Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Starting Out w/ Linux

2011-03-12 Thread Philip Ballew
people dont care as much if a piece of software is open source because they dont know what the source code even means. they want the best and what works for them. at least thats what i find... On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 4:19 PM, seidos wrote: > Hey Mark: > > Qcad and DraftSight are 2d. I already s

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Starting Out w/ Linux

2011-03-12 Thread seidos
Hey Mark: Qcad and DraftSight are 2d. I already showed my brother 2d open source CAD solutions. He wasn't impressed enough to take them seriously. I would think the loftier ideals of "the source belonging to the people" to be the kind of thing that might convince some individuals to feel the ef

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Starting Out w/ Linux

2011-03-12 Thread Mark Garrow
Seidos... I was just doing some cad for a friends dash on his RV9 airplane.. Other than QCad I found DraftSight which has a community edition and a pro paid version that adds just a couple of things. On the other points.. the FOSS philosophy might work more now that most everyone are looking to sa

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Starting Out With Linux

2011-03-12 Thread seidos
Hey Grant: I read your write up. *puts on asbestos long johns* I am convinced that the philosophy behind FOSS is really what needs to be spread, but I'm not sure the best way to do that (probably by selling systems bundled with a GNU/Linux ). I am aware of the caveats of pushing a philosophy, b

[Ubuntu-US-CA] Starting Out With Linux

2011-03-12 Thread Grant Bowman
A question I hear sometimes is how do I get started with GNU/Linux? The question is difficult to answer as everyone has heard of and understands different pieces of the "computing puzzle" and start from different places. To me this boils down to a lack of knowing beginning keywords. I often start