This group is to inward looking and therefor self serving in my view. I think we need to focus on the real common goals of helping others in our efforts to promote Linux within the community.
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 8:30 AM, kdemarest <kdemar...@gmail.com> wrote: > I couldn't help but get the feeling that we might be taking this leadership > election a little too seriously. Maybe it would help to point out the > truism that a leader can't force anyone to do anything on our team. All > they can do is make suggestions. I mean, from the looks of things we're all > volunteers for goodness sakes. The best that a leader can do is remind us > why we're here, in case we spend too much time chasing our own tails. I > mean, if we refuse to do what the leader wants, who is going to force us? > The FOSS police? > We should probably be looking to ourselves for leaders, and not looking > outside ourselves. Oftentimes, we expect too much from our leaders, because > we expect so little from ourselves. For this we probably owe our leaders an > apology. > > I still think the best leader is someone who is best at teaching. I know > for me, personally, I need to connect with knowledgeable individuals who can > *gracefully* show me what I don't know. I mean, let's just get the fact > that I'm an idiot out of the way, and let's just move forward to try and > reduce my idiocy. -_- On this same line of thought, I would suggest that > ego is detrimental to Us. Wanting to help with FOSS is great, but if you > don't have the knowledge, what good is the desire? And I don't mean to > project my own feelings of inadequacy on the team, but I really don't see > how the problems I see with Ubuntu, or GNU/Linux for that matter, are > presently going to be solved. > I talked to a friend yesterday. You know what she said? I mean, we all > probably already know this, but it is probably worth repeating. "I want > something that works and is cheap". How can I, in good faith, recommend > Ubuntu to someone when this is what they are looking for? What is the sound > bite? They are not interested in philosophical notions of right and wrong, > monopolies being bad, etc. They want it to be cheap, and to work. Enough > said, end of story. I mean, having their ear is fine. I suppose the best > that can be done, at present, is planting the seed that there is a more > ethical alternative, that may be cheaper and work better for them (but > probably not on the latter). > This all having been said, if I offended anybody with my candor, let's talk > about it. I am more than inclined to admit that I'm wrong with my opinions > based on my own limited personal experience. > Speaking of personal experience, I know that my own insistence on working on > my own projects is a major reason why I'm doing them alone. So if you have > a project you want help with, even if it's just you in front of your > computer "alone" on the Internet, by all means, let me know. Perhaps others > will feel the same way. > So, this all having been said, here are the projects I'm presently working > on everybody. > * Trying to figure out why top says that all but 52MB of my RAM is being > utilized at present of 2GB > * Trying to see if i can configure compiz standalone by following this > guide: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CompizStandalone > * Figuring out how I'm going to host my website > http://www.fictionalphilosophy.org > * Reading Python the Hard way (ug, someone give me some motivation on this > one!). > * Trying to figure out what all the processes in ps aux are for, and if any > can be eliminated. > seidos > -- > Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list > Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca > > -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca