Ubuntu's recent decision to change the default web search on their distribution from Google to Yahoo! ? https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2010-January/030065.html -- Karthik Poobalasubramanian kart...@poobal.net kart...@la.gov (225) 341-5855 skype: poobal On Feb 17, 2010, at 12:36 PM, Dustin Puryear wrote: See, we were just talking about Apple and some management styles. Look here: http://www.cracked.com/article_18377_5-reasons-you-should-be-scared-apple.html I do wonder if Apple will turn truly evil one day. If so, great! We can put them in the thunder dome with Adobe and let them slug it out. --- Puryear IT, LLC - Baton Rouge, LA - http://www.puryear-it.com/ Active Directory Integration : Web Enterprise Single Sign-On Identity and Access Management : Linux/UNIX technologies Download our free ebook Best Practices for Linux and UNIX Servers http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/ ___ General mailing list General@brlug.net http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net ___ General mailing list General@brlug.net http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net -- Have Mercy Say Yeah ___ General mailing list General@brlug.net http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net -- Keith Stokes ___ General mailing list General@brlug.net http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net ___ General mailing list General@brlug.net http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
Re: [brlug-general] Apple
To me, Ubuntu is not really dumbed down but it is minimalistic which helps normal users. In any case, it's basically Debian flavored distro. Even though I switched from Ubuntu to a OS X couple of years ago, my parents have been running Ubuntu since 2007. They actually apply the updates on their computers and I keep an eye on it remotely. Before ubuntu it was very difficult to find drivers for hardware esp. in India and we had to reinstall Windows every couple of months 'cause my folks will somehow manage to get it infected. Karthik On Feb 17, 2010, at 2:09 PM, Jordan Scott wrote: And for my first ever reply after years of lurching, I give you Brad Bendilly, the master of answering his own questions: ot, what is the deal with ubuntu lately. why is everyone jumping on the ubuntu bandwagon? it seems a little too dumbed down to me. too minimalistic. Dumbed down = what people want. - Original Message From: Brad Bendily bend...@gmail.com To: general@brlug.net Sent: Wed, February 17, 2010 1:59:27 PM Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Apple meh. before i finished reading the link i was thinking they're changing it cause yahoo is gonna give them money. but, to me it doesn't really matter. i don't see any person using ubuntu caring either. cause anyone using ubuntu is going to know how to change the default to what they want any way. every time I reload windows I have to change the default search to google. i mean, open source projects need money too. ot, what is the deal with ubuntu lately. why is everyone jumping on the ubuntu bandwagon? it seems a little too dumbed down to me. too minimalistic. On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Karthik Poobalasubramanian kart...@poobal.net wrote: Competition should keep everyone grounded but I think as long as Jobs heads Apple, everyone there will be working to please him. I am happy to see that Microsft, Google and Apple are fighting for the Mobile Phone/App market Also, Microsoft and google are having a turf war for web search. Over the past couple of years Apple has become more of a consumer electronics company than a computer manufacturer. So, what do you guys think about Ubuntu's recent decision to change the default web search on their distribution from Google to Yahoo! ? https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2010-January/030065.html -- Karthik Poobalasubramanian kart...@poobal.net kart...@la.gov (225) 341-5855 skype: poobal On Feb 17, 2010, at 12:36 PM, Dustin Puryear wrote: See, we were just talking about Apple and some management styles. Look here: http://www.cracked.com/article_18377_5-reasons-you-should-be-scared-apple.html I do wonder if Apple will turn truly evil one day. If so, great! We can put them in the thunder dome with Adobe and let them slug it out. --- Puryear IT, LLC - Baton Rouge, LA - http://www.puryear-it.com/ Active Directory Integration : Web Enterprise Single Sign-On Identity and Access Management : Linux/UNIX technologies Download our free ebook Best Practices for Linux and UNIX Servers http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/ ___ General mailing list General@brlug.net http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net ___ General mailing list General@brlug.net http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net -- Have Mercy Say Yeah ___ General mailing list General@brlug.net http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net ___ General mailing list General@brlug.net http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net ___ General mailing list General@brlug.net http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
Re: [brlug-general] Apple
