Ubuntu Desktop Unit Consistency (LP: #369525)
Dmitrijs Ledkovs
dmitrij.ledkov at gmail.com
Thu Jun 4 02:46:25 UTC 2009
To sum up:
1) Some use KB and mean base 2 (historical), some use KB and mean base
10 (modern / some hardware packaging), some governing bodies are
pushing for KiB, e.g. IEEE
2) There is a mixture of the KB base 2 and KB base 10 "in the wild"
while KiB is starting to get traction
3) Ubuntu - is Linux for Human beings. From this thread we can see a
few Ubunteros confused and failing to reach consensus or are confused
what is meant by what and where.
4) But at least we recognize that there are inconsistencies in CLI/GUI
utilities and programms: across Ubuntu, Linuxes, Unix-like and other
OS's; as well as hardware manufacturer's (RAM in base 2, HDD's in base
10)
To move things forward a good starting point would be to consolidate
flamewa... erhhrr... information in a consise blueprint / wiki-page in
clear and structured manner with intro, history, current situation,
use-cases, different resolutions (pro / cons). And possibly involve
other people in the new more structured discussion. (eg when we have
this wikipage invite Aytana, Gnome and others to look at it prepose,
discuss......)
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With best regards
Dmitrijs Ledkovs (for short Dima),
Ледков Дмитрий Юрьевич
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