Comments on: Stereotypes http://blog.nixternal.com/2009.04.20/stereotypes/ Free Software Chicago Style: letting proprietary solutions sleep with the fishes Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:41:04 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Georg http://blog.nixternal.com/2009.04.20/stereotypes/comment-page-1/#comment-5006 Georg Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:54:10 +0000 http://blog.nixternal.com/?p=529#comment-5006 http://www.flickr.com/photos/97285730@N00/130633599/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/97285730@N00/130633599/

]]> By: Debianero Rumbero http://blog.nixternal.com/2009.04.20/stereotypes/comment-page-1/#comment-5005 Debianero Rumbero Tue, 21 Apr 2009 06:00:15 +0000 http://blog.nixternal.com/?p=529#comment-5005 This comment is just for put a Debian sticker on your blog ;-) This comment is just for put a Debian sticker on your blog ;-)

]]> By: ethana2 http://blog.nixternal.com/2009.04.20/stereotypes/comment-page-1/#comment-5001 ethana2 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:53:18 +0000 http://blog.nixternal.com/?p=529#comment-5001 The domed ubuntu sticker perfectly oriented on the back of my Ubuntu Dell doesn't indicate what OS I use. It indicates what OS I think everyone /else/ should use. I could switch to OpenSuSE because it works better for _me_, and I'd still keep my Ubuntu domed sticker there. ..course, my next machine will have either an engraved Apple or chrome Ubuntu logo, as I'm tired of Dell 'support'. The domed ubuntu sticker perfectly oriented on the back of my Ubuntu Dell doesn’t indicate what OS I use.

It indicates what OS I think everyone /else/ should use.

I could switch to OpenSuSE because it works better for _me_, and I’d still keep my Ubuntu domed sticker there. ..course, my next machine will have either an engraved Apple or chrome Ubuntu logo, as I’m tired of Dell ’support’.

]]> By: Roger http://blog.nixternal.com/2009.04.20/stereotypes/comment-page-1/#comment-5000 Roger Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:28:39 +0000 http://blog.nixternal.com/?p=529#comment-5000 You also need to control for number of users. If Ubuntu has 60 times the number of laptop users than Gentoo then the numbers work out equal. You also need to control for number of users. If Ubuntu has 60 times the number of laptop users than Gentoo then the numbers work out equal.

]]> By: nixternal http://blog.nixternal.com/2009.04.20/stereotypes/comment-page-1/#comment-4999 nixternal Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:15:47 +0000 http://blog.nixternal.com/?p=529#comment-4999 @Jarrod: HAHAHA! I just got a really good laugh from your sticker remark, classic! I found Gentoo to be a bit much work for me at the time that is why I didn't stick with it. I have witnessed a few of my friends who run Gentoo, and did recognize just how much faster their system was compared to mine, with a lot less overhead. Gentoo is a very slick distro, and who knows, if Kubuntu wasn't right there when I was in the midst of switching distros years back, I would probably be a Gentoo user, though I will always be a Debian user :) @Jarrod: HAHAHA! I just got a really good laugh from your sticker remark, classic! I found Gentoo to be a bit much work for me at the time that is why I didn’t stick with it. I have witnessed a few of my friends who run Gentoo, and did recognize just how much faster their system was compared to mine, with a lot less overhead. Gentoo is a very slick distro, and who knows, if Kubuntu wasn’t right there when I was in the midst of switching distros years back, I would probably be a Gentoo user, though I will always be a Debian user :)

]]> By: Jarrod http://blog.nixternal.com/2009.04.20/stereotypes/comment-page-1/#comment-4998 Jarrod Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:53:12 +0000 http://blog.nixternal.com/?p=529#comment-4998 Well, that doesn't surprise me. Ubuntu users get their stickers from a central repository, all designed and constructed there, and then shipped out without regard for where you're sticking it. Gentoo users have to make their own stickers, including coloring them and applying homemade glue. The result is a sticker that is perfectly customized and adept for whatever its purpose is :) (Kidding, :) ) The thing I didn't ever like about the gentoo when I used it was the massive amount of bullcrap that was flung. "Your system will be over 4x faster" and such things. I found it too be elitist and distracting.. which was what everyone else was saying about Linux at the time anyway. Well, that doesn’t surprise me. Ubuntu users get their stickers from a central repository, all designed and constructed there, and then shipped out without regard for where you’re sticking it.

Gentoo users have to make their own stickers, including coloring them and applying homemade glue. The result is a sticker that is perfectly customized and adept for whatever its purpose is :)

(Kidding, :) )

The thing I didn’t ever like about the gentoo when I used it was the massive amount of bullcrap that was flung. “Your system will be over 4x faster” and such things.

I found it too be elitist and distracting.. which was what everyone else was saying about Linux at the time anyway.

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