Re: [ubuntu-in] If not Ubuntu then what

2010-03-23 Thread Jkhatri
On 03/23/2010 11:43 PM, Ramnarayan.K wrote: On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 11:07 PM, Amarendra Kumar wrote: I wouldn't pay. Never. I will buy a Mac or build a distro from scratch and for things like mail, I will rather buy a domain and will have my own domain. A) Buy a mac. - they may ha

Re: [ubuntu-in] If not Ubuntu then what

2010-03-23 Thread Hardik Dalwadi
Ramnarayan.K wrote: > On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 1:25 PM, Ashutosh Rishi Ranjan > wrote: >> I love Ubuntu because frankly till now I have had no objections to >> Canonical's decisions. I weigh their decisions in terms of its effect >> on new users not me because I know that the decision won't really

Re: [ubuntu-in] If not Ubuntu then what

2010-03-23 Thread Ashutosh Rishi Ranjan
Macintosh is really good. Open source is amazing. But amazing is not in the comparative degree. Apple has one of the most closed systems. But their system is amazing. It is managed will amazing efficiency. Not everyone can create closed systems and thrive unless they do it right. Similarly not ever

Re: [ubuntu-in] If not Ubuntu then what

2010-03-23 Thread Amarendra Kumar
@Ashutosh +1 On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 12:07 AM, Ashutosh Rishi Ranjan < ashutoshrish...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 11:00 PM, Ramnarayan.K > wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 1:25 PM, Ashutosh Rishi Ranjan > > wrote: > >> I love Ubuntu because frankly till now I have had no obje

Re: [ubuntu-in] If not Ubuntu then what

2010-03-23 Thread Ashutosh Rishi Ranjan
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 11:00 PM, Ramnarayan.K wrote: > On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 1:25 PM, Ashutosh Rishi Ranjan > wrote: >> I love Ubuntu because frankly till now I have had no objections to >> Canonical's decisions. I weigh their decisions in terms of its effect >> on new users not me because I k

Re: [ubuntu-in] If not Ubuntu then what

2010-03-23 Thread Amarendra Kumar
When I actually buy an OS or build one from scratch I already have solved the need for an OS. So, having a domain is fine as I have this OS to use it. Mac may be more closed source but being on a closed open source thing is worse than a closed closed source ( I said in my first mail). And when you

Re: [ubuntu-in] If not Ubuntu then what

2010-03-23 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 11:07 PM, Amarendra Kumar wrote: > I wouldn't pay. Never. > I will buy a Mac or build a distro from scratch  and for things like mail, I > will rather buy a domain and will have my own domain. A) Buy a mac. - they may have good products but they are far more closed sourc

Re: [ubuntu-in] If not Ubuntu then what

2010-03-23 Thread Amarendra Kumar
I wouldn't pay. Never. I will buy a Mac or build a distro from scratch and for things like mail, I will rather buy a domain and will have my own domain. On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 11:00 PM, Ramnarayan.K wrote: > crux > -- Amarendra Kumar Final Year Undergraduate Dept. of IT, NIT Patna http://am

[ubuntu-in] OT - laptops in the 20 K range

2010-03-23 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi Need to get two laptops, Linux Compatible, reliable and with the basic features in the 20 K to 25 K range. Not looking for netbooks. Any suggestions , will be appreciated and as always look forward to personal experiences with devices. thanks ram -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.u

Re: [ubuntu-in] If not Ubuntu then what

2010-03-23 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 1:25 PM, Ashutosh Rishi Ranjan wrote: > I love Ubuntu because frankly till now I have had no objections to > Canonical's decisions. I weigh their decisions in terms of its effect > on new users not me because I know that the decision won't really > affect me because I can c

Re: [ubuntu-in] If not Ubuntu then what

2010-03-23 Thread Ninad Pundalik
Well said, Ashutosh. :) Totally agree with what you said. @Ram: Going OT here, as you expect discussions on the decisions and not solutions, but I can't resist. :) A very simple way out, for the missing applications exists. I anyway use it pretty regularly, as the iso's downloaded at my place

Re: [ubuntu-in] If not Ubuntu then what

2010-03-23 Thread Ashutosh Rishi Ranjan
> So not debating the specifics of Mark Shuttleworth's comments and the > reactions > and the interpretations, I am getting an uneasy feeling. That maybe just maybe > we are becoming Ubuntu dependent and too complacent. > > I can walk blindfolded through a typical Ubuntu install and its subsequent

Re: [ubuntu-in] Distributed File System

2010-03-23 Thread Ninad Pundalik
Hi, On 22/03/2010, Venkatesh Nandakumar wrote: > If I understood you currently then: > Have a server with say /mountpoint and mount multiple client's > /freediskspace to it /mountpoint/cli1, /mountpoint/cli2, /mountpoint/cli3.. > and have all the clients mount server's /mountpoint to say ~/User?

Re: [ubuntu-in] If not Ubuntu then what

2010-03-23 Thread Arvind Gupta
Hi Rama I got your point and somewhat agree with you. Now ubuntu is definitely becoming big. So it's likely that not everybody's changes will be met. I agree with Shuttleworth remarks also when he say it's more about meritocary than democracy. When a coampny become big it's likely to

[ubuntu-in] If not Ubuntu then what

2010-03-23 Thread K Ramnarayan
Hi This isn't exactly a poll but thought that it would be good to know what people would choose if they had to move away from Ubuntu. Before saying anything i want to put this on record. Ubuntu is one of the best distro's i have ever used. , its ease in installation, responsiveness to multitud