I'm inclined to agree with Shannon. I mostly favor a debian-based OS, and Ubuntu is easy enough for my friends and family to use, customizable enough for me. The last version or two are starting to go in some directions I don't like, but nothing to do with the search engines. Warren Tray Torrance On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 14:47, Shannon Roddy sro...@gmail.com wrote: For me, it's that it just freaking works. No hardware issues, minimal install on the server version so I get only what I want. 5 years support for LTS server. Don't get me started on Redhat/centos being years out of date... OpenLDAP bugs that have been fixed for a *long* time are still broken in CentOS current. I know their main target is a stable platform on redhat enterprise/CentOS, but jeeze... fix the bugs. I don't like having to compile from source unless I have to, and all too often, using CentOS means having to compile. Take postfix... I had to modify the spec file for the RPM to include MySQL support and rebuild. Ubuntu does what I want, when I want, and has reasonably current packages. And it's still debian linux more or less, so I can edit config files to customize it to do what/when I want the way I want. Rant over. :P On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 2:16 PM, Keith Stokes kei...@neill.net wrote: I think the concept is that Ubuntu is dumbed-down and minimalistic to the degree that a normal computer user might be able to actually install and use it. It's got amazing hardware drivers too. I've had it work on brand-new hardware when no other normal distros would work. On Feb 17, 2010, at 1:59 PM, Brad Bendily wrote: meh. before i finished reading the link i was thinking they're changing it cause yahoo is gonna give them money. but, to me it doesn't really matter. i don't see any person using ubuntu caring either. cause anyone using ubuntu is going to know how to change the default to what they want any way. every time I reload windows I have to change the default search to google. i mean, open source projects need money too. ot, what is the deal with ubuntu lately. why is everyone jumping on the ubuntu bandwagon? it seems a little too dumbed down to me. too minimalistic. On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Karthik Poobalasubramanian kart...@poobal.net wrote: Competition should keep everyone grounded but I think as long as Jobs heads Apple, everyone there will be working to please him. I am happy to see that Microsft, Google and Apple are fighting for the Mobile Phone/App market Also, Microsoft and google are having a turf war for web search. Over the past couple of years Apple has become more of a consumer electronics company than a computer manufacturer. So, what do you guys think about Ubuntu's recent decision to change the default web search on their distribution from Google to Yahoo! ? https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2010-January/030065.html -- Karthik Poobalasubramanian kart...@poobal.net kart...@la.gov (225) 341-5855 skype: poobal On Feb 17, 2010, at 12:36 PM, Dustin Puryear wrote: See, we were just talking about Apple and some management styles. Look here: http://www.cracked.com/article_18377_5-reasons-you-should-be-scared-apple.html I do wonder if Apple will turn truly evil one day. If so, great! We can put them in the thunder dome with Adobe and let them slug it out. --- Puryear IT, LLC - Baton Rouge, LA - http://www.puryear-it.com/ Active Directory Integration : Web Enterprise Single Sign-On Identity and Access Management : Linux/UNIX technologies Download our free ebook Best Practices for Linux and UNIX Servers http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/ ___ General mailing list General@brlug.net http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net ___ General mailing list General@brlug.net http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net -- Have Mercy Say Yeah ___ General mailing list General@brlug.net http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net -- Keith Stokes ___ General mailing list General@brlug.net http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net ___ General mailing list General@brlug.net http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net ___ General mailing list General@brlug.net http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
Re: [brlug-general] Apple
On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 3:07 PM, Warren Tray Torrance torran...@gmail.com wrote: I'm inclined to agree with Shannon. don't do that, you'll get him all worked up. ___ General mailing list General@brlug.net http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
Re: [brlug-general] Apple
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 3:10 PM, Brad Bendily bend...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 3:07 PM, Warren Tray Torrance torran...@gmail.com wrote: I'm inclined to agree with Shannon. don't do that, you'll get him all worked up. Wow... the last year or more, it seems I've been building up some reputations I have no idea how I generated. ___ General mailing list General@brlug.net http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
Re: [brlug-general] Apple
