Linked by Michael Reed on Thu 7th Dec 2006 12:07 UTC
RISC OS In common with a lot of people who used to use RISCOS, I don't use it now and that is the focus of this article: Why don't I use it any more and what would it take to make me use it again? Of course, an article of this sort still has worth as there is bound to be some degree of correlation between my feelings, experiences and hopes in relation to the platform and those other people.
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RE[6]: ARX and other thoughts
by twenex on Thu 7th Dec 2006 15:04 UTC in reply to "RE[5]: ARX and other thoughts"
twenex
Member since:
2006-04-21

Buddy, we're fast approaching the tenth anniversary of the Year of My Linux Desktop.

As for that other OS, or any other, it won't be the Year of My Other OS Desktop until I can get decent hardware support, stability, decent software support, and DRM-, bloat- and FUD-less operation, all in the same package. Open source would be nice, too.

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RE[7]: ARX and other thoughts
by tomcat on Thu 7th Dec 2006 17:15 in reply to "RE[6]: ARX and other thoughts"
tomcat Member since:
2006-01-06

Yeah, open source would be great. My grandmother can't wait to compile the latest kernel...

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RE[8]: ARX and other thoughts
by twenex on Thu 7th Dec 2006 17:49 in reply to "RE[7]: ARX and other thoughts"
twenex Member since:
2006-04-21

The open source OpenOffice and Firefox packages (which are also available for Windows) don't have kernels, let alone ones you have to compile.

And you don't have to compile the kernel on most distros anyway.

It's FUD like that which prevents Linux users taking Windows users seriously.

The sad part is that although my memory may be faulty on the point, I seem to remember that tomcat wasn't always so full of anti-FOSS/Linux crap.

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sbenitezb Member since:
2005-07-22

"My grandmother can't wait to compile the latest kernel..."

Pft! Noobs. My grandmother is a kernel programmer :p

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