Re: You lost a new Ubuntu user

2008-12-23 Thread S'orlok Reaves
I'm afraid I don't quite grasp the severity of automatic network access: Windows (as it installs by default) will automatically download security fixes without asking, and will even restart your computer so you can immediately enjoy these patches. (It usually plays nice, but a hotfix or two

Re: Ubuntu 8.10 released but...

2008-10-30 Thread S'orlok Reaves
yep. But see, it's not that you or anyone can't fix anything. You just can't ship the fix yourself, bundled in your package. After all, branding and theming apart, FF is FOSS (arguably). A valid point, but I think people understand this --they're just upset on principle regarding Mozilla's

Re: turnkey linux website link (Re: TurnKey Linux: new project builds Ubuntu based Live CD appliances)

2008-09-13 Thread S'orlok Reaves
Interesting stuff --I like the Live CD with approach to distribution. I am wondering... why do you call them appliances. For the longest time, I thought Turnkey Linux was meant to install Linux on your toaster, microwave, etc. Why not backend, application, framework, or something like