» Has Ubuntu clinched the desktop Linux market? | Open Source | ZDNet.com

» Has Ubuntu clinched the desktop Linux market? | Open Source | ZDNet.com

Having played with a few Linux builds, Ubuntu is by far the most thought out and well developed in terms of the average user. It’s straightforward and utilizes the same sort of GUI “intuitiveness” as Windows or Mac. Meaning that if you understand how these systems build apps, you’ll understand how to get things done with Ubuntu. Blakenhorn is dead on with his main premise, that Ubuntu’s focus on the desktop has made it superior. Other builds have been sidelines, this is their focus.

As for winning any desktop Linux war, who’s to say. That’s the beauty of Open Source; there might very well be something waiting around the corner.

Politicians and pay

It's pretty common for people to complain that politicians are disconnected from "the people". There's a certain truth to this, especially when one considers that they are in the highest income bracket.

I bring to you an idea, then. Why not pay our federal leaders (at the very least) the median salary? As they need to establish households in DC as well at home, I'm all for giving them some additional compensation. Let's give them a housing allowance for the DC property. Also, let's have the taxpayers cover travel (with public reporting to boot). Lastly, let's have Congress' pay raises pass a super-majority of the popular vote; a national referendum, if you will. At the very least, it'll shave a few smackers off the federal budget.

Geek life

I've been pondering the array of stuff in my life. Besides the gadget, I have collections of other things. Namely, email addresses. I have a Hotmail (from the pre-Microsoft days), Yahoo, an old school account, work, and Gmail. For the sake of sanitya, I need to ditch a few of these, but which ones? Oh, the angusih! Well, this is rather dumb in many regards, but all of these are tied to some other service, which makes dropping it completely quite challenging.
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