Because you're evil in the Hahaha I'm evil! sort of way. --- Puryear IT, LLC - Baton Rouge, LA - http://www.puryear-it.com/ Active Directory Integration : Web Enterprise Single Sign-On Identity and Access Management : Linux/UNIX technologies Download our free ebook Best Practices for Linux and UNIX Servers http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/ From: general-boun...@brlug.net [mailto:general-boun...@brlug.net] On Behalf Of Shannon Roddy Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 3:13 PM To: general@brlug.net Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Apple On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 3:10 PM, Brad Bendily bend...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 3:07 PM, Warren Tray Torrance torran...@gmail.com wrote: I'm inclined to agree with Shannon. don't do that, you'll get him all worked up. Wow... the last year or more, it seems I've been building up some reputations I have no idea how I generated. ___ General mailing list General@brlug.net http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
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I'm going to assume that the dumbed down bit is deliberately provocative so that the list will perk up. I just migrated the family PC that my six-year-old uses from XP Home to Kubuntu 9.10, and it's working nicely. I've spent enough time doing things the hard way that I don't feel my geek cred is in danger (I had an Rticle in Pyghon Magazine, for Pete's sake). All of the Linux you could ever want is in there, but my wife and kids don't know, or need to. I guess there's always Slackware or something if *buntu's not challenging enough. :-) John Sent from my iPod On Feb 17, 2010, at 15:53, Karthik Poobalasubramanian kart...@poobal.net wrote: To me, Ubuntu is not really dumbed down but it is minimalistic which helps normal users. In any case, it's basically Debian flavored distro. Even though I switched from Ubuntu to a OS X couple of years ago, my parents have been running Ubuntu since 2007. They actually apply the updates on their computers and I keep an eye on it remotely. Before ubuntu it was very difficult to find drivers for hardware esp. in India and we had to reinstall Windows every couple of months 'cause my folks will somehow manage to get it infected. Karthik On Feb 17, 2010, at 2:09 PM, Jordan Scott wrote: And for my first ever reply after years of lurching, I give you Brad Bendilly, the master of answering his own questions: ot, what is the deal with ubuntu lately. why is everyone jumping on the ubuntu bandwagon? it seems a little too dumbed down to me. too minimalistic. Dumbed down = what people want. - Original Message From: Brad Bendily bend...@gmail.com To: general@brlug.net Sent: Wed, February 17, 2010 1:59:27 PM Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Apple meh. before i finished reading the link i was thinking they're changing it cause yahoo is gonna give them money. but, to me it doesn't really matter. i don't see any person using ubuntu caring either. cause anyone using ubuntu is going to know how to change the default to what they want any way. every time I reload windows I have to change the default search to google. i mean, open source projects need money too. ot, what is the deal with ubuntu lately. why is everyone jumping on the ubuntu bandwagon? it seems a little too dumbed down to me. too minimalistic. On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Karthik Poobalasubramanian kart...@poobal.net wrote: Competition should keep everyone grounded but I think as long as Jobs heads Apple, everyone there will be working to please him. I am happy to see that Microsft, Google and Apple are fighting for the Mobile Phone/App market Also, Microsoft and google are having a turf war for web search. Over the past couple of years Apple has become more of a consumer electronics company than a computer manufacturer. So, what do you guys think about Ubuntu's recent decision to change the default web search on their distribution from Google to Yahoo! ? https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2010-January/030065.html -- Karthik Poobalasubramanian kart...@poobal.net kart...@la.gov (225) 341-5855 skype: poobal On Feb 17, 2010, at 12:36 PM, Dustin Puryear wrote: See, we were just talking about Apple and some management styles. Look here: http://www.cracked.com/article_18377_5-reasons-you-should-be-scared-apple.html I do wonder if Apple will turn truly evil one day. If so, great! We can put them in the thunder dome with Adobe and let them slug it out. --- Puryear IT, LLC - Baton Rouge, LA - http://www.puryear-it.com/ Active Directory Integration : Web Enterprise Single Sign-On Identity and Access Management : Linux/UNIX technologies Download our free ebook Best Practices for Linux and UNIX Servers http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/ ___ General mailing list General@brlug.net http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net ___ General mailing list General@brlug.net http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net -- Have Mercy Say Yeah ___ General mailing list General@brlug.net http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net ___ General mailing list General@brlug.net http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net ___ General mailing list General@brlug.net http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net ___ General mailing list General@brlug.net http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
