MEPIS Community Forum - View topic - The Future of Linux

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namida12 MEPIS is cool! Joined: Sun Apr 01, 2007 4:54 pm Posts: 876 Location: Las Vegas, NV Has?thanked: 67 times Have?thanks: 37 times	Post # 308190 Jerry, my Friday starts on Tuesdays, are you explaining to me, I do not get to share the sauce on my weekend? * * * On a level playing field, I think the desktop, or Notebook will still be a viable product for work & play in the future, but our input devices will change, as Speech recognition technology becomes a reality, and Gimp/photoshop, Inkscape/illustrator is done with hand movement rather than a tablet/mouse device. But there are many users that only want to watch films and enjoy business or social contact, the mobile tablet/phone is perfect tool for that type of computing style. Size and eye sight might be one variables determining your computer of choice... Since the Linux Netbook introduction (before Microsoft destroyed that market with overpriced hardware requirements): I always questioned why it did not become the phone, using an electronic tethered ear piece. The 7 inch Linux netbook was the perfect tool as a mobile computing device, that easily could have contained your most needed mobile applications, along with a daily planner, address book & cell phone. A Bluetooth ear piece with distant alarm to prevent your netbook from growing legs and walking away. The ear piece would also have been an efficient directional locating device for the forgetful person (maybe channel two as a car keys locator). JR
Fri Oct 12, 2012 2:00 pm
michelmassoud MEPIS is cool! Joined: Tue Jul 27, 2010 7:02 am Posts: 730 Location: Beirut - Lebanon Has?thanked: 93 times Have?thanks: 40 times	Post # 308192 [quote="Since the Linux Netbook introduction (before Microsoft destroyed that market with overpriced hardware requirements): I always questioned why it did not become the phone, using an electronic tethered ear piece. The 7 inch Linux netbook was the perfect tool as a mobile computing device, that easily could have contained your most needed mobile applications, along with a daily planner, address book & cell phone. A Bluetooth ear piece with distant alarm to prevent your netbook from growing legs and walking away. The ear piece would also have been an efficient directional locating device for the forgetful person (maybe channel two as a car keys locator). JR[/quote] Is there a netbook distro out there? Michel
Fri Oct 12, 2012 2:37 pm
Adrian MEPIS Enthusiast Joined: Wed Jul 12, 2006 1:42 am Posts: 3516 Has?thanked: 175 times Have?thanks: 292 times	Post # 308194 Ah, desktop, why would it be worse for Linux that it was before? All the factors that were working for Linux before are still valid today. 1. is still costs nothing compared to Windows and Mac OS X 2. Windows is still a security nightmare and it still sucks in many and diverse ways. 3. people still want freedom and don't want to depend on companies like Microsoft or Apple 4. if you want to run a Unixy OS you don't need special hardware like in case of Mac OS X (I think legally you can't run OS X on non-Apple hardware, and practically not all the hardware works fine with OS X. What has changed? Windows sucks less therefore we need to be afraid for Linux? Last time I checked I still had to pay at least $99 for Windows and it would still require activation from Microsoft. But even if it Windows was free I would still use Linux. By the way, people will use more devices, I have a number in my house already including an iPad and an Android phone and a Kindle (which uses Linux by the way), however I don't like to browse forums and type on iPad, just like radio didn't disappear when TV became popular desktop computers are not going to disappear because people have cellphones on which they can check their e-mails... _________________ Nobody is born with knowledge, knowledge comes from manuals and Google (and our beloved Wiki)
Fri Oct 12, 2012 2:47 pm
namida12 MEPIS is cool! Joined: Sun Apr 01, 2007 4:54 pm Posts: 876 Location: Las Vegas, NV Has?thanked: 67 times Have?thanks: 37 times	Post # 308197 Is there a netbook distro out there? Michel[/quote] * * * Michel, I may be wrong, but thought there were more than several netbook users in this forum. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison ... tributions JR
Fri Oct 12, 2012 3:22 pm
lucky9 MEPIS Enthusiast Joined: Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:54 am Posts: 8145 Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma U.S.A. Has?thanked: 2212 times Have?thanks: 446 times	Post # 308200 debian has a Netbook interface available. ubuntu also. There are several. Distrowatch might be a good place to start. _________________ "There is no "slippery slope" toward loss of liberties, only a long staircase where each step downward must first be tolerated by the American people and their leaders." Alan K. Simpson
Fri Oct 12, 2012 3:33 pm
richb Administrator Joined: Wed Jul 12, 2006 2:17 pm Posts: 7921 Location: Rochester NY Has?thanked: 495 times Have?thanks: 771 times	Post # 308203 So does M11, M12 and any KDE4 DE. SystemSettings>Workspace Behavior> Workspace. _________________ Guide - How to Ask for Help Link to Wiki Rich M 11, 32 bit - KDE 4.7.4 - Acer Laptop 5750G: Intel i5, 4 GIG mem, nVidia GT540M/Intel integrated graphics, kernel 3.2.0-0.bpo.1-686-pae Kubuntu 12.04, KDE 4.9.00
Fri Oct 12, 2012 3:51 pm
GoManutd MEPIS Guide Joined: Mon Jun 30, 2008 8:06 pm Posts: 2763 Has?thanked: 41 times Have?thanks: 330 times	Post # 308209 adrian, the question i was asking was generally about the desktop as a platform - completely OS agnostic. it seems that as tablets gain market share the fewer desktop mfgrs there will be, and the fewer choices that people will have. it's anyone's guess what sort of shake up this will cause. it will result in companies getting out of the desktop biz, or going out of biz, that's for certain. but will people like myself, who like to have a desktop system, still have the option?
Fri Oct 12, 2012 4:30 pm
lucky9 MEPIS Enthusiast Joined: Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:54 am Posts: 8145 Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma U.S.A. Has?thanked: 2212 times Have?thanks: 446 times	Post # 308213 Desktops may migrate to mostly All-in-ones. But there will always be a decent market for a full Desktop. Segmenting the market into areas of need and 'style', and cost I suppose. It might be that a big Desktop becomes a needed feature of a new house. A lot of houses are getting wired for digital OOTB. I don't see it dying at all. _________________ "There is no "slippery slope" toward loss of liberties, only a long staircase where each step downward must first be tolerated by the American people and their leaders." Alan K. Simpson
Fri Oct 12, 2012 4:43 pm
Danum MEPIS Guide Joined: Sun Mar 25, 2007 5:49 pm Posts: 2316 Location: Doncaster UK Has?thanked: 88 times Have?thanks: 552 times	Post # 308214 It is not installed by default in M12, you need to install plasma-netbook, _________________ *Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic(Windoze)* Canteras-4.6 KDE 4:4.6.3 based on Debian unstable. Canteras-4.6 KDE 4:4.6.3 Netbook
Fri Oct 12, 2012 4:50 pm
lucky9 MEPIS Enthusiast Joined: Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:54 am Posts: 8145 Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma U.S.A. Has?thanked: 2212 times Have?thanks: 446 times	Post # 308216 The reason I said debian. _________________ "There is no "slippery slope" toward loss of liberties, only a long staircase where each step downward must first be tolerated by the American people and their leaders." Alan K. Simpson
Fri Oct 12, 2012 5:10 pm

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